Peer Field Ambassador - Cape Town, South Africa - TB HIV Care

TB HIV Care
TB HIV Care
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Cape Town, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Acting as role models to support and report to the CCID field workers by guiding their peers, the homeless population in the central business district (CBD), to the relevant resources available.


Minimum Requirements:


  • Grade 10 qualification
  • Minimum 1 years' work experience in the PWID Community or experience as a peer educator
  • Homeless or previously homeless
  • Possession of a smart phone
  • Age 25 to 55 years
  • Flexibility to work overtime and weekends
  • Competent in English and one other South African language

Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Continuous used needle clean ups within CBD
  • Housing / shelter placements minimizing the prevalence of homelessness among substance users.
  • The provision of psychosocial services to promote workreadiness, group, and individual therapeutic support to the team and the peers they engage with.
  • Provide a platform that motivates individuals with substance use disorders toward better stability and accountability. Opportunities to participate in the Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) program enhance this benefit
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