SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is a local non-government organization affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care and protection or­ganization that provides orphaned and destitute children with a permanent home and educational opportunities. Established 60 years ago, SOS Children’s Villages International the umbrella organization, currently has Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. Globally, it runs the SOS Children’s Vil­lage Programme which has two main arms, i.e. Family Based Care based at SOS Children’s Villages and Family Strengthening Programmes supporting families in local communities. SOS has been working in the United Republic of Tanzania since 1991, and implements its programs in the following locations Zanzibar, Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Iringa. SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania seeks to recruit suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions;

Job Title: Social Worker (2 Posts)

Duty station: Dar es Salaam and Mwanza

Reporting to: Alternative Care Coordinator

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Social Worker is responsible to work on social, psychological, and emotional devel­opment of the children in Alternative Care and to follow-up the health, and educa­tion matters of the children. Assist the Alternative Care Coordinator in the efficient co-ordination of the social work activities/tasks; and ensure that the Family Like Care is up to standard in all its activities, adheres to the internal Gatekeeping guide­lines and national child welfare and protection policies.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES.

Ensures compliance and high quality of procedures for Family Like Care pro­gram in accordance with the country’s legal
Ensures assessment of all children under our care, develop individual devel­opment plans/care plans, and put in place immediate, medium and long-term strategies for raising and supporting
Perform document review for completeness, accuracy, and clarity of docu­ments submitted by District Social Welfare Officer
Attend, prepare, compile, and presents individual child/youth reports to the gatekeeping committee for reviews and decisions towards
Takes an active interest in and at least annually reviews the child and youth development plans to assure the developmental and education needs are met within the unit or within other programme
Ensure assessment, tracing and preparation children, young people, and their biological families for successful reunification/ reintegration.
Promote strong collaboration, effective communication, and team work among Mothers/Aunts and Child and Youth Empowerment Officer for effec­tive delivery of
Spends quality time with Mothers/Aunts in order to encourage their long­term commitment to the children and youth and ensure quality services de­livered to the SOS Children and young
Supports the Sponsorship Coordinator on getting all necessary correspon­dences from Mothers, Aunts, Child and Youth Development Officers, and any other staff for sponsors’
Participate effectively in the Welfare Committees meetings and prepare re­ports accordingly
Collaborates with different external offices on matters of common concern for the provision of better services for the children, attends workshops and meetings as assigned by the Alternative Care Coordinator.
Make regular visits to all SOS house and schools taking notes of the prog­ress while highlighting concerns brought up in liaison with the respective school teachers and SOS caregivers
Ensures that children receive medical attention/ first-aid services if they are ill, injured and need medical treatment, refers serious cases to clinics and follows-up referral cases to
Strengthen integration of Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH), Psychosocial Support (PSS), and Mental Health services into Family Like Care (FLC)
Be a source of counsel to the children and youth’s academic and career choices.
Supports the youth through their various transition processes or/and the re­integration processes.
Makes time to interact with children and youth on a regular basis, to get to know and understand them as individuals.
Develops creative ways for the successful socio professional integration of young people based on the local
Upholds the Alternative Care monitoring and evaluation system to ensure consistent quality of services are provided to the children/youth as per stan­dard by the responsible
Contribute to the preparation of annual project work-plan, budgets, perfor­mance reports, and quarterly reports.
Prepares and submits for approval long and short-term plans for social ser­vices.
Maintains proper documentation of case management information system in line with SOS Children’s Villages and National Case Management Standards.
At all times ensures that personal data of donors, sponsors, SOS Children’s Villages’ beneficiaries and their families as well as SOS co-workers is han­dled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing SOS-Kinderdorf Inter­national data protection laws.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work.
At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience.
Experience in practicing case management, or in working with children/ youth environment will be added
Ability to work independently, self-organize, use initiative, keeps commit­ments and meets deadlines.
The candidate should possess the emotional stability to lead and guide the large community of children and youth, by maintaining the required high standards.
Mature personality (male or female), stable socially and emotion-
Strong interpersonal and team
Fluent in English and Swahili.
Computer literacy