Social Worker
Summary
Title: | Social Worker |
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ID: | 2035 |
Department: | Nairobi Office |
Closing Date: | N/A |
Description
Title: Social Worker
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: 5
Monthly Gross: Kshs. 90,000
Supervisor: Program Manager, Social Work and Child Protection
Supervision Given: [None]
The primary responsibility of the Social Worker is to provide social work support to urban refugees towards stabilizing them and promoting their self sufficiency.
The core responsibilities of this position:
Case management
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: 5
Monthly Gross: Kshs. 90,000
Supervisor: Program Manager, Social Work and Child Protection
Supervision Given: [None]
The primary responsibility of the Social Worker is to provide social work support to urban refugees towards stabilizing them and promoting their self sufficiency.
The core responsibilities of this position:
Case management
- Identify vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Nairobi as potential new clients, conduct intake assessment and refer for services when appropriate.
- Conduct case plan reviews and assessments for existing clients and work closely with them to graduate from direct assistance to self reliance.
- Make recommendations to child protection, medical, livelihoods and counseling units to ensure that clients receive support in a timely manner.
- 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 in 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 to other program duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
- Participate in regular inter-unit coordination meetings to discuss provision of services to clients.
- Represent RefugePoint in different forums as assigned.
- Update the database with basic case information, dated case notes on activities and referrals, assessments and recommendations on urban action page, and comprehensively complete necessary forms.
- Update client files with session notes to depict social work-specific interventions.
- Provide a monthly report on core tasks to the supervisor.
- University degree in social work or related field required.
- At least two years' work experience in a social work position required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Experience assisting refugees and asylum seekers in an urban environment strongly preferred.
- Commitment to rights based, empowerment based approach.
- Excellent computer skills.
This opening is closed and is no longer accepting applications