Community Health Worker - CHW-Tal Elhajar PHC

Job Title: Community Health Worker - CHW

Job location: Syria - Aleppo - Tal Elhajar PHC

Reports to: Medical Administrator

JOB SUMMARY

Conduct campaigns and health awareness through visits to homes and public places.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The CHW has the following responsibilities and duties:

1. Performs sensitivity assessments and identifies cases in need according to predetermined criteria.

2. Manages cases, including maintaining faithful to protocols on privacy and individual leave.

3. Makes internal and external referrals of cases, updates feedback and referral forms,

4. Updates case files with the help of the health Officer and ensures that the information is secured.

5. To carry out preventive healthcare and guidance activities on reproductive health, newborn and child nutrition, early diagnosis of breast cancer, personal and home hygiene, tooth cleaning and vaccination.

6. Advises and guides cases and community groups on issues related to diagnosis screening, such as cancer screening, pap smear, glaucoma tests, and diabetes screening.

7. To provide informative training for pregnant women and children.

8. To perform family planning services, health and hygiene incentives, screening of infectious diseases, carrying out health education activities, collecting statistics and health care referrals at the same time.

9. It advises cases and communities in situations such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), antenatal substance abuse or prevention of domestic violence situations and risks.

10. To meet basic needs such as first aid.

11. Visiting service providers to ensure that the intervention, information, and referral activities on community health are carried out effectively,

12. Carrying out service provider mapping activities.

13. To make weekly and monthly reports on the activities, interventions, orientation, and mapping activities performed.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

Should have the following skills, education, and experience:

1. Formal university degree in health, teaching, community development, or a related field.

2. Knowledge and/or work experience in Nutrition or community health development preferable.

3. Able to prioritize, communicate effectively, and meet deadlines

4. Experience as a team member of working in community health or nutrition or other related health-related intervention.

5. Knowledge of Microsoft office with a good command of Microsoft Excel.

6. Strong leadership and coordination skills.

7. Able to work both independently and in a team environment.

8. Previous NGO experience in a similar context is a plus.

ABOUT MEDGLOBAL

MedGlobal is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

CODE OF CONDUCT

MedGlobal Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to MedGlobal employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, and contractors to guide their practice and conduct. The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1.      Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

2.      Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside MedGlobal.

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to MedGlobal, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. MedGlobal is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT POLICY

MedGlobal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. MedGlobal employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.