Case Monitor at Pro-Health International

Slot: 4 Openings

Job Description
Case Monitors (Responsible for the Facility-Community Bi-directional Linkages and Directly Supervised by the ICHSSA 4 Staff)

Case Monitors are solely responsible for:

• Technical and programmatic leadership in the implementation of OVC interventions across the facility – community spectrum.
• Supervise and give technical oversight to all cross-cutting linkage interventions by facility case managers and community case workers.
• S/he manages and coordinates case conference among case workers to address concerns and issues arising from service provisions
• Conduct initial comprehensive assessment of clients’ needs and support systems using the National OVC service standards and assessment tools
• Supports the training of peer navigators, case workers on the care process for project beneficiaries
• The CM is expected to strengthen community and health facility linkages and bidirectional referrals to optimize care, treatment and support services to vulnerable children infected or affected by HIV.
• The CM will support training of case workers on gender norms, adolescent, nutrition, child protection programming.
• The CM will interface on all spectrum of care for project beneficiaries and provide community level support to them including early childhood and parenting services.
• Collaborate with Facility ART team to ensure CALHIV/ALHIV and PLHIV (Caregiver) is on optimized regiment and retained on treatment.
• The CCM will provide support in the identification, linkages for Adolescent girls, women for support in SVAC and GBV response systems in the state.
• CCM will participate in monthly case conferencing with PHI and conduct same with case workers at the CSO level.
• CCM will collate, coordinate monthly reports of activities across the different thematic areas support, provide a summary of areas of challenges and analysis aimed at providing next line of interventions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide assisted referral services and linkage to care and treatment services for test indicated children.
• Supports adolescent OTZ clubs, adolescent programs, and community-based programming platforms such as Kids Clubs, Caregivers’ Forum that are usually facilitated by Case Workers.
• Collaborate with facility case finding team to ensure newly identified HIV positive clients are properly linked to treatment.
• Support research efforts including assessments using instruments developed for information gathering on the ICHSSA 4 project.
• Collaborate with Facility ART team to ensure CALHIV/ALHIV and CA/PLHIV (Caregiver) are on optimized regimen and retained on treatment.
• Develop and roll out mentoring, coaching and supportive supervision program for community case workers on service delivery to key population
• Support the updating of viral load result through collaboration with health facilities staff
• Monitor the implementation of care plans for each household in their community to ascertain the progress being made and the level of support being provided by the Community Case Workers.
• Strengthen pediatric ART Saturation Support (PASS) at households and community levels in collaboration with the Peer Navigators.
• Perform any other functions that might be assigned from time to time depending on emerging needs and priorities of the project.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess an HND / B.Sc Degree with 1 - 3 years relevant work experience.