Fresher Family Business Social Worker NGO Jobs – S.A.L.V.E. International

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Job Title:   Family Business Social Worker (Fresher Jobs)   

Organisation: S.A.L.V.E. International

Duty Station:  Jinja, Uganda

 

About US:

S.A.L.V.E. International was founded in February 2008 by Helen Bolton, Nicola Sansom and Mike Asiya. As a group they found it impossible to ignore the number of children living and working on the streets. It may have become part of everyday life in Jinja but it was their passionate belief that something more could be done. So S.A.L.V.E. International was begun, giving children on the streets a halfway home, support to be able to resettle with their family, education and hope for the future.

 

Job Summary:  The Family Business Social Worker (will develop and improve our existing Business Programme and Family Counselling programme for the

organisation to best benefit our service users. The incumbent will support the manager with programme planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting in a timely and high quality manner. The jobholder will support your manager in ensuring the objectives for the Business Programme and Family Counselling Programme are met and evaluated. To give psychosocial support and mentoring to family members and youth that are identified as candidates for the business empowerment or family counselling programme. To raise awareness and support for of the work of S.A.L.V.E. International in Jinja and Uganda as a whole.To support other members of the S.A.L.V.E. team in their roles as needed with advice or assistance to ensure the overall aims of the organisation are met.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Support your manager to develop/ improve your programme through regular evaluation and learning reviews.
  • Proper financial management of any finances assigned in line with the organisation’s financial system/ policy.
  • Support your manager to ensure that all the planned activities for the Business Programme i.e. family counselling, business assessment, business training and follow ups are performed to a high standard.
  • Support your manager in ensuring that all reporting from the Business and Family Counselling programme i.e. the weekly, monthly and project specific reports are done in time and to a high standard.
  • Support your manager to develop/ oversee the care and development plans for all families/ individuals under our Business Programme and work with the aim of the family taking full responsibility for themselves again.
  • Undertake research for S.A.L.V.E. where relevant around family, community or business topics as agreed with your manager and in line with the S.A.L.V.E. strategy as needed.
  • Ensure that all lessons taught are well documented and feedback is also recorded and acted upon to develop an increasingly strong syllabus for the organisation.
  • Case manage children assigned to you to a high standard including budgeting on time, keeping their case files up to date and making sure they have clear actions plans to help them to succeed in their education.
  • Assist in developing new project proposals for the organisation and in contributing in S.A.L.V.E.s communications and story writing as required. For example, to do a minimum of two blog’s/ podcasts per year for the SALVE website and complete any other communications work as requested.
  • Actively keeping up to date with the latest social work/ counselling/ community education learning.


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • Qualifications: Degree in Social Work/ Development Studies/ Business/ Entrepreneurship
  • Experience of doing social work/ counselling
  • Experience in entrepreneurship/ business management.
  • Experience in facilitating and training.
  • Proven commitment to first class relationship management and team work.
  • Experience in using finances wisely.
  • Have attended relevant courses and training modules, especially in business and counselling
  • Practical experience in social work, counselling and business.
  • Ability to work well with other team members and develop positive relationships.
  • Proven ability to use organisational finances wisely.
  • Excellent attention to detail and IT skills.
  • Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative, under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  • Excellent administration, organisational, planning and implementation skills.
  • Counselling and motivational skills.
  • Interest in developing knowledge, specialising and upskilling in the area of business and social work.
  • Language skills in English/ Luganda and Lusoga as a minimum

 

How to Apply:

Please apply: by submitting your 1 page covering letter explaining how you fit the job role description and your CV to info@salveinternational.org Applications given in printed copy will not be considered.

 

Deadline: 19th January 2023.

 

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