Community Worker

Industry Type : Medical ,Pharma

Job Location : Uttar Pradesh

Deadline: 2024-03-20

Job Description

About the Project:

Project SAHAS, implementing with support from Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), is a ‘unique and innovative’ project that focuses on five major areas affecting Transgenders (Male to Female & Female to male, including nonbinary persons) in India. The focused areas are Holistic Healthcare (including early detection, prevention and referral treatment for communicable as well as non-communicable diseases), Gender Affirmation Care (GAC), Human Rights, Gender Based Violence and Social Welfare Entitlements. The project’s key objective is to create a significant positive impact in the areas of gender identity, education, equitable access, and the economic status of the transgender population. The project will be implemented in ten sites at three levels (national, state and community levels), ensuring collaboration with the organisations working for the welfare of the transgender community.

Summary of Responsibilities:

The Community Worker will be responsible for mobilising the community members for health and social welfare camps and other such initiatives. The person will also provide a basic awareness of HIV/STI/TB prevention and information regarding the social protection schemes available for the community members.

The Community Worker will disseminate first level information about Gender Affirmation Care (GAC). The Community Worker will provide accurate information regarding the data/information collected to the Project Coordinator, ensuring utmost confidentiality of the data collected.

The key responsibilities of the position are as follows:

Mobilise people for health camps, social welfare camps, other events, etc.

Ensure each registered Transgender person should have access to a transgender card and other welfare schemes.

Provide HIV/STI/ TB prevention and safer sex education to transgenders( Male to Female, Female to Male and non-binary ) members through outreach.

Provide correct basic information regarding GAC amongst community members and guide them to the counsellor at the TG Welfare Center.

Convene one-to-one sessions, group sessions, hotspot level meetings and advocacy meetings.

Provide information about Crisis Response Team and TG welfare centres.

Reach sub-groups of the transgender community both visible and hidden (Hard to reach TGH)

Building/creating second-line leadership at the hotspot/site level

Contribute at the site level for various advocacy activities aiming at the welfare of the transgender community.

Provide outreach at popular gathering spots: Bars, clubs, restaurants, parks, and the hijra deras. ? Share information in the community about social protection, social entitlement, and GAC ? Create awareness about all aspects of TG health and rights.

Development of weekly plan and review the weekly plan in the weekly meetings.

Consolidate the data collected at the fields and report back to the M&E and Finance Officer

Ensure that the monthly support group meetings and Crisis Response Team meetings are conducted in close coordination with the team members.? Undertake other responsibilities not outlined above, which are commensurate with a role of this nature in the charitable sector and are of interest to the organisation, which have been discussed between the line manager and the post holder.

Essential requirements:

At least 8th class pass

From the community (TG/Hijra) and preferably with experience working with TG/Hijra population or trans-led CBOs

Has a good hold in community mobilisation and is aware of community dynamics.

A good understanding of the community mobilisation process.

Strong facilitation and convincing skills.

Ability to read and write in English and local language.

Ability to read and write in English and/or in the regional language where the programme is being implemented.

Desirable qualities/experience/skills:

Good understanding of development issues and the HIV epidemic(s) in India.

Knowledge in Prevention, TG Social protection-related issues.

A good understanding of legal and ethical issues around HIV/AIDS/ KPs.