- SAQA ID
- 94597
- NQF Level
- 3
- Credits
- 163
- Duration
- 1 year
What the course is for
This qualification prepares you to carry out basic assessments of communities, households, groups and individuals, provide basic health education and referrals for a wide range of services, and help people navigate the health and social services system.
What you will be able to do
- Conduct community, household and individual health assessments and identify health needs and risks.
- Promote the health of households and the individuals within them.
- Refer people for further assessment and testing after basic screening.
- Provide simple health interventions in a household, such as basic first aid and oral rehydration.
- Provide psychosocial support, treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support.
Why it matters
The qualification underpins the appointment requirements for Community Health Workers employed across government departments as part of the primary health care outreach teams. It supports the national drive to strengthen the health system through ward-based outreach, school health services and district clinical specialist teams focused on maternal and child health.
Qualification structure
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Knowledge subjects — 40 credits
- Public and Community Health Support, NQF 3, 22 credits
- Family and Community Services, NQF 3, 10 credits
- Basics of Community Health, NQF 3, 8 credits
Practical skill modules — 63 credits
- Mobilise community to address community health issues, NQF 3, 4 credits
- Identify service needs and ease of access to health and social services, NQF 3, 4 credits
- Promote healthy lifestyles and mental wellbeing, NQF 3, 6 credits
- Promote HIV prevention, including testing, condom use, partner reduction, circumcision and STI treatment, NQF 3, 4 credits
- Provide information on prevention of accidents and incidents in homes, NQF 2, 4 credits
- Record and report on information provided to individuals, households and communities, NQF 3, 4 credits
- Promote and provide support for maternal and women’s health, NQF 2, 14 credits
- Promote child health, NQF 4, 4 credits
- Support community members with psychosocial problems, NQF 4, 3 credits
- Provide an integrated approach to support treatment adherence, NQF 3, 4 credits
- Identify and treat a select number of minor ailments, NQF 2, 8 credits
- Provide basic support to people who are unable to care for themselves, NQF 2, 4 credits
Work experience modules — 60 credits
- Operation and dynamics of communities, NQF 4, 6 credits
- Household registration and assessment processes, NQF 3, 14 credits
- Health promotion processes, NQF 3, 6 credits
- Formal health provision processes, NQF 2, 12 credits
- Emotional and social wellness support processes, NQF 3, 6 credits
- Household treatment processes of minor ailments, NQF 3, 16 credits
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