Social Worker – Family Work

Project - Railway Children Africa

Social Worker – Family Work

Qualifications: Formal qualifications in social work or the equivalent in working experience

Responsibilities

Family worker with own case load of community target families as well as reunification families - with the focus being reunifying street children with their families and preventing other children from going to the streets. Responsible for working directly with families and coordinating all support and services for each family on caseload.

Identify and document specific needs in families in accordance with support available (agriculture, school, vocational, business) and refer to relevant social worker. 

Assessment, monitoring progress and goal setting with each family 

Build positive relationships with families and children Provide therapeutic support 

Liaise closely with street workers or centre staff in co-managing caseloads 

Liaise and coordinate with stakeholders relevant to family (neighbours, village, social welfare etc) 

Street outreach work to meet with children in case load who are in the streets 

Keep case files updated with continuous follow-up information of children and families 

Monitor and evaluate the family reintegration work together with manager 

Plan family work and support together with each family 

Please send your application to: jobs.mwanza@railwaychildren.org.uk

We anticipate a high demand for these posts and regret that only candidates short listed for interview will be contacted.