Position Description:
Heshima Kenya is a nonprofit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya dedicated to identifying, protecting refugee children and empowering unaccompanied and separated refugee children especially adolescent girls, through our specialized shelter, education and advocacy programs. The Social Worker will carry out Child protection program activities within the urban refugee program funded by UNHCR. The Social Worker will be responsible for the management, planning, assessing and implementing of the Child Protection Program activities and will report to Child Protection Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the management, planning, assessing and implementing of all the child protection activities.
- Support in the design and implementation of program activities.
- To coordinate the daily and weekly activities and prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
- Conduct Best Interest Assessment and Best Interest Determination interviews and prepare reports for all identified children.
- Conduct home visits and referrals to check programs.
- Identify and initiate alternative care arrangement for vulnerable children and children at risk.
- Provide case management services to identified children and foster families.
- Identify alternative care arrangement for identified children and children at risk.
- Ensure that all protection issues are effectively handled; communicate relevant and urgent details to the Child Protection Manager and the Country Director.
- Work closely and collaborate with relevant program staff on a weekly basis about specific cases, progress, and follow-up for referrals.
- Oversee case management services, i.e. counseling, social support, educational and training programs, home visits, family tracing, and reunification activities and ensure follow up is conducted in a timely manner.
- Maintain accurate and timely case records of activities and plans, Write detailed and highly accurate summaries and report.
- Conduct outreach with the respective refugee communities regarding Heshima Kenya’s services, foster good relationships with communities with the goal of strengthening community referral structures, care and support services within the community.
- Effectively meet all program goals and targets. Report any challenges or difficulties in meeting program goals immediately to the Child protection Manager.
- Complete reports accurately and on time and submit to the Child Protection Manager and relevant partners as required.
- Assist in strengthening of Heshima Kenya’s referral network.
- Attend weekly staff meetings and contribute to feedback and ideas.
- Perform other duties as assigned in the implementation of program activities.
- Learn and understand thoroughly Heshima Kenya’s mission, vision, programs and goals.
- Represent Heshima Kenya in a highly professional and dignified manner.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Social Work, Community Development, International Relation or Humanitarian Affairs and /or Psychology.
- 3-5 years of professional experience, preferably working with refugee populations and/or with refugee children.
- 2-4 years working at the program management level, including leading or assisting with designing, implementing and managing projects.
- Extensive experience in implementing culturally appropriate social work and mental health interventions for people who have suffered trauma and torture.
- Must be a Kenyan citizen; preference to female candidates; knowledge of refugee language desirable (Somali, Amharic, or Oromo ).
- Must have a certificate of good conduct.
- Skilled at carrying out program needs assessments and program development.
- Excellent oral and written communication and reporting skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ready to work as a team.
- Able to work independently and as a team.
- Must be highly organized, creative, detail oriented and work effectively under pressure with competing priorities.
- Excellent research, data-collection, organizational and time management skills.
- Strong knowledge of Nairobi, especially refugee-based areas, clinics, primary schools and social service providers and knowledge of refugee communities.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word and the internet.
HOW TO APPLY:
Send your application letter and a detailed CV with daytime telephone contact by email to:
The Country Director, Heshima Kenya. P.O Box 63192-00619. Nairobi/ Email: info@heshimakenya.org
Deadline for applications is 18th January 2015
