Baby Minder - Kisumu

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality care of study participants’ children and listen, consult with parents, children and clinic staff
• Ensure a safe and good hygiene standards environment for participants’ children within the clinic environs by creating clean and safe area that prevent a potential hazard to children.
• Ensure children dedicated equipment such as baby coats are in good condition, well maintained, and safe to use and age appropriate
• Ensure comfort, observe and report any matters that require attention such as accidents, emergencies that may occur among study participants’ children
• Listening to, encouraging, enabling, engaging, motivating, stimulating and ensuring the safe keeping of the participants’ children
• Change baby nappies and ensure their comfort and Provide a range of play activities, both indoors and outside
• Regularly replenish children supplies and provide refreshments for children and their parents
• Ensure that appropriate communication methods are used when communicating with children, parents, and fellow staff.
• Ensure that the children feel secure, and are safe, warm, comfortable and well fed
• Work with other staff within the study clinic
• Perform Variety of unskilled tasks as helper in the clinic

Vacancy Requirements:

Description. Requirement Type 1 Minimum o-level; with short trainings such as ECD, First Aid or any other related courses Mandatory 2 At least 1 year of work experience preferably with a busy medical organization. Mandatory 3 Knowledge of HIV prevention and treatment and family planning services is an added advantage Added Advantage 4 Build and maintain positive and professional relationships with parents/carers, children, other staff and deliver a high level of customer service at all times Mandatory 5 Good listener, self-driven, flexible and confidential at all times. Mandatory 6 Patient and with a sense of humor so as Listen to and engage children in relevant conversations. Mandatory 7 Appropriate communication skills and a good role model for children Mandatory 8 Have a growing repertoire of songs, rhymes and stories to share with children of all ages. Mandatory