Job title: 25 Social Workers
Organization: Agency for Co-operation Research and Development (ACORD-U)
Location: Luwero, Kakumiro, Gomba, Kyenjonjo, Mityana, Fort portal, Kabarole,
Bunyangabo, Mubende, Kassanda, Kiboga, Nakaseke and Kyegegwa.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Conduct household enrolment targeting HIV infected and affected beneficiaries and ensure confidentiality of the information provided.
- Conduct home visits and monitor progress of interventions offered to beneficiary
households by the community structures - Ensure that referrals are initiated and follow up done to facilitate access to services
- Provide Home based Intensive Adherence Counseling to Non-Suppressing C/ALHIV
- In liaison with the Linkage officer conduct beneficiary index testing, outreaches and home-based testing to identify new CLHIV and ensure that they are linked to care.
- Maintain a functional network of community structures by holding monthly/quarterly planning, review and feedback meetings
- Timely response to emergency cases including malnourished children, sexually abused critically ill, neglected, abandoned among others
- Track service layering and quality services delivered to OVC and their families
- Ensure all planned activities are implemented according to the work plan
- Train, mentor and coach community structures in OVC service delivery to ensure that beneficiaries receive comprehensive and quality services.
- Support community structures through field monitoring visits, monthly and quarterly meetings to review progress of planned activities
- Support Parasocial workers to conduct targeted home visit and provide OVC services to enable household graduation
- Orient and support community structures to use project tools and ensure that all
findings are well documented. - Collaborate with CBSD and police to identify and respond to cases of abuse.
- Supporting mobilization for curricula-based interventions aimed at empowering
- Building systems to ensure effective referral and linkages for OVCs to community
support structures at both district and subcounty levels. - Under the guidance of the Cluster Coordinator conduct sub county quarterly review meetings and case conferences
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Social Administration, Community Development, Community health, Development Studies or related courses
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in community Practice, Case Management, HIV/TB, Nutrition related work with government institution or NGOs involved in
- Additional Qualification in Child Protection is an added advantage
- Strong Reporting and documentation skills.
- Experience in implementing OVC USAID funded projects.
- The ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid riding permit is an added advantage.
How to apply:
Interested applicants should submit their Application Letters, CVs and copies of Academic Documents all in one PDF file by e-mail to hr@acorduganda.org.
Deadline: 15th September, 2023, 5:00pm
Do teachers with bachelors also qualify?