Johannesburg Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis: Social Auxiliary Workers

The Johannesburg Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is a welfare organisation that assists in elimination TB.

The Johannesburg Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis seeks to appoint Social Auxiliary Workers, based in Johannesburg.

S/he will be responsible for patients by using casework, group work and community work methods.

Responsibilities:

• Individual and family therapy with emphasis on TB/HIV/AIDs, pre and post counselling for TB and HIV/AIDS clients at designated clinics;
• Write profiles, process notes, reports and letters on patients;
• Assess TB/HIV/AIDs patients for allocation of food parcels and workshops;
• Liaise with other professionals, refer to other professions and report on referrals;
• Trace/follow up one month after x-ray screening all referrals by radiologist;
• Establish, maintain and lead community support groups;
• Team access problem cases;
• TB and HIV/AIDS training, awareness in community;
• Initiate, facilitate and mobilise community work projects with prevention and education as a goal by empowering communities;
• Community Home visits, Identify high risk community areas, initiate home visits via patients for awareness and education;
• Liaise with community role players to build relationships;
• External reporting and funders returns/reporting;
• Department of social development, returns and statistics;
• Internal department reporting, daily weekly and monthly (daily time sheets, monthly reports, daily clinic/community inspection summary and inventory);
• Attend and minute weekly staff meetings;
• At the municipal clinics/community, control and administer stock (food parcels and daily nutritional programmes).

Requirements:

• Social Auxiliary Work Certificate;
• Registered with the SACSSP, Valid SACSSP membership certificate;
• Minimum of five years social work experience preferably involving the poor and families compromised by life-threatening illnesses or other life traumas;
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (beyond introduction level);
• Work independently and have excellent assessment;
• Report writing skills;
• Ability to speak isiZulu is essential;
• Valid driver's license.

Only applications from South African residents aged 21 years old or more will be considered.

To apply, submit a CV to tbcare@santajhb.co.za.

Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal.

The top 20 successful applicants will be notified telephonically on Friday 20 April 2012 and must be available for a telephonic or personal interview from 23-30 April 2012. 

For more about the Johannesburg Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, refer to www.santajhb.co.za.

For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies.

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