Turkey: Community Health Worker

• Attend initial and follow-up trainings on health and psychosocial topics. Actively participate in training and other IMC events.
• Attend weekly meetings in order to report information, attend training, and receive instructions regarding activities in the local community.
• Coordinate with Regional CHW Field Officer and IMC staff regarding CHW activities and responsibilities.
• Collect basic demographic data on the community, including trends related to health and social service needs.
• Disseminate health and psychosocial education to community members at the supported PHC clinics, by conducting home visits, giving group education events, and/or performing outreach in the community.
• Provide basic psychological support to vulnerable beneficiaries in the community.
• Act as the link between the IMC’s multidisciplinary team and the affected population at community level by reporting community comments or complaints, and by spreading information and performing community mobilization.
• Gather data and report it on a weekly basis as well as during periodic surveys and help feed back findings to stakeholders and the community.
• Record data on routine activities and Health/Psychosocial conditions and forward it to the Field CHWs supervisor.
• Help identify key health/MH practices to be addressed and help to plan and carry out appropriate activities to promote safe practices, including:
• Communication activities such as community meetings, drama, information campaigns, use of educational materials etc.
• Ensure that these activities are conducted to a high standard and are in line with IMC’s organisational ethos and code of conduct.
• Encourage the participation of community members throughout health promotion activities.
• Use resources effectively and with care.
• Establish community mapping, links with other services and referral mechanisms.

Reporting

• Report on all tasks and responsibilities including:
• Referrals using collection tools provided by IMC
• Reporting on evolving needs in the community, gaps in service access, and trends among targeted populations relevant to program implementation.
• Participate in M&E activities for impact measurement assessment when applicable (surveys, FGD, interviews, community organizing etc.).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Some prior knowledge of health, teaching, or community development preferable.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different sectors of the community.
• Trust and wide acceptance by the community.
• Diplomacy, tact, and negotiating skills.
• Good literacy, numeracy, and record keeping skills.
• Knowledge of Turkish language preferable if operating in Turkey.
• Strong desire to assist in health and community outreach.
• Ability to spend 10 + hours per week in training and education as needed.
• Expect to stay in target community for foreseeable future.
• Person should not be a medical doctor.

Applications should include a detailed CV, a cover letter and should be submitted in English with the subject title to following email address, respectively:

HR-Urfa@InternationalMedicalCorps.org