Job Description
-Work with district-based Child Protection and Welfare Officers to Conduct family tracings for children with disabilities in institutions;
– Together with psychologist, and district based Child Protection and Welfare Officers:
– Contribute to child, family and community assessments, case management and placement decisions;
-Together with psychologist, prepare community, families and children for reintegration; elaborate and implement family and community intervention plans according to the children’s needs in collaboration with relevant stakeholders;
– In collaboration with psychologist, support training and capacity building of child care staff (alternative and prevention services, institutions) and families (biological, foster families);
– Conduct follow up, monitoring and support for children removed from institutions and placed in family-based care or independent living and ensure they are included in the community systems;
– Monitor and evaluate the quality of care delivered to children removed from institutions and report to the line manager;
– Provide ongoing supervision/follow up, capacity building and training for childcare professionals, Community based Social Workers, children & families with particular emphasis on ensuring that alternative service providers deliver high quality support services to children and families;
– Provide guidance and ensure the linkage of the parents to relevant services available for the child (ECD services, Functional Rehabilitation services, CBR services, parents self-help groups, Social Protection services, etc);
– Document every achieved activity and report to the direct line manager;
– Work in collaboration with institution managers, local authorities and Community based social workforce.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Social work
3 Years of relevant experience
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Master’s degree in Social work
1 Year of relevant experience
Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning