","uitype":5501,"value":" Introduction: Established in 1993, YRGCARE is a premier non-government organization providing comprehensive HIV services in India. Its objective is to provide prevention, care, support, and treatment services for people living with HIV/AIDS, to prevent new infections, and to ensure that patients and their families are treated with dignity. Summary of Key Functions:\\ The Peer Educator will be responsible for supporting the outreach team in planning of service delivery by the project. The peer educators would be responsible to identify individual or groups who are at risk of HIV/AIDS and their partners who require services including the networks. Peer educator will make inroads to these networks and motivate them to use condoms, recognize the need for regular medical checkup and visit to preferred providers or clinics, recognize the need for HIV testing and safe disposal of used condoms/needles and syringes. Will motivate the individuals or groups to improve their self-esteem and communities to access services and other social development benefits Duties and Responsibilities: Planning and Management The Peer Educator along with other project staffs would be responsible for preparing micro- plans, calculate demand analysis of various commodities Prepare weekly / monthly action plan for each hotspot and area, ensure supply of needles/syringes, condoms, lubes, BCC materials adequately for each cover. Should discuss with the community members and other stakeholders in preparing micro plan ensuring that field level support is ensured for smooth implementation of the project. Should ensure follow up of STI cases, HIV positive cases, home visit to HRGs who have not turned up for RMC or HIV testing. Advocacy and Networking Will discuss and rope in support of the stakeholders in smooth implementation of the Programme in the area. Will be working with various power structures within and outside the community and would ensure their effective participation in the Programme. Will identify and use preferred providers for delivering the project services after due training by SACS or DAPCU or TSU Plan community engagement with community groups and ensure that 50% of the community is engaged with our program services. Conduct peer outreach in communities, hotspots, clinics, or shelters to deliver HIV/AIDS prevention messages. Provide accurate information on HIV transmission, prevention (including PrEP and condom use), testing, and treatment adherence. Distribute prevention materials such as condoms, lubricants, and informational brochures. Facilitate or support educational sessions, workshops, and community meetings. Refer individuals for HIV testing, STI screening, ART initiation, mental health services, or substance use treatment as needed. Provide ongoing support to clients living with HIV to ensure ART adherence and retention in care. Keep detailed records of outreach activities and report regularly to supervisors. Maintain confidentiality and promote a stigma-free, inclusive environment. Participate in regular training, supervision, and program evaluations. Commodity Supplies and Management Will support the ORW will maintain records of free condoms or needles and syringes on lubes received from the project and distributed by self or peer educators Reporting: Provide data/information required for preparation of reports Requirements: Preferably should be literate with good knowledge of the local community and for FSW, MSM and TG / Hijra PEs should be from the same target group. In case of Migrants project -40% of the total peers should be from the community which represent highest number of migrants from source States. In case of truckers\u2019 project -40% of the total peers should be ex-truckers or helpers and are currently in the profession or are working with any other jobs. In case of IDU or FIDU projects - ex-users or community members be preferred. The peer educator selection should be done through a process of peer progression among the volunteers who are associated with the project by way of helping in community sensitization, clinic services. The peer educators should be from the community in terms of their occupation, typology and age groups. Stakeholders, pressure groups or members of power structures, family members of the target population should not be preferably be engaged as peer educators. Equal Opportunity Employer: \u200b YRGCARE is an equal-opportunity employer. At YRGCARE, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity as part of our values. We actively celebrate employees\u2019 different abilities, sexual orientations, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Our employees are provided with equal opportunities to those who are from different races, communities, experiences, backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving peoples lives. "}}] , "isMobile":false , "iframe":"false" , "jobType":"Full time","applyName":"