Lily of the Valley provides holistic care for children and youth who have been marginalised through HIV and AIDS and a broken society.
Lily of the Valley Children’s Village seeks to appoint a Social Worker to be based in Durban.
To work purposefully within the child care team towards meeting the developmental and therapeutic needs of each child and his/her family, with the goal being to reunify young people with family and/or community in the shortest time possible.
The social worker manages the case, providing the psycho-social assessment and therapeutic counselling required, guiding the child care team and liaising with the placing agency.
Line of Authority:
Accountable to the Management Committee.
Directly accountable to the General Manager.
Accountable to the child care team for the rendering of professional services.
Standards of Perfomance:
The Children’s Act, regulations and norms and standards as related to child and youth care centres.
National Policy as it relates to the field of Child and Youth Care.
Policy and procedures as they relate to the Durban Child and Youth Care Centre.
Relevant trends in the field of Child and Family Welfare.
Controls and Measures of perfomance:
Supervision
Authorized Consultation
Annual Appraisal
Please note that this job description is dynamic. It will constantly change to meet the needs of the programme.
Tasks:
Services to young people and families
Develop IDP’s
Receive and screen applications for admission
Lead the admissions process
Provide young people with individual counselling
Provide trauma counselling and debriefing as required
Facilitate identified therapeutic group work
Design and implement protective behaviours group discussions
Facilitate adoption processes
Monitor the orientation and disengagement processes of young people
Provide effective aftercare services once young people have left the programme
Coordinate weekend and holiday placements
Facilitate weekly case discussions with each unit
Screen applications for hosting and foster care and refer where necessary
Developmental assessment:
Ensure that every young person admitted has a valid care plan
Coordinate the developmental assessment process by establishing and maintaining clear expectations from the child care team
Coordinate and lead regular case reviews
Gather the information required and develop an Individual Developmental Plan for each young person, making the necessary adjustments after each case review
Guide and monitor the child care team’s implementation of the young person’s Individual Developmental Plan
Ensure full participation by the young person and family in the assessment process and subsequent review processes
Liaise with other service providers:
Liaise directly with the agency social worker on all matters relating to the young person and family
Liaise with schools on critical issues which may jeopardise the young person’s education
Share information gathered from the agency social worker on the present circumstances of the family with the child care team
Make referrals for host/foster care placements
Make referrals for specific assessment/therapy as identified by the developmental process
Monitor progress in terms of referral for therapeutic interventions, sourcing feedback reports and using this feedback to inform the Individual Development Plan
Secure services required by the young person in terms of holistic development
Liaise with families of young people:
Ensure that families participate where possible in all decisions which affect their child
Provide family with information on the young person’s participation within the programme
Facilitate family group conferencing when required
Conduct home visits as required
Administration:
Ensure that the Department of Social Development requirements for subsidy claims are submitted timeously
Ensure that the Department of Social Development requirements for compliance are submitted timeously
Complete all statutory reports timeously
Attend all official meetings called by the Department
Create and maintain an individual personal file for all young people as required by the Department
Keep all registers related to the child care programme as required
Prepare a monthly report for the Management Committee on services provided to young people
Statutory requirements:
Ensure that the Rights of Children and family are upheld by the programme at all times
Investigate any allegation of use of prohibited behaviour measures
Report incidents of any use of prohibited behaviour measure to the General Manager
Report any reportable incident to the General Manager
Prepare reports on all critical incidents as required
Keep recordings of all interventions with young people
Keep minutes of all meetings with the child care team
Supervision of student social work placements:
Develop and maintain formal agreements with educational institutions referring social work students for practical placement
Inform the team of the requirements of the student social workers placement and their role in the monitoring and evaluation of the placement
Design and implement an orientation programme for social work students
Provide social work students with regular supervision
Provide the placing educational institution with progress reports on the students as set out in the formal agreement
Facilitate the evaluation of the student social workers practical placement
Volunteer programme:
Together with the child care team identify areas within the programme which require support from volunteers
Screen all applications for volunteering, including; interviewing, reference checking and clearance
Provide orientation to prospective volunteers
Maintain relationship with volunteers
Coordinate an annual event/activity to thank volunteers for their service
Maintain volunteer records and keep updated
Qualifications:
Please direct applications to [email protected]
For more about Lily of the Valley Children’s Village, refer to lov.org.za