COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK LEVEL 4
What is the title of the programme?
Community Health Work 4, SAQA ID No 64697
Qualification Type: Further Education and Training Certificate
Duration of study: At least 12 months. It has Theory, Practical and Work Place Training components.
What are the entry requirements?
- Community Health Work Level 3/Grade11 with passes in Mathematical literacy and English
- Possession of Grade 12 is an advantage
- Computer Literacy at NQF Level 3 is strongly recommended
What is the purpose of the programme?
To develop Ancillary Health Care practitioners who will practise the roles of health promoter, health provider and health networker within a community development context.
The individuals will be able to:
- Assist in planning and implementing promotion programmes for Health Care within communities.
- Assist in the facilitation and implementation of primary health care projects within the community.
- Achieve ancillary health care objectives within own community/work context.
Duties of a community health worker?
- Health Promotion and Education at household level.
- Refer to relevant Departments those needing to.
- Identify areas of potential danger or hazard ad report to relevant departments.
- Initiate and support community based development projects
- Liaison between community and Department of Health
- Advocacy and Marketing for Department of Health at community level.
- Community mobilization against diseases and ill health through awareness campaigns, health promotional material, word of mouth, role modelling, etc.
- Counselling, support, passionate caring, stress relief etc.
- DOTS – directly supervised treatment support
- Home Based Care
- Screening of Health related cards for compliance or default
- Assesses health status of all family members and give advises.
- Weighs infants and babies and record in the Road to Health Card.
- Provide PMTCT support at household level.
What can I do after obtaining this qualification?
Find employment as a:
- Facilitator/administrator for community health activities
- Community Health Care worker - Assisting in planning advocacy campaigns to support primary health care initiatives and
Assisting in facilitating and implementing primary health care projects within the community. - Enroll for higher level qualifications such as Medical secretary NQF level 5, Nursing NQF level 5 & Pharmaceutical Sales Representation NQF Level 5.
Where will I find employment?
- Nursing Institutions,
- Community
- Government Health Institutions,
- Community Clinics or hospitals
Who are the prospective employers?
- National Government
- Provincial governments
- Municipalities
- Churches
- Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)