About this role
The Positive Care and Development Foundation seeks volunteers and registered Sub-CBOs/NGOs to run a Clubfoot Intervention Programme in Ekiti. Partners are expected to identify and refer clubfoot cases to designated treatment clinics, and to participate in reporting, meetings, and clinic sessions. They will conduct home visits, support families, monitor treatment adherence, and track key performance indicators after clinic visits. The role involves community mobilisation, outreach with Primary Health Care facilities, and collaboration with civil society, religious groups, families and communities to enrol children with clubfoot. A smartphone and local language communication are required, with safeguarding commitment emphasized.
What you would do
- Identify at least 10 clubfoot cases per month and refer to treatment clinics.
- Submit weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
- Attend weekly performance review meetings and clinic reporting sessions.
- Conduct home visits to identify and refer new cases.
- Follow up with patients who default from treatment.
- Provide counselling and family support; monitor treatment adherence and progress.
- Track performance indicators after each clinic visit (e.g., patients treated, outcomes, corrections, complications, satisfaction, timeliness).
- Engage with communities and Primary Health Care facilities to mobilise and refer cases.
- Collaborate with civil society organisations, religious groups, families and communities to enroll children with clubfoot.
- Demonstrate safeguarding commitment in all activities.
What they are asking for
- Access to an Android smartphone.
- Ability to provide a dedicated community caseworker or ad-hoc staff at the LGA level.
- Effective communication in the local language.
- Capacity to conduct community mobilisation, outreach and engagement with PHCs.
- Experience with PHCs during Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Week activities related to clubfoot is an advantage.
- Proven ability to work with civil society organisations, religious groups, families and communities to identify and enroll children with clubfoot.
- Strong commitment to safeguarding principles.
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