SOCIAL WORKERS
- Location:
- Salary:negotiable
- Job type:Full Time
- Posted:4 years ago
- Category:child safeguarding
- Deadline:February 29, 2020
SOS Children’s Villages International is a global organisation established in 1949 that works to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of orphaned and vulnerable children. SOS Children’s Villages International works through member associations in 136 countries and territories worldwide.
SOS Children’s Villages Liberia has been active in the field of children’s rights and committed to children’s need and concerns in Liberia since 1981. We focus our work on children without parental care and children at risk of losing parental care and their communities. The organisation has a wide range of programmes in Monrovia and Juah Town, which include children’s villages, a youth facility, kindergartens and schools, a medical center and family strengthening programmes
Job Title————— Social Workers for SOS Children’s Villages Monrovia and Grand Bassa County.
HE/SHE reports—— Local Social Services Coordinator.
Matrix managed by the CVP Manager Monrovia & Grand Bassa County.
Position summary
| · The field worker will take part in the day-to-day implementation of the family strengthening programme she/he will be responsible to assess the children/family situation and support the family development planning process. Through regular family visits, s/he will support guide and counsel families to ensure children’s essential needs are met. S/he will also have to organize various group activities for the beneficiaries and communities related to child rights and child care issues and build capacities of community partners and volunteers to offer similar support. Working closely with the community, the field worker will report and be under the responsibility of the Local Social Services Coordinator. |
Mission of the position
- Support the provision of child and family services
- Keep up-to-date information regarding beneficiaries and services provided
- Involve the community in the implementation of the programme
- Contribute to the realisation of child rights in general as well as the development of the organisation in this regard in particular.
- Excellent organizational and communicative skills.
- Honesty integrity trustworthiness and ability to treat all information in the outmost confidence.
- A strong firm approach dealing with difficult personnel e.g. staff and parents/guardians.
- Is directly responsible to the Local Social Services Coordinator.
Principal Responsibilities
| · Support the provision of services to beneficiary families a) Assist with the initial assessment of potential beneficiaries, as required by the Services coordinator. b) Establish and regularly review family development plans (FDP) with each family to ensure children’s essential survival and developmental needs are met in the short and long term and to ensure care-givers/families understand the aim of the programme and contribute/work towards their self-reliance. c) Organise and facilitate relevant services offered through the programme, including such activities as care-givers capacity building in child care, support groups, psycho-social support to the programme beneficiaries and child recreational activities. · Keep up-to-date information regarding beneficiaries and services provided a) Establish beneficiary filing system and keep up-to-date. b) Fill/update the family strengthening programme’s information system database. c) Keep record of all services and trainings provided. d) Report on beneficiary/family progress and provide necessary information needed for the programme reporting · Involve the community in the implementation of the programme. a) Build positive relationships with the community and/or local authorities. b) Support the child welfare committee/community volunteers with trainings linked to the programme’s implementation. c) Follow up and guide the community volunteers’ work. · Contribute to the realisation of child rights in general as well as the development of the organisation in this regard in particular. a) Always put the interest of the child first b) Take action or report to the adequate structure any child’s rights violation cases c) Keep track of child rights issues in general as well as current social development issues and trends relevant to the organisation’s mission.
Child Protection & Child Safeguarding
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Qualifications/Competencies required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology or its relevant.
- Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience in the field.
- Good analytical skills.
- Excellent command of the English language and highly developed communication skills both written and spoken.
- Positive and professional approach: highly organised, deadlines conscious, able to work independently, using initiative, keeping commitments and leading a team.
- Good knowledge of children’s rights.
- Very developed computer skills especially MS Office and Excell.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
To apply, submit online a Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter of interest addressed to recruitment.hr@sosliberia.org with the subject line: SWLib2020. Closing date for submission of applications is 29 February 2020. Only successful candidates will be contacted.
What We Stand For:
SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organisation, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of infl uence according to its nature. Eff orts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.