Community Organizer

**ABOUT SNEHA**

A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women's health is essential to
building viable urban communities. SNEHA is 450+ person strong, innovative and progressive organization that
works on health and nutrition in urban slum pockets with women and their families. SNEHA follows the life-cycle
approach to health and nutrition, by intervening at critical junctures (adolescence, preconception, conception,
pregnancy, postnatal, infancy and toddlerhood, family planning) to ensure improved health and nutritional
outcomes for women and children living in some of Mumbai’s most vulnerable and deprived slums and in the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well.

SNEHA recognises that, in order to improve urban health standards, our initiatives must target both care seekers
and care providers. We work with communities residing in informal settlements to empower women and
communities to be catalysts of change in their own right and collaborate with existing public health systems and
health care providers to create sustainable improvements in urban health. We have different programs running
across SNEHA. Empowerment Health and Sexuality of Adolescents (EHSAS) is one such programme focusing on
adolescent health and well-being.

**ABOUT THE PROGRAM**
Our vision of the EHSAS Program is to enable the health and wellbeing of adolescents and youth, and transform
them into healthy, gender-sensitive and responsible citizens. The program’s focus is on: 1. Health, 2. Gender
equality, 3. Sexuality, 4. Prevention of violence against women and children, 5. Youth participation

An important learning from our intervention has been that the program requires a long-term plan with creative
strategies to sustain the interest of adolescents, and this helps to reduce the rate of attrition in the program. The
information provided through participatory group education sessions if coupled with interesting activities,
wherein adolescents get an opportunity to explore precarious and unanswered questions, leads to self and peer
learning. We also use information, communication and technology in our program.
SNEHA’s EHSAS Programme is getting ready to implement SAFAR (Sustainable Adolescent Friendly systems to
build Agency and Resilience) project in different areas in Mumbai and Thane city with the following objectives:
Expand the scope of a comprehensive adolescent health programme through schools to ensure
management of mental health concerns, improvement in nutrition, improvement in knowledge on sexual
and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

Engage and enable teachers and parents to become adolescent competent and improve their
communication with young people

Strengthen convergence of schools with Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs) in partnership with
the public health system

Build a well-informed citizenry of youth as Non-Specialist Workers (NSWs) to provide psychosocial first
aid to young people and enhance their agency

The role of a Counsellor is important for such an intervention, ensuring appropriate identification to
address mental health concerns of young people from urban vulnerable settlements.

**THE PROFILE**

The role of a community organizer is necessary for screening, identification and planning treatment for
adolescents in schools and communities with mental health issues. The role also requires enabling the EHSAS team
to integrate school based mental health intervention into the existing program

**JOB LOCATION**

Mumbra and Wadala

**DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: **

To collect details of schools as per the format

To co-ordinate with teachers and principals for planning modular sessions for 6th, 7th and 9th 10th standard

students

To co-ordinate with health post staff for access visits for adolescents

To assist PO and PC in conducting sessions in the school

To co-ordinate with different community stakeholders for utilising community resources and support with

social protection schemes’ access

Regular data entry as per the formats

**MANAGEMENT & REPORTING **

Report daily to the Programme Officer

Making plans in coordination with team and reporting accordingly

**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE **

Educational qualification: Minimum HSC degree.

At least one-year experience of community work preferable.

Oral and written command of Hindi, Marathi and working knowledge of English.

**SKILLS & COMPETENCIES **

To be able to co facilitate sessions using classroom facilitation skills

To be able to communicate with different stakeholders

Documenting case stories

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