Youth HIV Outreach Worker - ICAD-CISD

INFORMATION SUR LE STAGE / INTERNSHIP POSITION INFORMATION
Titre du stage / Internship
Position Title:
Youth HIV Outreach Worker
Pays / Country:
Thailand
Ville / City:
Khon Kaen
Secteur prioritaire / Sector: Securing the future of children and youth
Description du stage /
Position Description:
Project Description:
Though it was widely recognized that sex education is important for
children and youth, youth in Thailand receive limited sex education from
high school. Sex education still remains a sensitive and controversial
issue. Thai youth are overloaded with information and sexual socialization
from social media and the Internet. The project goal is to increase sexual
health knowledge of youth in universities and colleges in the Northeastern
region of Thailand. Using a peer education model, the outreach worker will
work with youth leaders to deliver healthy sexuality workshops that are
appropriate to the need of youth.
Position Description:
The intern will:
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Outreach to college and university students in Kohn Kaen
province
Develop Peer Educators’ Training curriculum for TNAF
Organize a one day training for 6-8 university students to be peer
educators
Design and organize 4 sexual health workshops for male and
female university students
Work with TNAF staff team to organize a national youth summer
camp
Maintain statistics for project evaluation and write project report
Qualifications:
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Post secondary education, preferable in either child and youth
care, social science, health promotion, nursing, social work, or
International development
Knowledge, interest, in issues of HIV/AIDS/STIs, and healthy
sexuality
Has Interest in community development especially with children
and youth
Basic knowledge and skills in conducting sexual health workshops
Basic knowledge and/or skills in project evaluation
Good communication and writing skills in English
Ability to prioritize, delegate, and handle multiple tasks
MS office skills
Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple assignments
Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment
Some experience in organizing children’s camp would be an asset
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Speak Thai or one of the East or Southeast Asian languages
would be an asset
Eligibility Criteria:
To be eligible for the International Youth Internship Program, you must:
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be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident
be legally entitled to work in Canada
be a post-secondary graduate—graduate of a degree or diploma
program from a university, college, post-secondary school of
technology, post-secondary institute or a CEGEP (collège
d'enseignement général et professionnel)
be between the ages of 19 and 30
have not previously participated in an internship within DFATD's
IYIP initiative
Application Deadline: November 15, 2015
Please send CV and cover letter by email to :
Recruitment Committee
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
[email protected]
Subject: IYIP internship –Youth HIV Outreach Worker
We regret that we will only contact candidates selected for an interview.
Date de début du stage /
Start Date of Internship:
January 2016
Date de fin du stage /
End Date of Internship:
July 2016
Organisation d’accueil /
Host Organization:
Host Organization: Thai National AIDS Foundation (TNAF)
Canadian Partner: Asian Community AIDS Service (ACAS)
Détails au sujet de
l’organisation d’accueil /
Host Organization Details:
Thai National AIDS Foundation (TNAF) is a national non-governmental
organization. It was founded in 1999 with its mandate to secure funds and
resources to support HIV/AIDS prevention, education, care and support
programs of community-based organizations, people living with HIV/AIDS
groups, and non-governmental AIDS service organizations in Thailand.