Social Worker – Family Strengthening Programme

•Support FS Programme Coordinator in the development of services in the frame of FSP.
•Support identification of cases of children who are at risk of losing care from their families of origin through different resources (referral, outreach, self-referral etc.).
•Conduct comprehensive assessment of children and families in strong cooperation with the multidisciplinary team using different resources and social work techniques/methods to identify family needs and strength and define the required services.
•Prepare family development plans, with the strong participation of caregivers, children and the multidisciplinary team.
•Arrange, provide and coordinate the delivery of services to children and families in strong partnership with other service providers and in line with the family development plan.
•Keep regular contacts with child and family during the implementation of family development plan through phone calls, home visits and meetings in programme premises.
•Document appropriately all activities conducted during the case management stages in the child/family case file by applying methods and tools for gathering information, as well as forms/templates, based on the requirements of national legislation and/or regional guidelines.
•Participate in annual planning process of FS programme.
•Reassess periodically the child/family needs and progress in meeting the objectives defined in Family Development Plan and make decisions on the case closure, in cooperation with family members and the multidisciplinary team.
•Enter data regularly in FS Database module, ensure quality of data and regularly use the reports and data stored in the database to track individual progress of children and families. Provide information for new requirements to FS Programme Coordinator.
•Upon the request of FSP Coordinator and in accordance with the national legislation, regularly inform the child protection authorities on the case progress.
•Support FSP coordinator in the self-evaluation and/or external evaluation processes of FSP.
•Rregularly collect information about different indicators as defined in the M&E plan of the programme unit and reports to FS Programme Coordinator.
•Participate regularly in intervision sessions, individual or group external supervision.
•Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and keep up with organisational procedures, legislation and developments in the professional practice.
•Keep regular contacts with service providers to ensure that services are provided according to objectives and actions agreed in Family Development Plan.
•Advocate for the individual child and his/her family to have access to social entitlements or obtain needed services.
•Contribute in community development undertaken by the Family Strengthening Programme, i.e. organise/participate in awareness raising activities, community mobilisation events and capacity building of the community partners.
•Support Family Strengthening Programme Coordinator in documenting good practises, human touch stories.
•Keep regular track of latest developments in social work area as well as changes in national legislations, policies and practises related to children in the target group.

Closing Date 18/2/2022