Job Description

The counsellor should have well developed counseling and communication skills, and will play the following role:

• Provide psychosocial and continuous support as well as treatment preparation to clients in the health facility;
• Provide counselling services including risk reduction counseling, harm reduction counseling, post-GBV counseling, or contraceptive/family planning counseling as required
• Identify and address challenges/barriers to adherence
• Organize and facilitate support group sessions for HIV infected and affected clients including groups with special needs e.g. discordant couples, youth/adolescent and children
• Address aspects of behavior change in relation to HIV and ART
• Support clients to voluntarily disclose their HIV status
• Facilitate the delivery of relevant information to clients enrolled in OSS
• Participate in home visits as appropriate to execute plan of care for clients
• Ensure client records are well maintained and compile periodic reports as necessary
• Ensure proper referral of clients where necessary including following up and reporting on the outcomes as necessary
• Coordinates patient tracking activities supported by the community Case Managers including documentation and reporting of defaulter tracing activities.
• Receiving clients to the clinic
• Provide HTS services (pre-and post-test counselling, , HIV testing)
• Follow-up with clients on referrals
• Distribute condom, lubricant, needles/syringes and other commodities
• Maintaining client records
• Depending on clinical training and skills, triage clinical cases, provide selected contraceptive/FP services, wound dressing and other minor OSS care

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• Degree in Social Sciences, Health Education, Public Health or a relevant field;
• At least one year of supervisory experience and two year post-graduate experience working in medical case management or as a medical social worker.
• Familiarity with health systems and HIV community programs including Key Population
• Experience working with HIV/AIDS and ante-retroviral treatments required.
• Knowledgeable on HIV information and able to communicate expertise to HIV positive patients;
• Willingness to participate in HIV related trainings and meetings
• Ability to organize and coordinate diverse activities
• Experience in coordinating HIV/AIDS program implementation;
• Strong supervisory and management skills;
• KP Experience will be an added advantage.

Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed resume and a one-page cover letter as one (1) MS Word document explaining suitability for the position to Human Resources Unit through this email address: career@ecews.org

APPLICATION MUST EXPLICITLY STATE YOUR FULL NAMES, THE POSITION OF INTEREST WITH PREFERED LOCATION as the subject of the email.

Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with email addresses and phone numbers.

Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply. ECEWS has a competitive compensation package and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE)

ECEWS does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.