Community Health Workers Supervisor

Job Description

• Supervise and work in strict collaboration with the nutrition team in the screening activities of severely malnourished children (MAM and SAM) and Pregnant lactating women.
• In collaboration with the District Manager and the Community health worker follow-up beneficiary food provision.
• Support the health staff in severe malnutrition case management according to national guidelines.
• Assist the CHWs in the implementation of Nutrition activities at community and ensure the management of the commodities (food, drugs and equipment) is done professionally.
• Ensure proper communication, coordination and harmonization of tools with the different stakeholders involved in food/nutrition activities.
• Participate in the conduction of nutrition research studies, Best practice documentation, Success Stories, surveys and campaigns.
• Ensure strict adherence to breast milk substitute guidelines for beneficiaries.
• Improve the provision of quality nutrition counselling and education at community and other key contact points in the health Programme.
• Participate in the development and use developed activity work plans based on the program Work plan.
• Enhance integration of Nutrition activities with other key health programs.
• Attend regular meetings with facility staff and share results with district Manager.
• Develop and coordinate the adherence and reporting of nutrition education sessions as per developed plan.
• Monitor Health Education activities and breast feeding practices.
• Nutritional assessment of children and PLW’s.
• Identify malnourished children and PLW’s according to protocol.
• Provide nutrition and health education to all program beneficiaries.
• Management beneficiary’s record and fill their mandatory templates.
• Undertake anthropometric screening, identify children with malnutrition and provide appropriate nutritional and medical support as the protocol.
• Properly record, document and report the program activities.