Peer Navigator
- Contract
Company Description
Lan Pya Kyel Association (“LPK”) is a non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian organization. It is local organization in Myanmar. Organization is currently providing full comprehensive package of HIV prevention and treatment to vulnerable populations particularly, sex workers and men who have sex with men and Transgender Women. The organization has been implementing HIV and related programs throughout the country for the past 20 years with the name of “TOP”.
Job Description
- Closely working with HTS team and also with outreached CBS/mobile team to facilitate HIV case management to all of the newly HIV diagnosed clients.
- Establish “rapport” with newly diagnosed HIV clients in facility and engage initial intake and assessment for Index testing.
- Provide counselling” to newly diagnosed cases for psycho-social support and explore client’s concerns and to ensure linkage and enrolment into referred ART centres in accordance with LPK’s policy and guidelines.
- Deliver therapeutic education after assessing client understanding on ART treatment and explore potential barriers/motivators towards adherence, then to assist accessing of early ART initiation (within 14 days as possible).
- Manage and ensure regular clinic follow up for pre-ART clients and takes necessary actions such as home visit whenever necessary.
- Ensure receiving of necessary investigation results (laboratory) of individual cases in need of referral to other treatment services.
- Explore contacts (sexual partners, needle sharing partners, biological children and intimate partners) of client’s and encourage them to notify the list of partners.
- Offering Index testing with informed consent by showing main benefit such as significantly reducing the risk of HIV transmission in key populations and community.
- Explain the process of Index testing and how he/she will assist client with suitable referral strategies through the whole process.
- Ensure to work out through Index testing cascade for every newly HIV diagnosed clients.
- Assess for potential risk of and response to gender-based violence including intimate partner violence through set questionnaires and provide necessary support including referral for GBV services depending on service availability.
- Ensure contact tracing of Index client with proper planning and strategies for HTS in collaborate with outreached team as necessary.
- Assist in process of partner HIV testing, and link with relevant services to the result (link with PrEP or HIV prevention team for HIV non-reactive cases and support HIV case management for HIV positive clients).
- Referral and follow up service confirmation to other referral services to access ART.
- Tracking via phone call or home visit for missed appointment/lost to follow up cases.
- Cooperating with the peer outreach team to conduct the home visit to trace loss to follow up cases.
- Accomplish HIV cascade of care model (Following on missed/ lost to follow up cases).
- Inform and report to the respective medical officers timely in the absence of appointment to mitigate the loss to follow up case.
- To participate in case supervision/case discussion as needed to discuss non-adherence cases which initiated by Counsellors.
- Support PrEP initiation process in collaborate with counsellors and MOs depends on eligibility.
- Follow up and tracing of PrEP clients regularly and track if necessary.
- Tracking of PrEP clients by providing customized cares like counselling by phones, home based cares to ensure PrEP retention.
- Actively involving in special campaigns/events & social group meeting conducted by PrEP service group.
- Ensure completing the forms provided and complete them in delivering client services.
- Collect service data and provide daily to immediate supervisor.
- Update daily on Index client tracker and calculator to oversee the progress of individual case loads.
- Organize weekly case discussion with team and other colleagues as needed.
- Follow protocols and procedures for M&E guideline, office administration, rostering, using the HIV prevention casework service resources, etc.
Qualifications
- Experience in the provision of support, education or care services to people living with HIV.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in counselling in emotional and treatment support.
- Having experience in working with clinics, NAP and hospitals
- Knowledgeable in holistic (behaviour, norms, languages, etc..) nature of targeted key populations (MSM/TG & SW)
- Ability to show empathy with active listening and strong commitment to support people living with HIV
- Ability to work independently but cooperatively with others in need
- Be highly organized, proactively working with passion.
Additional Information
09 250325314, 09 969906289, 09 250168734
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