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Traditional Leadership Championing HIV and Gender-Based Violence Prevention!

Referral Tool for Traditional Leaders working to Prevent HIV and Gender-Based Violence in their Communities

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Contents

What are Referrals? 1

The Role of Traditional Leaders in Making Referrals 2

Where to Make Referrals 3

HIV and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Referrals - 4 Contact Details of My Community Support Team

Give a Referral Slip 6


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What are Referrals?Referrals means sending people to the right place for the help they need in a timely manner.

Referring involves connecting people to others that have special training or experience to deal with a particular problem. For example:

for • medical issues to local clinics or hospitalsfor • legal issues to police or legal servicesfor • sexual and reproductive health to HIV counselling and testing, prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) or medical male circumcision (MMC) servicesfor • cultural issues to Traditional Leaders or other traditional structures such as community elders

Referrals involve a community working together to provide the person being referred the best options and choices to improve their lives and overcome their problem.

When dealing with violence or HIV, as Traditional Leaders you may refer to your internal traditional courts or systems for support from a cultural perspective. You might then provide external referrals to social welfare services, health care services, legal services, social grant services, counselling services or other services provided by NGOs and organisations in your community.

CONFIDENTIALITY IS KEY for MAKING GOOD REFERRALS!Confidentiality means that any referral made by you should not be spoken about with anyone else in the community. It also means that any documentation of referrals you make should not include the person’s name or any other information that could identify them if anyone should read your Prevention Diary or other notebook where you record referrals.

Ensuring confidentiality will help build trust and make people feel protected. Issues surrounding HIV, gender based violence and the violation of rights can pose very real dangers to community members in need of assistance. This is especially true in areas where there is a lot of stigma and discrimination. Do your best to make sure every referral you make is kept confidential.


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The Role of Traditional Leaders in Making ReferralsTraditional Leaders are encouraged to make referrals when:

They are • approached by community members looking for guidance or help with their problemsDue to their leadership role and contact with community members, •they recognise the need for assistance that could include professional counselling, legal or medical supportCreating awareness• about the services that exist to help the community in preventing or treating cases of violence or HIV

This Referral Tool for Traditional Leaders has been developed to assist you to make decisions on good referrals that provide your community members with the HIV and GBV support and services they need.

In order to make good referrals, Traditional Leaders should have an effective referral network. An effective referral network means that you:

Are • aware of all support services that exist in your area related to HIV, GBV and women’s rights. See more on this in the “Where to Make Referrals” section of this tool.Have • personal contacts (for example, the name and phone number) where possible, of people working in the services you will refer community members to. See more on this in the “Where to Make Referrals” section of this tool.Know • where to refer people for specific problems so that they receive the help they need. By becoming familiar with and adapting the “If…Then…” scenarios in the “When to Make Referrals” section of this tool.Document your referrals and provide follow up.• You should document every referral you make in your Leadership Diary for Prevention Action, or another notebook which you can call your ‘Referral Notebook’ and try and follow up with community members to find out if they received the help they needed.


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Where to Make ReferralsThe first step in making good referrals is knowing what services exist in your community. One service below may provide many different services. For example:

Your local clinic might provide:

HIV testing and counselling•Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)•Treatment for opportunistic infections•Treatment after a physical or sexual assault•Other services listed in the contact details listed below.•

If this is the case under each specific service, for example PMTCT services, Traditional Leaders can write “see local clinic” and any other information that will assist community members to access and use this service, such as a particular person they should see who deals with this service.

It is very important for Traditional Leaders to know where each service listed below can be accessed by community members, and to try and have a personal contact at each service point.

Try to fill in the contact details for each service in your Community Support Team as completely as possible. You may want to get help from a community based organisation, legal or medical services to fill in the contacts.

Things for you, as Traditional Leaders, to consider when filling in contact details:How will I describe where this service is when giving a referral? Will transport be required for community members to •access this service?Is there a cost to make use of this service?•What other information is important for community members to know when you make a referral?•


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HIV and Gender Based Violence (GBV) ReferralsContact Details of My Community Support Team

Referral Point Contact Details

Local Clinic Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

HIV Counselling and Testing (can also be called Voluntary Counselling and Testing – VCT)

Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

HIV Treatment and Support Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

Health Facility Providing Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)


Services Providing Counselling on Medical Male Circumcision (MMC)


Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme/Service


Community Based Counsellor(s) Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):


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Community Based Organisations (CBOs) or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) conducting HIV or GBV work

Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):


Domestic Violence or Sexual Assault Programmes


Police Name of Station:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

Legal Services Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

Social Services Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):Transport and User Fee (if applicable):

School Headmaster(s) Name of Institution:Contact Person(s):


Peer Support Groups Name of Group/Institution:Contact Person(s):


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All referrals made should be confidential, and you should ask the people you refer if they would like their name on the referral slip before you fill it in. People may prefer to not have their name on the slip in case it is lost or misplaced.

Traditional Leader Referral Slip

Name of Traditional Leader Providing Referral:

Village:

Name of Person Referred:

Service Being Referred to (provide the name of the institution and a contact name if appropriate):

Problem:

Signed: Date:

Give a Referral SlipYou are encouraged to fill in a Referral Slip for each person you refer. This is a good way to help the person referred to remember where to go and whom to see. When the Referral Slips provided with this Referral Tool run out, you can simply copy out the Slip below onto a piece of scrap paper.

Use your HIV & GBV Referral Slip Pad to fill in the above slip, keep one copy for your records and give the other to the community member to take with them to the place you have referred them.


SAfAIDS Regional Office: 479 Sappers Contour, Lynnwood, Pretoria 0081, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-361-0889 Fax: +27-12-361-0899 E-mail: [email protected] Office - Zimbabwe: 17 Beveridge Road, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe. Tel: +263-4-336193/4 Fax: +263-4-336195 E-mail: [email protected]

Country Office - Zambia: Plot No. 4, Lukasu Road, Rhodes Park, Lusaka, Zambia. Tel: +260-125-7609 Fax: +260-125-7652 E-mail: [email protected] Office - Mozambique: Av. Paulo Samuel Kankomba n.2051, R/C Maputo, Mozambique, Telefax +258-213-02623, Email: [email protected]

Country Office - Swaziland: Office No.2 Ellacourt Building , Esser Street, Manzini, Swaziland, Tel: +268-7-670-9662

Website: www.safaids.net


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