Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Module 1 The CHPS Concept
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Assign roles for team members
Assess team’s work
Give regular feedback.
Let’s expand these tasks.
1. Setting clear objectives (goals)
If you look at the responses in the Box 1.4.1 above, we have set out what the team should
achieve by December 2008.
The goals are very simple and clear for every team member to remember and explain to
community members. Can you easily communicate your goals to the community?
2. Set specific tasks for team members
Each member is given a specific task to perform. For example with the CHVs – some can do
home visits, others organise durbars, one will be the secretary to the team, and so on.
3. Individual roles and assignments
It’s important to identify the talents and gifts of people within your team. Then they can be
assigned specific roles that go with their talents. A team member who has good writing skills
can be the secretary and write minutes and reports. The organiser can coordinate events,
while the ‘good talker’ can be the team’s spokes person.
4. Assessment of teamwork
Teams need to assess each team members’ work and give feedback on how well they have
done or what they have not done. Members need to assess each person’s work. It helps the
team to evaluate, change direction or see whether the team is on track doing the work it was
set up to do. (See the evaluation questions in Box 1.4.2).
5. Regular feedback
Regular team feedback to team members helps the team to find out whether they are
achieving their objectives or not. Feedback on individuals and team progress ensures that we
all know what we are doing, what we have to improve upon and the kind of outside help we
might need to achieve our goals.
When we do these processes properly, the team will develop. Below is a small group
assignment on the goals we set for ourselves as volunteers (Exercise 1.4.2). Please work
through it to assess whether your team is achieving its objectives or not.