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Community health worker

Major Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of Senior Community Health Officer, the Community Health Worker is responsible for:
Conduct both needs assessments and baseline assessments in the communities in collaboration with the other team.
Develop strong relationships with community leaders and other stakeholders operating in the districts, provide updates of activities and develop areas of collaboration to address programmatic gaps and strengthen program impact.
Assist the medical team and other staff with other activities and support as necessary.
Perform regular mental health education sessions for beneficiaries and disseminate mental health materials to beneficiaries as necessary.
Delivering mental health information using culturally appropriate terms and concepts.
Linking people to mental health care/social service resources.
Actively participate in activity planning of community health activities and attend scheduled program meetings.
Ensures patient confidentiality.
Support the health team in translation to/from English language.
Ensure quality of services, accurate data collection and tracking of health promotion activities and client satisfaction surveys and support the development of household surveys and questionnaires for knowledge, attitude, practice surveys in collaboration with the team.
Support the assessment of health awareness, mental health issues, and gaps in health services provided at community level. Also, assess beneficiaries’ perceptions toward healthcare services provided by mobile health teams.
Compile data and submit weekly technical reports to line supervisors as requested.

Staff Management:
The Community Health Worker will not be line managing any internal staff.

Professional Standards:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to:  Senior Community Health Officer.

Working Environment:  This position will be based in storm affected areas in Al Bayda and Shahat municipalities.

Minimum Qualifications:Job Requirements:
Relevant experience on health like nurse or paramedics, or proven knowledge on basic public health topics.
Experience in Mental Health activities is an advantage.
Able to read and write,
Computer literate with experience in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point) is an advantage.
Reside/From the local community H/she will be serving.
Acceptance by the community,
Existing active CHW, Volunteer or community leaders
Has previous volunteering experience.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with daily travel to different field sites between Al Bayda and Shahat as required).
Effective team player with public interest driven orientation.
Demonstrates a high degree of self-motivation.
Has a good network targeting the communities.
Able to speak in Arabic (English and other languages desirable)
Has good communication skills and the capacity to facilitate presentations, meetings, and discussions concerning mental health and social issues.
Able to provide assistance to all individuals in need and nationalities.