Job Title: Social Worker
Organisation: Watoto Church Ministries and Community Care
Duty Station: Watoto Village – Suubi, Uganda
About US:
Watoto Church Ministries and Community Care has experienced exponential growth in the past couple of years composed of multiple Celebration Centres (Campuses) and diverse Community care initiatives that include; Child Care, Community and Neighbourhood, Education and FM Radio amongst others. In all of this, Watoto remains a local church, committed to celebrating Christ and caring for community.
Job Summary: Watoto is seeking to recruit a Social Worker to rescue vulnerable children from situations of abuse, neglect, and other forms of maltreatment to ensure that their social, physical, psychological, and emotional well-being are supported.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify and rescue orphans and vulnerable children from situations of abuse, neglect, and other forms of maltreatment in the communities.
- Conduct initial vulnerability assessment of the child, caregivers and make appropriate recommendations to the Homes Core Team.
- Develop appropriate care management, referral, and integration plans for children in consultation with the Home Core Team.
- Engage and coordinate with other child protection agencies in the community for effective care management and make referrals for cases where it is not possible for interventions to be made.
- Engage vital stakeholders in the tracing process and engage identified existing biological families to develop resettlement plans.
- Coordinate with the resident social worker to provide psychosocial support to children, youth, and young adults in the Watoto villages.
- Ensure that all relevant information that pertain to a child is accurately recorded with consistency and maintain an updated risk register and case file for child protection breaches.
- Implement action plans and recommendations from child protection response meetings.
- Maintain a good working relationship with other Non-Government Organisations, other likeminded churches and government personnel for learning and referral purposes.
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Should hold at least a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Education or Community Development.
- At least two years of working experience in a social worker or community development.
- Previous experience working in a cross-cultural setting.
- Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children.
- Demonstrated experience in proposal writing.
- Good computer skills such as: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Should be a collaborator, result oriented, initiative-taking and able-ter-v.17r supervision.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates can apply by visiting our website; Click Here
- Go to Apply for a job section
- Under that, view the Job Role and click on the link that reads; Apply
- Fill out the form that will be open and submit after all sections have been filled.
- Submit your CV, academic and professional documents, and a cell/pastor’s recommendation letter to [email protected] (Subject Line: Job Title – First Name, Last Name)
Deadline: 6th March 2023
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