National UN Volunteer (Health Services Support) – Prison Health Sprint

Supports a UNODC prison-health initiative in Sint Maarten by assisting supervised health screening, preventive assessments and health-promotion work for people in detention and correctional staff. The volunteer helps organise secure health missions, protect confidential data and strengthen referral planning for identified needs.

• Conduct structured health-screening interviews under professional supervision
• Support preventive health assessments using standardised screening tools
• Record and organise health information under confidentiality and data-protection protocols
• Deliver health education and promotion activities within the prison
• Organise screening schedules, participant flow and health-mission logistics
• Compile screening data for analysis and reporting
• Apply prison-security, safeguarding and human-rights principles during the assignment

• Current enrolment in, or recent graduation from, an accredited health-practitioner programme
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information professionally
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office applications and electronic data entry
• English

• Experience in community health promotion or preventive care
• Experience working with vulnerable populations
• Experience in data collection or research
• Knowledge of human-rights-based approaches to healthcare

• Health Screening
• Preventive Health
• Health Promotion
• Data Entry
• Confidentiality
• Health Data Management
• Multidisciplinary Teamwork
• Prison Safety

• Microsoft Office

• Assignment is based in a correctional facility and requires compliance with prison-security procedures
• Volunteers receive orientation on prison safety protocols