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Rescue Officer and Warden NGO Jobs – Dwelling Places (DP)
Job Title: Rescue Officer and Warden
Organisation: Dwelling
Places (DP)
Duty Station:
Buloba, Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to:
Restore Program Manager
About US:
Dwelling Places (DP)
is a registered Christian Non-Governmental Organization which
specialises in the rescue, rehabilitation, reconciliation, resettlement and
follow-up of children living on the streets.
The overall objective of DP is to
have a society where every child has a chest to rest their head on and a place
to call home.
Job Summary: The Rescue Officer and Warden will rescue and
provide holistic, safe residential support to help rescued children
rehabilitate and recover.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Rescue Officer
·
Plan and
map street outreaches
·
Participate
in the annual planning and budgeting for outreach activities
·
Mobilize
the rescue team for planning of outreaches
·
Prepare
requisitions and account for the funds received within 5 working days
·
Collect
data and ensure proper documentation of the rescue information
·
Identify
children that fit the DP category (children living on the streets part time or
full time aged 12 years and below) and recommend for recruitment on the DP
program
·
Carry
out community based outreaches rescues, education and mentorship
·
Organize
the proper documentation for the children and open files for the children
(Recruitment forms, CSI baseline, photographs, consent forms for children with
parents or guardians, referral letters, photos etc.)
·
Organize
transport for the children from the streets to the Transitional Rehabilitation
Home
·
Refer
children that do not fit in the DP support categories to other organizations
·
Write
weekly reports and submit them by the end of business Friday.
·
Maintain
up to date registers of the street outreach and referral data
·
Represent
Dwelling Places at the crane monthly street children working group
·
Participate
in tracing/ resettlement and follow-up activities whenever the street outreach
role is inactive
·
Participate
in internal and external Street Connected Children’s meetings.
·
Warden.
·
Conduct
counseling and reconciliation sessions for the children in Buloba
·
Update
the children’s files (Both Buloba and documentation office) with the day to day
progress of the children including the database
·
Plan and
conduct weekly sports and recreation activities for the children in residential
care
·
Participate
in Planning and implementation of family
time, peer tutoring, Etiquette classes for the children in residential care
·
Assist
the Restore Program Manager in the implementation of the child protection
policy
·
Discipline
the children in residential care in line with the guidelines and policy
·
Prepare
and deliver letters to the Probation and Social Welfare officer of children
coming in and going out of the home.
·
Conduct
mentorship activities for the children in residential care, those in
reintegration and their families.
·
Perform
any other duties that may from time to time be assigned by the Immediate
supervisor or Line Manager
·
Prepare
quarterly Orphans and Vulnerable children (OVCMIS) ministry reports and submit
to the probation officers in a timely manner.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The
applicant must hold a Diploma or Degree in social work
·
Two years
of minimum related work experience in an NGO.
·
Able to
effectively communicate and relate to people of all levels of internal management, staff and volunteers
within the organization
·
Strategic
thinker with strong analytical skills, good judgment & strong focus
·
Proficient
in Microsoft office, especially Access, excel and word
·
Ability
to collect data and analyse the success and failure of programs
·
Ability
to produce clear written documentation
·
Born
again Christian
·
Fluent
in Ngakaramojong, English, some Luganda and swahili
·
Male
applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
How to Apply:
All candidates
should hand deliver their applications to: Dwelling Places head office -off
Nalukolongo Masaka road near Mutundwe Police Station or email
hr.dwellingplaces@gmail.com between 8:30AM-5:00PM Monday to Friday.
Note: Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Deadline: 5th February 2021 by 5:00PM
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