Social Worker - NPO

Overview

My Client a Well established NPO with a Facility / Establishment in Cape Town – which offers Care for the Aged – Assisted care as well as Childcare, is urgently recruiting for a Social Worker who will take responsibility for the provision of social work and psychosocial services to residents, both children and older persons, placed at the Facility / Establishment.

Further, they are responsible for ensuring that the various residential programs are compliant with legal (Children’s Act and Older Persons Act) and departmental (as per TPA and Norms and Standards) requirements. The social worker will always adhere to the Facility / Establishment Social Work Policies, Procedures and Forms & Compliance with Norms and Standards.

Education Requirements

• University Degree / Diploma - Social worker / or similar

Competencies Required (Must Have):

• Degree / Diploma in Social Work Registration with SACSSP
• Must have a clean police clearance certificate and clean Form 29 name clearance on Child Protection Register.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently within a pressured environment
• Must have experience working with children and older persons
• Excellent administration and computer skills

General Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is required to:

• Ensure that the CYCC (Child and Youth Care Centre) is compliant with all legal and departmental requirements with regards to Norms and Standards. This includes implementing, supervising, monitoring, and ensuring efficiency in the running of all programs at the CYCC, which includes:
• Residential care programs
• Admissions, screening of placements, reception into care, orientation
• Therapeutic programs
• Assessments, therapy, counselling, life skills, group work, implementation of care plan / IDP
• Developmental programs
• Daily stimulation program, daily structured routine, assessment, care plans / IDPs, independent living, life skills, promotion of children’s rights
• Permanency plans, IDP’s
• Temporary safe care
• Placements, assessment, rights, and responsibilities
• Protection from abuse and neglect
• Child abuse protection policy, incident reporting, behavior management, complaints procedures, promotion of children’s rights and responsibilities, education/training of carers in the prevention of child abuse and neglect
• Assessment
• Socio-emotional child assessments, family contact, care plans / IDPs
• Family reunification
• Observing and assessing parent-child interactions, reporting feedback to the external social worker, promotion of family reunification whenever possible
• Aftercare
• Independent living program, training / education after school, over 18yr placements
• Health care
• Clinic, hospital, children with disabilities, working with medical staff
• School
• ECD programs, school admissions, parent-teacher meetings, liaison with the school
• Implement strategies needed to meet the legal requirements to ensure that The Company maintains compliance with the Norms and Standards

Admissions

Child And Youth Care Centre (CYCC)

• Respond to external social workers requests for placement by forwarding application forms.
• Screen all applications (e.g., Visiting the child) and consult with other relevant role players (care workers, therapists, management) about the possibility of admission.
• Liaise with external social worker about the application for admission – and offer or decline placement.
• Ensure that all admissions fall within the organisations TPA with DSD, as well as ensuring that the child’s needs can be met by the organisation’s programs.
• Prepare the staff and assist with the admission of each child ensuring compliance with Norms and Standards as per orientation and admissions programs
• Regularly liaise with all external social workers on:
• the progress of intervention with the family
• permanency planning
• placement options
• feedback on well-being and progress of child, etc.
• Set up and invite the necessary role players to multi-disciplinary meetings (MDM) to discuss the care plans and permanency plans of each child – should be done every 3 months for children in temporary safe care, and every 6 months for children with finalised CCI orders.
• Develop care plans and IDP’s for all children in consultation…