Umtha Welanga: Community Social Worker

Umtha Welanga is a public benefit, nonprofit organisation that provides capacity building on HIV/AIDS through education and awareness programmes. The organisation renders support services to people infected with HIV, recruit and monitor foster parents so as to provide a family environment for orphaned and vulnerable children.

Umtha Welanga seeks to appoint a Community Social Worker, based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

S/he will provide community based social services to identified groups, individuals and families within applicable legislation in order to protect and improve the social well-being and functioning of families and individuals. S/he will report to the Director, and will provide case plans of care to his/her supervisor for approval.

This is a one-year contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Decide and take action independently without consultation with the supervisor.  S/he is expected to seek direction from his/her supervisor when faced with out-of-the-ordinary situations.  The caseload may include multi problem children or familes with complex needs;
• Provide child protection services, within applicable legislation, to prevent children up to the age of 16 from suffering emotional, sexual, physical and/or other types of abuse and neglect;
• Provide mental health services within the code of ethics;
• Provide community development services in order to improve social functioning;
• Respond to reports of abuse;
• Provide support services;
• Apprehend children in immediate need of protection;
• Develop and implement case plans including reviews and evaluations;
• Facilitate foster home care (development, recruitment and training, placement, monitoring and evaluations);
• Provide adoption services by conducting personal history reports, making recommendations and completing family reunion reports.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of social work theories, practices and procedures;
• Knowledge and understanding of all pertinent legislation and policies including Child and Family Act and the Adoption Act;
• Organisational, verbal and written communication skills;
• Interviewing and analytical skills;
• Computer literacy;
• Flexible, adaptable and able to work effectively in a variety of settings and in a cross cultural situation;
• Knowledge of the services available in the community.

Starting date: 15 March 2012.

Salary: R10 000 per month.

To apply, submit a CV and motivation letter to the Director, Vivienne Mciteka at umthawelanga@kingsley.co.za of post to Director, Umtha Welanga, P.O. Box 16, Khayelitsha, 7785.

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

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more about Umtha Welanga, refer to www.umthawelanga.co.za.

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

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