Community Health Worker

Who we are?

IDA is an international independent non-governmental organization providing medical and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflicts, natural disasters and epidemics regardless of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
IDA was founded in 2012 by Syrian doctors from Aleppo in response to the healthcare and humanitarian crisis in Syria.

IDA Syria is the main healthcare provider in the Northern Aleppo/Syria area, working closely with 500,000 IDPs and 700,000 host community through 20 healthcare facility and other health and nutrition projects

During last year, IDA has provided 1.2 million services in Heath, Nutrition, WaSH and Camp Management

Location: Syria - Aleppo -Aleppo countryside: Qabtan Eljabal PHC + Kafr Hamra PHC+ : Medanki PHC+ Basuta PHC

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Providing nutritional services, including:
• Nutritional survey of children, pregnant and lactating women.
• Detecting cases of malnutrition in children under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women.
• Providing therapeutic or nutritional supplements or vitamins for children, pregnant and lactating women, after the advice of a nutrition technician or the attending physician.
• Promote breastfeeding through individual and group sessions.
• Leading IYCF campaigns in population centers, providing advice, distributing brochures and vitamins, and referring patients to health centers or nutrition centers.

Providing psychological services, including:
• Providing psychological first aid to beneficiaries during waves of displacement.
• Providing psychological support to quit smoking - alcohol - drug addiction - etc...
• Providing psychological support to children, women and people with special needs.

Providing public health services, including:
• Continuous awareness and dissemination of awareness about family health and a healthy lifestyle to promote community health through individual and group sessions and the distribution of awareness materials (brochures - leaflets)
• Awareness about public hygiene.
• Awareness about infectious diseases.
• Awareness about non-communicable diseases (pressure - diabetes - chronic lung diseases - cancer...)
• Awareness about the importance of the vaccine and follow-up without interruption.

Required activities:
• Conducting surveys to determine needs in the regions.
• Conducting recreational activities and events for children.
• Participation in annual humanitarian events.
• Attending training courses in the nutrition, public and psychological health sectors to enhance the efficiency of cadres and raise the quality of service provided.
• Public awareness about infection control to confront the Corona virus.
• Home visits 5 days a week, with an average number of 7-8 homes per day, and providing services as needed (nutritional - health - psychological) in addition to referral and follow-up of referrals with the centers to which they have been transferred.
• Develop weekly and monthly work plans with the team leader so that they are continuously followed up with the supervisor.
• Documenting the daily work through paper records or registering directly on the Kubo program.
• Measuring the temperature and sorting out suspected cases of Covid and referring them to the nurse or treating physician.
• Measuring blood pressure and sugar if such activity is required in the projects and documenting it.
Criteria for selecting community health workers
A CHW is a member of the target community and a CHW is recruited from within their community.
• The team member should be from the same village or neighborhood in which he works.
• Obtaining at least a secondary education certificate.
• Age from 18 to 40 years
• Experience in the field of health or community awareness is preferred.
• Have personal attributes (adjectives) commensurate with work requirements
• The ability to communicate with individuals, families, and target communities.
• The ability to understand dealing with prevailing business systems.
• Desire to work and help the people of the village or neighborhood.
• Successfully pass the training course for community health teams before work, which includes the following materials:
  Basic Unit Guide
 Family Health Guide
 Nutrition Guide
 Infectious Diseases Guide 
 Non-communicable diseases guide
 Healthy Lifestyle Guide

To conduct refresher training on an annual basis.

-Strictly adhere to humanitarian and protection principles and standards, as well as organizational policies including the Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Protection

Required Qualifications:

At least a high school diploma
Work experience as a health educator for at least one year with NGOs
Good skills in using office applications
Strong communication skills

Independent Doctors Association does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, and committed to acting professionally and ethically.
Independent Doctors Association is zero tolerable with any SEA case, IDA is creating the best environment to make sure that all staff have understood SEA and how to report in case there is any suspected case

How to apply

https://ida-org.com/jobs/chw20619/

Interested candidates may apply through the above link:

Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply,