TB HIV Care Invites Unemployed Matriculates to Apply for the Support Agent Learnerships 2025
Closing Date: 20 January 2025
Job Type: Learnerships
Location: OR Tambo, South Africa
Learnership Description
The Learner support agent will conduct mobilization and pre-vulnerability screening to identify the vulnerable AGYW and record it on the case management register. Provide case management to all AGYW initiated on PrEP to promote continuation in care.
Responsibilities:
- Create community awareness on issues affecting the lives of AGYW within their communities
- Mobilize support for PREP and PP_PREV programmes
- Provide and educate AGYW and their peers with information on HIV and AIDS, human rights, gender inequality and gender-based violence as well as Prep
- Conduct pre-screening to identify vulnerable AGYW and hand hold to structural programs
- Implement effective case management strategies in accordance with the Case Management Standard Operating Procedures.
- Provide face-to-face youth care clubs in accordance with the identified needs of the AGYW.
- Ensure that referrals to outside agencies are
- Support the team in assessing the needs of youth in relation to HIV prevention, linkage to care and adherence to treatment
- Participate in interdisciplinary team and case review meetings
- Recruit AGYW to youth care clubs
- Submit monthly reports to the clinical trainer.
Requirements:
- Grade 12 or TVET college level 2 or (Grade 10 with 1-year experience in HIV programmes)
- Be between the ages of 18-35 years
- Ability to communicate in English, IsiXhosa and other South African languages
- A driver’s license would be advantageous
- HIV Counselling will be advantageous
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Computer literacy and IT skills
- Problem-solving
- Stakeholder management
- Excellent organisational and administration skills
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