Title:   Senior Associate, Social Worker
Location:  Nairobi, Kenya
Grade:   5,0
Monthly Gross: Kshs. 160,280
Supervisor:  Manager, Social Work
Supervision Given: [None]

About RefugePoint

WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2005, RefugePoint partners with refugees to access life-changing solutions and transforms how the world supports them. For those who can safely remain in the country to which they have fled, we help them reach stability and work towards self-reliance so they can meet their own needs. Unfortunately, many refugees can’t go home and can’t safely stay in the country to which they have fled. We help these people relocate to a safe, new country, through resettlement or other pathways so that they can begin to rebuild their lives. RefugePoint helps refugees access these solutions using three tactics: direct services, field building, and systems change. Through this three-pronged approach we provide direct services to thousands of refugees each year, strengthen the capacity of other organizations to better serve refugees, and influence global policy and practice to transform refugee response systems.

Lasting solutions work. Directly, we’ve referred over 140,000 refugees for resettlement or other pathways to a safe, third country. We’ve also equipped thousands of refugees with the tools to support themselves and their families in the country to which they’ve fled. Through innovation, collaboration, and influence, we've helped lead the sector in expanding long-lasting, refugee-centered solutions, and instigated major sea changes in global practice.

You will be joining a growing organization (115+ staff globally) that is spearheading new initiatives that are changing the face of humanitarian response, and we would be excited to have you as part of our team!

OUR VALUES
RefugePoint has core, cross-cutting principles and values that define our work: 

• Refugee-Centered: We create space for and elevate refugee voices and leadership within the organization to guide our work.
• Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial: Recognizing that racism, colonialism, and global white supremacy culture have caused many of the inequities driving the world’s refugee situations, we seek to integrate and center anti-racist and anti-colonialist principles in all that we do.
• Equity-Focused: We deliver services, build capacity, and influence policies and systems to strengthen equity in the humanitarian sector.
• Trauma-Informed: We integrate a trauma-informed approach and offer mental health and psycho-social support services to clients and staff. 
• Evidence-Informed Practice: We use an evidence-informed approach to practice, i.e., the integration of research evidence alongside practitioner expertise and the people experiencing the practice.
• Collaborative: The urgency of need and the magnitude of the problem requires shared responsibility and shared action. We seek opportunities to engage in networks and partnerships.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Social Worker's primary responsibility is to provide social work support to urban refugees towards stabilizing them and promoting their self-reliance.
 
The core responsibilities of this position: 
Case management

• Collect bio-data, develop case plans, set goals, conduct case plan reviews with all the assigned clients, and work closely with them to graduate from direct assistance to self-reliance.
• Make referrals to child protection, education, medical, livelihoods, counseling, and resettlement units to ensure clients receive support promptly.
• Conduct individual case management for clients in close coordination with other units. This includes conducting home visits and regularly meeting with clients to promote their stabilization.
• Facilitate workshops and support groups as part of social work assistance for refugee communities.
• Link clients to community resources, government agencies, and other partners when appropriate.
• ​​​Attend other program duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Networking/ collaboration

• Participate in regular inter-unit coordination meetings to discuss provision of services to clients.
• Represent RefugePoint in different forums as assigned.

Reporting

• Update the Salesforce database with basic case information, including dated case notes on activities, referrals, and recommendations, and complete all necessary forms comprehensively.
• Update client files with case notes to depict social work-specific interventions.
• Provide a weekly and monthly report on core tasks to the supervisor.

 Requirements:

1. University degree in Social Work, Community Development, Counseling Psychology, or other related field of study. 

2. At least two years' work experience in a social work position required.

3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

4. Strong interpersonal skills.

5. Experience assisting refugees and asylum seekers in an urban environment is strongly preferred.

6. Commitment to rights-based, empowerment-based approach.

7. Experience in child protection, counseling, and gender-based violence programming is an added advantage. 

Special Requirement:

1. A current Police Clearance Certificate