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Child Welfare Manager Job Vacancy at The Small Things | Deadline: 30th September, 2018
Key Responsibilities:Residential Care Support:
- Develop and maintain a positive relationship with all staff, partners and stakeholders
- Monitor stock and oversee weekly and monthly shopping lists for facility
- Coordinate and monitor healthcare and mental healthcare for children
- Create and implement M&E system for child development in residential care in collaboration with our development team
- Work with Managing Director and Head Mama to enable mamas to stay compliant with the schedule and other procedures
- Work with Managing Director and Head Mama to adjust schedules and procedures when necessary, updating all staff and relevant documents to reflect changes
- Implement and maintain monthly 1 to 1 schedule with children
- Implement and maintain bi-annual holistic, comprehensive, individualized care plans for all children
- Create outreach plan for children and manage all supplemental tutoring / community services and usage of library space
- Develop and manage system for staff to work on specific skills with children according to directives outlined in the care plan
- Work with HFCV staff and Head Mama to ensure children receive a healthy and balanced diet
- Perform weekly surprise checks based on appropriate check lists and continually monitor, assess and iterate on check lists
- Assist Education Director as needed with any school related issues
- Oversee all recreational activities with children including birthday celebrations, outreach and quarterly field trips
Family Preservation Program / Reunified Children
- Consult with the Managing Director and FPP Coordinator when issues arise regarding the welfare of children in the program
- Manage family reunification visits and plan for residential children with Head Mama and FPP Team
- Manage the transition of residential children to their families, in coordination with FPP Coordinator, FPP Officer and Head Mama
- Offer feedback to the team regarding the transfer of children into residential care
- Attend weekly FPP meetings as requested
- Assist with reporting and montioring/evaluating outcomes of reunified children
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS OPPORUNITIES (900+ POSTS)
Administrative
- Deal with day to day issues that arise at the orphanage and HFCV, with the support of the Program Manager and Head Mama
- Manage all monitoring and evaluation and data collection for outcomes of all welfare programs
- Ensure a comprehensive directory is kept alongside individualized care plans of all residential children
- Assist Head Mama with analyzing Orphanage and HFCV check lists
- Assist with office management tasks and reporting as requested
- Recruit and manage social work interns, as necessary
- Hold weekly progress report meetings with CWO
- Hold bi-weekly progress report meetings with counselor
- Periodically review the TST Child protection policy based on International standards
- Provide support for design, implementation, data collection and evaluation of welfare projects
- Develop good relationship with relevant stakeholders and other relevant institutions at district and village levels
Qualifications:
- At least two years of experience in an environment working closely with children or youth
- Able to provide effective leadership to a team
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Show a high level of professional competency and familiarity with current developments in the theory and practice of social and child care work
- Be conversant with current welfare policy documents relating to children, welfare in general and the financing of welfare services
- Strong managerial skills including people management, preparation and management of budget and ability to exercise control over expenditure
- Ability to provide professional development of staff in the department
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team, including professional and child and youth care workers
- A strong developmental approach to child and youth care programmes
- Manage and supervise the day-to-day operation of staff and volunteers assigned to Residential Department team and ensure the attainment of all key performance areas and take appropriate remedial action where necessary
- Undertake related duties as assigned.
- Implement strategy as determined
- Ability to identify challenges and recommend changes accordingly
Application Deadline:
2018-09-30
