Community Services and Linkage Manager

Community Services and Linkage Manager

mothers2mothers (m2m) is an African Primary Health Care organisation that employs women living with HIV as community health workers across African nations. These “Mentor Mothers” deliver integrated health services at clinics and in communities to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to the services they need to be healthy and stay in care. Over the next five years, this proven, peer-led model is being scaled up to double down on ending HIV, as well as to tackle new health challenges and reach more people—all with the aim of building a fairer, healthier future. The employment of local women as community health workers means that we are delivering a model that prioritises healthcare for families who need it most, delivered by women who know them best. Since its creation in 1, m2m has created jobs for nearly , women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and, together, they have reached over M people with critical health services and education. In 1, m2m reached over 1.6M people across African nations, including , adolescents (ages -)—% more than the year before. m2m also advanced the Global Goals of ending HIV / AIDS by 0—by achieving virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among its enrolled clients for the eighth consecutive year, and meeting all of the ambitious UNAIDS Fast-Track Targets among its clients four years ahead of the 6 target date. For more information, visit .

Key Performance Areas

• Strengthen bi-directional referral systems to improve both health / HIV and social service delivery for OVCA&Y
• Strengthen implementation of comprehensive, HIV-inclusive case management with a focus on improving paediatric HIV case identification
• Strengthen HIV prevention focus, linkage to HTS, care, and treatment; retention among both children and their caregivers; and violence prevention and response.
• Manage community profile and mapping referral systems of patients from the community to facility and vice versa
• Work closely with stakeholders to create demand for health services
• Communicate with operational managers in health facilities to ensure that the services provided can meet the demand created
• Assist facilities to develop systems to enhance the linkage into care or patients referred from community testing events
• Facilitate the tracing of defaulters in conjunction with community deployed staff
• Provide administrative support to ensure that clients receive the appropriate care at each community visit.
• Ensure that linkage support aligns to community activities
• Engage communities to improve the quality of care retention in care and adherence to treatment

Qualifications and Experience

Working knowledge of siSwati and other local languages in Mpumalanga (e.g. isiZulu, isiNdebele, Northern Sotho, Xitsonga).

mothers2mothers is an equal opportunity employer. We particularly encourage applications from people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), people with disabilities, women and previously disadvantaged people.

Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.

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