Vacancy Title: Counsellor (Retention & Viral Load)
Type: Full Time
Industry: Nonprofit, NGO
Category: Healthcare
Jobs at: The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda
Deadline: Monday, June 10, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Gulu, East Africa
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
Work Hours: 8
Main Purpose of the Job
To provide HIV counselling and psychosocial services to clients, their families, and community members, mobilize and support communities to respond to the HIV epidemic, and to provide ART with its related field services to enrolled TASO clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive HIV counselling and psychosocial services.
- Deliver ARVs and other prophylactic drugs to TASO clients on ART and ensure adherence.
- Offer HIV prevention services.
- Conduct screening for mental health, GBV, and NAC.
- Map clients on ART and establish CDDPs/CCLAD.
- Empower clients with skills for self-reliance.
- Refer and link clients to appropriate medical and psychosocial services.
- Provide index testing.
- Conduct health education talks.
- Establish and support client support groups.
- Support OVC households in at least four core program areas.
- Ensure increased identification of new positives and linkage to care.
Education and Experience Requirements
- No specific educational or job experience requirements mentioned.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates can apply through the link below.
Counsellor (Paediatric & Adolescent)
Vacancy Title: Counsellor (Paediatric & Adolescent)
Type: Full Time
Industry: Nonprofit, NGO
Category: Healthcare
Jobs at: The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Uganda
Deadline: Monday, June 10, 2024
Duty Station: Within Uganda, Rukungiri, East Africa
Base Salary: Not Disclosed
Work Hours: 8
Main Purpose of the Job
To manage and direct the children and adolescents program and play a focal person’s role in the implementation of comprehensive youth and adolescent services in accordance with the National OVC policy, strategic plan, and TASO’s set standard operating procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Map children, adolescent, and youth services.
- Ensure participation in community engagement.
- Enforce policy.
- Maintain inventory and security for youth/children play materials.
- Develop plans and budget.
- Engage stakeholders.
- Provide children, adolescent, and youth-friendly services at the center and in communities.
- Monitor children, adolescent, and youth activities.
- Link children, adolescents, and youth to other services.
Education and Experience Requirements
- No specific educational or job experience requirements mentioned.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates can apply by clicking on the link below.
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