Social worker job at Rescue Dada Centre
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Vacancy title:
Social worker

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

Jobs at:

Rescue Dada Centre

Deadline of this Job:
20 July 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
• 4R Approach implementation
• Rescue: Regular street visits, rescue and admission of street connected girls from abusive environments in Nairobi and its surroundings, and complete all admission paperwork. This includes; acquiring relevant legal documents ; SCCO referral letter, Chiefs letter and OB numbers within the process of admission
• Rehabilitation: Assessment of girls well-being, case assessment and identification of future caregiver; this involves visiting possible future homes and assessing their well-being in cooperation with the Empowerment Officer, identifying and registering foster careers. Reintegration: of rehabilitated girls into identified family settings; this will involve the provision of a reintegration pack to the girl inviting caregivers to pick the girls from the centre , conducting family counselling at the point of reintegration, and enrolling the child in the local school.
• Resocialization: Conduct regular physical and phone follow up visits to reintegrated girls of the assigned case load. Networking with relevant Stakeholders, i.e. other CCIs, NGOs, Government Institutions. MDT implementation
• Coordinating the case involving team members as per the need and requirements of RDC SOPs and Case Conferences
• Organizing and leading bi-weekly case conferencing and work planning/revision meetings and any other additional case conferences based on need as decision making organ for the case;
• Assuring implementation of support plans developed and seek support for the implementation from supervisors; Administration
• Monitoring progress of the girl at different points in time through assessing the Child Status with the respective Child Status Index tool and support to the M&E Coordinator in any other relevant data collection efforts.
• Assuring the availability of respective documentation of the conferences, planning meetings and record forms;
• Assure that the girls’ case files are complete, describing the progress of every girl on his/her caseload; this includes the records required according to the standard operating procedures.
• Regularly update the Programme database.
• Develop individual Work plans and write up of training and activity reports. Team Work
• Engage in constructive team work within the department;
• Responsible to coordinate the case load and the assigned multidisciplinary team according to the respective standard operating procedures, to ensure quality and holistic care for all girls enrolled in Rescue Dada Centre’s Child Protection programme.
• Provide back-up support to social work colleagues during rescue, assessment, reintegration and resocialisation process.
• Attend fortnightly departmental meetings.

Job Competencies
• Must have a minimum of a Degree in social work or community work.
• At least two (2) years’ relevant work experience.
• Must be flexible, understanding and committed to realizing the rights of children.
• Must be sensitive to the challenges facing street connected girls.
• Must have sound knowledge of the Case Management Approach.
• Must be a team player.
• Must be prepared to work in potentially high risk environments.
• Must be competent in using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel.
• Must have sound communication skills - empathic communicator, motivator;
• Must have analytical & problem-solving skills;
• Must be organized, accurate, independent and have a result driven working style;
• Must be reliable, honest with a sincere work attitude.
• Must have certificate of good conduct.
• Must be conversant in English and Kiswahili.


Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Method of Application
• Applications should be sent to info@rescuedada.org  on or before 20th July 2022 with the subject line written Social worker. Kindly attach the cover letter, curriculum vitae and testimonials scanned as one PDF document.

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Job Info
Job Category: NGO - Non Government Organisations jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 20 July 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 15-07-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 15-07-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 15-07-2065
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