COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/ MOBILIZER

Accountabilities

• Collect and report (to IEC/HP Supervisor) specific information related to his/her community: perception of the sickness, food security, vaccination status of children, perception of the services, constraints and strengths, vulnerability, level of information, living conditions and risks related;
• Deliver information to his/her community on specific health topics and about MSF, the services it provides;
• Consolidate the link between his/her community and the MSF services; give advise how to better involve his/her community in the activities of awareness and prevention; indicate possible local actors or local NGOs and community project which could be involved in awareness activities at a local level;
• Support the mapping of the territory and population: schools, churches, villages, gathering points; support and facilitate relations with local authorities of his/her community, where requested by the IEC/HP Supervisor; support MSF in the defaulter tracing activities
• Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints;

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Work closely with the Psychologist and the social worker in the out-reach activities
• Provide the community with educational messages on mental health
• Prepare for the community engagement in group interventions
• Conduct focus group discussions
• Assist the Psychologist in the group interventions

Note : The contract will be for 2 months - service contract