YEA Opens portal for CPAs, CHWs Recruitment. Find Details, Registration.

As earlier stated by the head of cooperate affairs at the Youth Employment Agency YEA, Mr Akwasi Afriyie which was published in the 24th August, 2022 edition of this website that the YEA and Ghana Police Service GPS have signed a memorandum of understanding to recruit 10 per cent CPA Personnels into the mainstream of policing, the YEA in line with the YEA Act 2015 (Act 887) has officially announced to recruiting new personnel into the Community Protection Assistants Module.

The Agency is also is partnering the Ghana Health Service to rollout the CHW Programme in line with Regulation 1 of the Youth Employment Agency Regulation 2016 1 22111 to augment the community health workforce to improve access to health services in rural communities and contribute to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and responding to COVID-19.

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CALL FOR APPLICATION:

COMMUNITY POLICE ASSISTANTS (CPAs)

As part of effort to reduce the rising rate of unemployment in the country, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in line with the YEA Act 2015 (Act 887), oversee the development, coordination, supervision and facilitation of employment for the youth and related matters in Ghana and in partnership with the Ghana Police Service is recruiting new personnel into the Community Protection Assistants Module

APPLICATION

The application exercise is scheduled to start on 19th September, 2022 to 14th October, 2022. Applicants must apply through the portal and visit their various YEA District offices for support.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Persons within the ages of 18-25 years

Minimum qualification of Senor High School education

CONDITION OF APPLICATON

Successful applicants will be engaged as beneficiaries of YEA Beneficiaries would be on the 2 years contract of engagement.

MODE OF APPLICATION

Interested applicants must apply through www.yea.gov.gh

DEADLINE: 14th October, 2022.

PLEASE NOTE: Application is free of charge

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHWs)

The Youth Employment Agency is partnering the Ghana Health Service to rollout the CHW Programme in line with Regulation 1 of the Youth Employment Agency Regulation 2016 1 22111.

The Community Health Workers (CHW) Programme seeks to augment the community health workforce to improve access to health services in rural communities and contribute to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and responding to COVID-19.

Under the programme, beneficiaries are to be engaged by the Youth Employment Agency to work closely with the Ghana Health Service at the community level

Successful applicants will be posted strictly to the communities they reside

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Persons within the ages of 15-35 years (females are encouraged to apply

Minimum qualification of Senior High School education with panses in English and Mathematics Applicants must be fluent in English and at least one local language.

Ability to use (or learn to use a smart phone

Only short listed applicants who successfully complete the CHW training programme will be engaged

ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

The Community Health Worker is not a health professional but a person recruited by the YEA from the community within which hethe lives and has been given basic orientation to serve as service delivery bridge between the respective communities and service delivery point sos thereby facilitating the work of Community Health Nurses Community Health Officers and midtes in the various comm

MODE OF APPLICATION

Intented applicants must apply through www.yea.gov.gh

DEADLINE: 28th September, 2022.