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| Nutrition Counsellor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Herat, |
| Categories | Health Care, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2023-03-18 | Close Date | 2023-03-21 |
| Vacancy No | AILMCH_0214NC | Gender | Female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 8 months, It is possible to extend the contract |
| Education | University/Diploma in the relevant field. Nursing Or Midwife. | Experience | Minimum of 2 years’ experience in relevant field |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | Based On AIL Salaries |
About Company
About Afghan Institute of Learning (A.I.L): Afghan institute of learning (AIL) is a Non-governmental, non-political, non-profit and women-led organization (NGO) which was established in 1995 by "Dr. Sakena Yacoobi" to provide education, training and health services to vulnerable Afghans in order to foster self-reliance, critical thinking skills, and community participation. The Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) believes in a community based tailored, holistic approach that: raises the literacy rate, teaches job skills enabling women to contribute to their families and communities, ensures women and children are safe and know their rights, provides access to health care, education, legal aid and food aid and promotes Afghan culture and peace. Everything we do is interconnected because people need good health to learn and work and quality education and job skills to create economic development. Afghanistan needs the half of its population that is female to contribute their talents and skills to helping communities thrive. We believe that by lifting the lives of Afghan's women and children, we lift the entire country. From its founding in 1995 in the Afghan refugee camps, AIL has grown to where it is today educating tens of thousands and providing health services to hundreds of thousands each year. Currently, across 11 provinces, AIL runs 44 Learning Centers, 6 health clinics with 14 village- based Community Health Worker posts. It offers hundreds of workshops each year on reproductive health, peace, love and forgiveness, human rights, leadership, teacher training and conducts conferences on peace, forgiveness and good governance. AIL promotes Afghan culture with classes in traditional arts and crafts such as carpet weaving, miniature painting and glass work.
Job Description
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Presence to the job according to clinic formalities.
- Preparing a monthly work plan at the beginning of the month.
- Participation in the breakfast meeting of the clinic and presentation of the report.
- weight, height and MUAC Childrens.
- Based on anthropometry, interpreting the child's nutritional status and drawing its graph on the card.
- Based on the nutritional status of the child shown in the card, the mothers of the children should be given the necessary and relevant nutritional advice to improve the nutrition of the children.
- Providing necessary advice on nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding to mothers and ensuring that they take enough iron and folic acid tablets (30 tablets per month).
- The return of children received in the malnutrition screening to the clinic doctor (making sure that the child went to the doctor).
- Understanding the mother about the next visit and emphasizing the next visit.
- Registering children in the growth register.
- Coordination with the community health supervisor regarding the field plan and follow-up of children who do not grow and develop.
- Participation in the meetings of community health volunteers based on the plan.
- Prepare a monthly report of your activity at the end of each month.
- Refer of pregnant and lactating women who have advanced breast diseases or other gynecological and obstetrical problems.
- Refer of children to the vaccination department.
- Providing health education based on the clinic's monthly plan.
- Participation in the monthly meeting of the health council of the clinic.
- Participation in the monthly meeting of community health volunteers.
- Regular and active participation in clinic meetings.
- Trying to create a friendly Space between personnel and patients.
- Exact Observation with the bills and regulations of the organization.
- Observation with Islamic laws.
Job Requirement
Employee specifications or conditions for acceptance:
1. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in relevant field (Important)
2.University/Diploma in the nursing or Midwife Field (Impotant)
3.12th grade education with 2 years eperinced. (Eperince is important)
Submission Guideline
Those who fulfill the above mentioned-criteria should send their updated CV to the bellow submission Email, kindly mention the vacancy number (AILMCH_0214NC) and position title (Nutrition Counsellor). Otherwise, no Email is accepted.