Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and provide support to those who needs it most.
Anova started the Jab Smart project in late 2017 to help people who use drugs (PWUD) in Johannesburg deal with HIV. PWUD are very likely to get HIV and face a lot of unfair treatment, often being kept from getting needed medical care. Jab Smart is a project run by people who used to be or are PWUD, offering different ways to reduce harm to PWUD. The project works with the Johannesburg Health District and is funded by the Global Fund through NACOSA.
Anova needs Peer Educators who know a lot about the drug scene and popular spots to promote health services to PWUD in Johannesburg. The project believes that PWUD are more open to help when they talk to others who have similar experiences.
As a Peer Educator, you will meet PWUD privately, always keeping their information safe, to offer them complete services. These services include a needle and syringe program, HIV testing, TB screening, full sexual health care, and referrals to Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) when needed.
To qualify you will need to successfully complete a short training course on HIV and sexual health and be deemed competent.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Peer Mobilization
- Recruit at least 80 clients each month to introduce the programme and the available services
- Do risk assessment to those 80 clients reached each month]
- Refer those 80 clients to Nurses, HTS, Linkage Officers, Advocacy officer, and the Social Auxiliary Worker
Field Support - Provide harm reduction information and package to at least 80 clients monthly
Manage your cohort and ensure they are provided with services and report to the coordinator to update your register
Mapping - Identify at least two new sites monthly
- All the sites must be added to your mapping tool
- Debriefing and Counselling Sessions
- Ensure that you attend social debriefing and give monthly feedback to the coordinator
- Ensure that you attend psychosocial counselling and give monthly feedback to the coordinator
Any other tasks as agreed with line manager.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Skills Required
- Grade 12 education required.
- Should be good at math and reading.
- Must be able to build trust and talk well with people who use drugs.
- Must keep all information private.
- Always keep information confidential.
- Must be on time and dependable.
- Knowing about HIV/AIDS and having a certificate in HIV counseling is helpful.
- Following our hiring fairness plan, we will prefer applicants from certain groups as defined by the Employment Equity Act of 1998 and later changes. People with disabilities will be given preference.
Anova Health Institute is a provider of essential health services and therefore has a mandatory vaccination policy. Should your application be successful, you will be required to submit your proof of vaccination before commencing employment in the role.
Applicants who have not been contacted within 4 weeks of submitting their application should assume that they have not been successful.
Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be paid agency fees should their candidate be placed at Anova.
