The Parent Centre:Community Development Worker

The Parent Centre is a Non-Profit Organisation, primary preventative organization, based in Wynberg Cape Town, offering comprehensive parenting counselling, education and support services.
 
The employment opportunity for community-based work with teenage parents and care-givers, and father of all ages, is open to suitably qualified applicants who have at least 2 year's experience working with youth and families.

The Parent Centre seeks to appoint a Community Development Worker to be based in Cape Town.

Type of Employment:Contract, full time position (40 hours per week)
 
Responsibilities:

• Implementation of The Parent Centre's Teen Parenting programme in schools and communities, and will include liaison with schools and community-based organisations, recruitment and administration.
• Facilitation of community-based Parent Support Groups
• Networking and community-based talks
• Implementation of The Parent Centre's Fatherhood Training programme with community-based and non-profit organisations, as well as interested fathers.  This will include networking and liaising with organisations working with fathers, recruiting, administration and the development of training materials.

Requirements:

• Matric certificate
• SAPS Clearance Certificate
• At least 2 year's experience working with youth and/or families
• An understanding of Adolescence and an ability to engage positively and firmly with adolescents
• Confidence to engage on a professional level with school principals and staff and other community-based professionals
• An understanding of fatherhood and/or men's issues
• Confidence to train a group of fathers of all ages, backgrounds, and life experiences
• Workshop facilitation skills
• Proficiency in isiXhosa and english - verbal and written/administrative skills
• Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Office)
• Ability to work well within a team
• Ability to take initiative, plan, work both independently and cooperatively, and with diligence

The following would be advantageous:

• A valid driver's license
• Proficiency in Afrikaans
• Parenting experience and experience of working with fathers or men

If you meet the requirements, please
Submit a motivation letter and CV to reception@theparentcentre.org.za 
 
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, screened and interviewed.

Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal

For more about the Parent Centre, refer to www.theparentcentre.org.za

For other vacancies in the NGO sector, refer to www.ngopulse.org/vacancies