Community Health Officers (CHEW) at Kajiado County

Job Group H 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Visiting homes to determine health situations and dialogue with household members
• Sensitizing communities on prevention, promotion and rehabilitation.
• Identifying and managing common ailments and minor injuries at community level using laid down guidelines.
• Collecting, managing and updating health data at household level for analysis.
• Distribution, dissemination of information Education Communication materials, mosquito nets, and other commodities to households
• Growth monitoring and undertaking deworming of children under 5years.
• Managing community resource centers and convening and conducting monthly community meetings and action days.
• Identifying defaulters of health interventions and other health cases and referring them to health facilities.

Basic qualifications:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines:

           I. Community Health and Development

          II. Community Health

         III. Environmental Health from a recognized institution;

• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 1 year working experience in a community health related programme.
• Must have good inter-personal and communication skills
• Must satisfy the requirements of chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010