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Job Title:  Social Worker (Fresher Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Child’s i Foundation

Duty Station:  Mpigi, Uganda

Reports to: Project Manager – Mpigi DI Project

About US:

Child’s i Foundation is a non-profit organization that creates change by re-imagining care, rebuilding families and support systems, and re-purposing orphanages into services that support children growing up in safe and loving families.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• To carry a complex child and family workload, which includes children in care, children in need, child protection, and caregivers
• To participate in regular supervision with the Project Manager and to ensure that the project manager is made aware of any issues of major importance or concern.
• To work on own initiative, managing and prioritizing own workload under the direction of the supervisor.
• To undertake appropriate training.
• To carry out the full range of assessments and plans within the organization’s timescales and standards.
• To attend team meetings and contribute to team development.
• To maintain individual case records including updating the case management system in accordance with the Organization’s guidance and procedures.
• Establish effective links with the media and participate in filming and social media activities that promote CiF and partners
• To develop innovative solutions to intractable family problems
• Manage resources effectively including money, equipment and stock allocated to you.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and Social Administration
• Post qualifying experience covering assessment; report writing; ability to form trusting relationships; case planning, implementation and review, managing a complex caseload, working with communities, local governments and authorities and partners.
• Previous work experience relating to OVC programming.
• Child development, theories of attachment and loss, Alternative care, child protection and safeguarding
• Government policies: National Child Policy, Foster care guidelines, Uganda National Alternative Care Guidelines
• Legislation in relation to OVC, alternative care and adoption
• Basic IT systems knowledge required
• Commitment to learning and keeping up to date.
• Flexibility to adapt to new roles, tasks and situations
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in a crisis
• Strong observation, analytical and listening skills
• Ability to negotiate and mediate on behalf of children and families
• Good organizational skills to work with minimum supervision and plan meetings for the caseload of clients
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills, including written and verbal
• Negotiation, conflict resolution and advocacy skills
• Able to demonstrate anti-discriminatory practice in all areas of work
• A strong and determined commitment to getting best results for children
• Motivated and independent
• A team player
• Well organized, flexible and clear thinking
• Patient, empathetic, persistent and diplomatic
• Willingness to participate in media activities to promote advocacy and fundraising
• Willingness and ability to travel and stay away from home overnight as required
• Be able to speak at least one of the local languages in the area

How to Apply:

All Interested applicants please send your application letter, detailed curriculum vitae (CV), only and names and contact details of three referees as a single document to applications@childsifoundation.org

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  E-mail applications should bear the name and the position in the subject line of the email

Deadline:  26^th November 2021  by 5:00pm

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