Community Health Educator - Emergency Intervention

Accountabilities

• Prepare material and deliver health education sessions, messages and topics addressed to different populations regarding hygiene, diseases and prevention.
• Ensure all the patients and caretakers are well informed, according to protocols, about health related issues and services provided.
• Monitor health situation and living conditions of the population by conducting nutritional screening, collecting information related to food security, checking vaccination status of children, looking actively for any defaulters in programs that require this type of research, collecting information on number of people arriving or leaving the community, births and deaths in the community, etc.
• Identify people with medical problems, contact with medical team and report for immediate transfer if needed. He/she has to inform to the line manager about any problem encountered (population, equipment, material…).
• Report to line manager of all results of screening and visits on a regular basis.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Mobilize potential service users within the shelters, other working sites and surrounding areas, in line with movement restriction regulations.
• Provide welcome talks and clear orientation to all users in the waiting area.
• Ensure an efficient and smooth flow of people within the waiting area at all times.
• When relevant, deliver educational sessions on specific health topics and/or co facilitate recreational sessions in partnership with the Mental Health (MH) team.
• Accurately complete and submit the daily Kobo form.
• Support the establishment and functioning of a feedback loop with service users and other key contacts in the shelters and other intervention sites by regularly collecting feedback and communicating responses back to the community.
• Contribute to ongoing qualitative data collection related to health seeking behaviors, community perceptions and habits, and access to WASH, medical care, and other essential services.
• Strengthen community engagement by maintaining respectful, consistent communication with focal points, volunteers, and key community actors among people affected by the war in Beirut, including internally displaced persons (IDPs).