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Community Health Supervisor/Social worker (Only Male)

Terre des hommes (Tdh) Foundation
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Position Title: Community Health Supervisor/Social worker (Only Male)

2025-08-31    Nangarhar     Full Time     171

Job Location: Nangarhar
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care Management Nonprofit-Social Services Communication Coordination
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per Tdh salary scale
Vacancy Number: Tdh-027-2025
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Jalalabad
Organization: Terre des hommes (Tdh) Foundation
Years of Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in the sector of protection, focusing on child protection as a Community Health Supervisor/Social worker
Contract Duration: Six Months (with three months as probation period)
Gender: Male
Education: Graduated from the faculty of social science and education, professional qualification in health is preferred .
Close date: 2025-08-31

About Terre des hommes (Tdh) Foundation:

Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh) is a Swiss child welfare foundation, that provides assistance and protection to vulnerable populations worldwide. Tdh has been working in Afghanistan since 1995 and carries out projects related to Child Protection, Access to Justice, Mother and Child Health, and Livelihood Programs in Kabul & Nangarhar provinces.

Job Descriptions:

 

The CHS/SW will supervise all community health activities. He or she will assist in training, supporting, and supervising CHWs. He or she also assists in the formation and linkage of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie). He will also carry out the protection-related interventions at the community level.

Main responsibilities in Child Protection:

Training:

 Assists in practical training during CHW training courses, including supervising the practical experience of the CHWs in the community during their training, the CHS/SW will also carry out awareness session about child rights and psychosocial support through CMS with Returnees, IDPs and Conflict affected population targeted by the project and Ensure that they have a better understanding of standard on child protection in emergencies ( CPiE).

  • Provides on-the-job and monthly in-service training to CHWs
  • Reviews and evaluates the performance of the CHWs and identifies the need for further training

 Support and supervision:

  • Assists the staff of the health facility in making plans for the community health programs in the facility and its catchment area.
  • Implements, supervises, and evaluates the community health program activities in the catchment area of the health facility.
  • Identifies and reports immediately to the head of the health facility any problems that may   interfere with achieving program objectives
  • Guides the CHWs in the development and implementation of their action plans.
  • Conducts monthly supervisory meetings with CHWs.
  • Conducts regular visits to the CHWs in their communities to assess and assist their work.
  •   Identification of community volunteers and community ToTs with the close coordination of community elders and Tdh selection criteria.
  • Through the implementation of CMS ( Case Management System) to address the protection concerns of IDPs, Returnees, and conflict-affected children and their families in working locations.
  • Develop activities that meet the recommendations linked to the psychosocial monitoring of the children being supported
  •   Ensure the confidentiality of the data
  •   Collect information and individual records (follow-up forms, individual files, etc.)

Health Management Information System:

  • Supervises the quality of the pictorial registers and Community Maps maintained by the CHWs and assists the CHWs where needed.
  • Supervises completion of the MARs by CHWs and the completion of the facility MAAR.
  • Uses the reporting system and information received from village health committees (Shura-e-Sehie) to monitor health conditions and submits findings to the person in charge of the health facility.

Facility-community collaboration:

  • Assists formation of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie)
  • Guides information & implementation of community-based health activities
  • Promotes support for CHWs
  • Provides feedback from the community to the head of the health facility
  • Understand and apply Tdh policies and procedures in the working environment
  • Respect and apply the Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) framework
  • Maintain a respectful communication with communities, considering the local norms and values.

Job Requirements:

  • NOTE: Strongly request the candidates to read the job responsibilities and requirements carefully!!!

  • Graduated from the faculty of social science and education
  • A professional qualification in health is preferred 
  • 3 years of experience in the sector of protection, focusing on child protection as a Community Health Supervisor/Social worker
  • Excellent networking and ability to communicate with the children and their families
  • well understanding of the Afghanistan context, especially the eastern region
  • Good reporting skills
  • Respected, self-motivated resident of the local community
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Experience in community development, health care, or management will be an advantage.
  • Working knowledge of Pashto or Dari and fluent in the local language.
  • Able and willing to travel to all parts of the area extensively

Submission Guidelines:

Please click on the below link to apply:h

https://jobs.af/jobs/community-health-supervisor-social-worker/apply

 

Submission Email:

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