Lay Counselor Wanted At Otse Community Home Based care Trust

A lay counselor wanted at Otse Community Home Based Care Trust. The successful incumbent will be required to provide counselling and testing services to clients under the guidance and supervision of the Centre Coordinator.

Principal Duties

Core services
• Provision of direct client counselling and testing services
• To support outreach activities as may be required
Counselling and testing responsibilities
• Provision of pre-test counselling
• Provision of HIV testing
• Provision of post-test counselling as may be appropriate
• Provision of appropriate referrals as may be required by the client
• In all counselling and testing activities to abide by any standards, procedures and algorithms as may be defined and dictated by the Organisation.
• To keep and protect records as may be required
• To capture client data diligently and accurately at all times (data integrity)
Support responsibilities
• Promotion of support facilities for clients, including post-test clubs.
Logistics and supply responsibilities
• To demonstrate economical use of the centre resources including, but not limited to, test equipment, transport and marketing materials.
• To comply with Centre-level mechanisms relating to effective expenditure control.
• To account for test kits and other supplies used.

General Responsibilities

• To exercise at all times suitable levels of confidentiality as defined and dedicated by the Organisation.