Social Worker

Key Populations Programme (Sex Worker)

Main purpose of the job:

Implement social work services along the continuum of care from prevention
and early intervention to tertiary services, providing comprehensive case,
group, and community work services within fixed and community settings.
Support stakeholder engagement and community mobilization.

Location: Germiston, Ekurhuleni
Closing date: 01 March 2024
Submit detailed CV to: Vacancy33@wrhi.ac.za
Advert reference number: KR14-2024

In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants
from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Key performance areas
Provide individual counselling/ therapy to key population members, including treatment adherence support, with a focus on individuals requiring more in-depth counselling or social support to achieve and maintain viral load suppression.
Provide support for gender affirming healthcare and gender-affirming healthcare though an informed consent process and participatory approach in collaboration with psychologist (transgender clients).
Develop and manage referral protocol and network; refer clients for further management to appropriate
tertiary institutions / mental health services, as necessary.
Facilitate linkages between facility and Department of Social Development (DSD), and support access to social grants and social support services in the community.
Support trans and gender diverse person and facilitate accessing Home Affairs to change name and gender marker in identity document.
Respond to cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) or Interpersonal Violence (IPV).
Facilitate linkages for vulnerable children between facility and the community (PEPFAR OVCY Partners, NGOs, CBOs etc.)
Undertake appropriate case management.
Conduct various support and therapeutic groups, including but not limited to psychosocial support groups for people living with HIV, and ART and PrEP adherence groups.
Conduct support groups for transgender clients considering or in the process of gender affirmation.
Plan, coordinate, and quality assure peer educator outreach activities.
Initiate and conduct community outreach and community interventions to create demand for services and
mobilise key populations.
Advocate for gender affirming healthcare services, trans, and gender diverse people’s human rights and/ or sex worker rights.
Optimise stakeholder engagement with key population lead CSOs, government departments, NGOs, and social service organisations.
Conduct Sensitisation Workshops with social, health and law enforcement agencies to counter discrimination against Key Population members and increase access to services.
Conduct Community Dialogues with NGOs. CSOs and community members to create an enabling environment for Key Population members.

Undertake stakeholder and community engagement in increase uptake of services.
Create programme awareness amongst both internal and external stakeholders by doing presentations to
interested parties upon request.
Support and educate family members of trans and gender diverse, as well as sex worker clients.
Coordinate peer educator team outreach activities.
Provide supervision to a team of lay counsellors and peer educators.
Capacitate peer educators and other personal cadres in psychosocial wellbeing strategies.
Offer debriefing and psychosocial support to peer educator teams.
Orientate new peer educators.
Train, mentor and support lay counsellors and peer educators to conduct risk profiling and offer basic
psychosocial containment during community outreach.
Train, mentor and support lay counsellors and peer educators to implement GBV screening for people living with
HIV.
Train, mentor and support lay counsellors and peer educators to co-facilitate or conduct (as appropriate)
various support groups.
Perform accurate client/ clinical record keeping and reporting, maintaining client confidentiality.
Submit accurate and timeous data to the Site Manager and ME Team on counselling provided and activities
undertaken.
Compile reports of the relevant programme activities conducted.
Attend meetings as required and provide feedback to the relevant parties.
contribute to the development of standardised PowerPoint presentations for training purposes.
Take ownership and accountability for tasks & activities and demonstrate effective self-management.
Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately
maintained.
Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met and provides appropriate means of resolution.
Support and drives the business’ core values.
Take ownership for own career development.
Manage stress in ways that does not negatively impact the team.
Obtain and maintain record of annual required CPD points as per SACSSP requirements.
Maintain professional registration with SACSSP.
Perform ad hoc duties as requested by line managers.

Required minimum education and training.
Degree in Social Work.
Certificate in basic HIV management, Time Management, Conflict Managemen

Professional body registration
Registration with South African Council of Social Service Professionals (SACSSP).

Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities

Intermediate MS Office.
Qualification and/ or experience in Clinical Social Work practice.
Ability to Problem Solve, Probing skills, Team Player, Ability to Multitask,
Ability to delegate and follow up, Empathy, Compassion, Understanding, Approachable, Ability to manage
stress, Networking ability.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Effective communication within a multi-disciplinary team comprising professional nurses, medical officers,
community health care workers and peer educators.
Build sound relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

Required minimum work experience.
At least 3 years’ experience in Social Work.

Should you be interested in applying for this vacancy, please send an email to vacancy33@wrhi.ac.za. The
subject heading of the email must read KR14 – 2024 and the job title of position applying for. Please include the
following documentation:

• A cover letter (maximum one page) that clearly states which vacancy you are applying for
• A detailed CV

All the best with your applications.