Job description
Botswana
Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is looking to fill the following position:
Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is looking to fill the following position:
Counselors (2 Kanye, 1 Gaborone)
Main
purpose of the Job:
To provide comprehensive counseling services to OVCs and their Caregivers in
each district and to link them to care, in line with the goal and
purpose of the Job:
To provide comprehensive counseling services to OVCs and their Caregivers in
each district and to link them to care, in line with the goal and
Responsibilities
and duties:
and duties:
- Mobilize
OVC (communities, adolescents, youth and young mothers) to access care
services - Support
Community Health Providers to conduct comprehensive family care assessment
among communities - Conduct
home visits to provide comprehensive SRHR services - Link
clients to health and socio-economic care services - Together
with the project teams and other Implementing Partners working in the
area, identify and map the community’s needs - Together
with project teams and other Implementing Partners working in the area,
facilitate community conversations - Together
with the project team, other Implementing Partners and communities link
OVC to care services - In
coordination with the community leaders, and together with the Technical
Officers, participate in engaging communities in healthy conversations. - In
coordination with the project team (Social Worker), plan and document
targets reached and maintain clients data and submit reports in
collaboration with the project team - Participate
in identification and set up of the training venues, including the
logistical aspects for the same - Provide
written and concise reports for all training and community outreach
activities undertaken - Provide
weekly monthly reports to the M&E and project officer
Requirements
Requirements
- BGCSE
and Minimum Certificate in Counseling - Excellent
communication and report writing skills - People
skills/interpersonal skills - Highly
professional, Self motivated and innovative - ICT
skills - Timely
delivery of set targets - Teamwork
- Experience
in community mobilization approaches - Working
knowledge of the respective language of the communities
Company profile
Botswana
Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is a National non-governmental organization
(NGO) and member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
BOFWA working to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health
information, services and advocate for the rights of adolescents/youth,
orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) and Key Populations.
Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) is a National non-governmental organization
(NGO) and member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
BOFWA working to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health
information, services and advocate for the rights of adolescents/youth,
orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) and Key Populations.
Overall
Project mission
In 2016 BOFWA entered into an agreement with PCI International, to implement a
PEPFAR funded OVC Project PCI led partnership in two of the seven PEPFAR high
priority scale-up districts – greater Gaborone and Southern (entailing
Gaborone, Moshupa, Kanye, Lerolwana, Selokolla, Gasita ). The overall mission
of the project is to improve the health and social status for vulnerable
adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), children and adolescents living with
HIV, and HIV-exposed infants, especially infants of young mothers, contributing
to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals for Botswana. The OVC Project seeks to provide
targeted, evidence-based and comprehensive OVC care and service interventions
that empower families, strengthen community support structures to identify and
protect OVC.
Project mission
In 2016 BOFWA entered into an agreement with PCI International, to implement a
PEPFAR funded OVC Project PCI led partnership in two of the seven PEPFAR high
priority scale-up districts – greater Gaborone and Southern (entailing
Gaborone, Moshupa, Kanye, Lerolwana, Selokolla, Gasita ). The overall mission
of the project is to improve the health and social status for vulnerable
adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), children and adolescents living with
HIV, and HIV-exposed infants, especially infants of young mothers, contributing
to the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals for Botswana. The OVC Project seeks to provide
targeted, evidence-based and comprehensive OVC care and service interventions
that empower families, strengthen community support structures to identify and
protect OVC.
Closing date and application
instructions
instructions
Interested
candidates send your CV, cover letter indicating education and experience to:
candidates send your CV, cover letter indicating education and experience to:
The
CEO
BOFWA
PO Box 00100 Gaborone
Email: bofwa@bofwa.org.bw
Or hand deliver plot 23789 Phase 4 G/West
CEO
BOFWA
PO Box 00100 Gaborone
Email: bofwa@bofwa.org.bw
Or hand deliver plot 23789 Phase 4 G/West
Closing
date: 11th November 2016
date: 11th November 2016