Social Auxiliary Worker - Johannesburg at Anova Health Institute

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Child and Adolescent Disclosure in the context of HIV
• Identify Children and Adolescents living with HIV that still need disclosure.
• Identify parents/caregivers that need support to disclose to their children/adolescents. 
• Support groups
• Facilitate support groups in facilities with emphasis on children and adolescents living with HIV.
• Facilitating referral of children and adolescents living with HIV to resource systems
• Design, maintain and distribute referral resource list to facilities.
• Ensure feedback between facilities and organizations of referred cases.
• Adherence/Retention of children and adolescents
• Provide one-on-one counselling sessions to caregivers and children and adolescents living with HIV.
• Capacity building
• Provide training and mentorship to facility and other staff on adherence and disclosure, support group facilitation, referral system and adherence.
• Team management
• Support and oversee peer supporters in the project.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Matric/Grade 12 certificate and Social Auxiliary Work certificate recognized by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) and enrolled in Social Work degree.
• Must have at least 2-5 years’ experience working with PLHIV (people living with HIV).
• Training in KidzAlive, Integrated Access to Care and Treatment (I-ACT) and NAS (National Adherence Strategy) an advantage

Skills, Competencies, and Attributes:

• Must have experience working in HIV/AIDS programmes and supervision of staff.
• Good presentation and excellent communication skills and good report writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.