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• Keeping
  regular checks on the resident children to ensure that everyone who should
  be there is present
• Dealing
  with children concerns about their accommodation and living arrangements;
• Liaising
  with DP social welfare and health department  
• Helping
  child-residents to develop life skills to enable them to function
  successfully within the wider community, e.g., meal preparation, personal
  hygiene
• Packing
  school bags for child-residents
• Monitoring
  and reporting the spiritual activities of the children
• Work
  with and monitor the work of the Holistic Carers
• Following
  up health visits for each child
• Keeping
  updated inventory list of items in homes & provide for TRH
  administrator and/or Administration Dept.
• Responsible
  for washing, drying, and  ironing
  children’s clothes
• In
  Kitchen: Cooking and preparing food, feeding children, setting cleaning
  times
• Carry
  out cleaning duties: Making beds, cleaning toilets and play area, cleaning
  inside & outside resident house
• In
  the Nursery, responsible for bathing supervision
• Responsible
  for ensuring children’s clothes are clean
• Making
  sure children keep bedtimes
• Nurturing
  the children (monitoring, supervision, changing diapers)
• Supervising
  night-guards; make sure they are on post/duty
• Responsible
  for storage of security guard equipment
• Participate
  and involve the children in craft-training, poultry, vegetable growing,
  other project-training
• Under
  the supervision of the Teacher, assist in the supervision, care, &
  teaching of children from age 3-15
• Compose
  written reports on the spiritual activity of each child
• Maintain
  daily, weekly, and/or monthly logs
• Responsible
  for reporting any symptoms of child abuse, abnormal behaviors, injuries,
  & illnesses
• Assist
  in the preparation of an individualized plan for each child based on
  assessments & observations
• Coordinate
  activities in the home

• The
  applicant for the Dwelling Places House Parent job should have experience/
  professional certificate in the social work field a plus
• Must
  be a mature born-again Christian
• Secondary
  school certificate or equivalent
• One
  year experience in a school setting is a plus
• One
  year experience in administrative capacity a plus
• Experience
  providing care to infants/toddlers, preschool children, and teenagers
• Ability
  to observe, see, hear and respond to children’s needs, emergencies, &
  conflicts
• Must
  have the ability to nurture relationships with children & must be
  sensitive to the child’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
• Awareness
  of the cognitive, social, and physical needs of children
• Able
  to handle the responsibilities and routine stress often associated with
  child care services
• Able
  to lift up to 30 pounds
• Ability
  to communicate verbally and in writing in English so that children,
  parents, & staff members are clearly able to understand and respond
• Excellent
  organizational and time management skills; ability to carry out multiple
  responsibilities simultaneously
• Maintain
  confidentiality of records and information of children
• Bilingual
  in Luganda and English

• A
  handwritten application letter with and updated CV with academic qualifications
• A
  church recommendation letter (Should be God fearing)
• LC
  1 letter
• Two
  passport photos

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