HandsandFeet exists in order to restore communities by nurturing vulnerable children and empowering their families to stay together and thrive.We fulfil our purpose by using a trauma-informed and interdisciplinary approach of Education, Social work and Occupational Therapy. We do Promotion of Healthy Family Life,Family Strengthening and Family Preservation work; building relationships in the community and walking the road together.
HandsandFeet NPC seeks to appoint a full-time Social Worker to be based in Cape Town.
More specifically, this looks like:
Providing children and their families with trauma-informed and interdisciplinary approachesfrom education, social work and occupational therapy.
Tackling negative issues in the family environment which hinder the positive development and growth of children.
Engaging families in exercises and unity-orientated activities such as family strengthening, familypreservation and family reunification work to help grow the bond between family members.
Helping children achieve their developmental milestones with the assistance of occupationaltherapists
Educating and involving parents, carers and others in the community to facilitate the normaldevelopment and learning of children
Encouraging families to be more loving, peaceful, provide a safe and stable living environment, and to be economically self-sustaining for the benefit of their children
Providing parenting training, afterschool programmes, a learning centre, moms and babies’ groups, trauma empowerment groups, job market and work preparation workshops, and fatherhood and marriage preparation and enrichment programmes.
Walking the road of healing and restoration and improving resilience, inter-dependence and positive identity together.
Job Specifications:
We are looking for a full time Social Worker to work with the children and families in the Camp Road informal settlement strip in Strandfontein, Cape Town. You would be required to work with at least 25 families at any given time providing counseling, therapy, psycho-social support services and parenting programmes. You would work within an inter-disciplinary team made up of various individuals with differing professions and experience. You would have an office shared with our Social Auxiliary worker at Hope Centre, but would also be based in the community.
We use a holistic intervention plan and trust for God-inspired solutions that bring about transformational change in families and communities.Our values are creativity, quality, integrity, teamwork and kindness.
Specific Duties:
Provide individual, family and couples counseling
Provide group therapy and parenting programmes
Provide trauma de-briefing and counseling
Coordinate specific therapeutic programmes
Comply with DSD reporting and stakeholder engagement requirements
Attend Interdisciplinary team meetings on a weekly basis
Attend staff meetings on a weekly basis
Attend monthly supervision with a Social Worker
Personal Requirements:
Mature Christian
Be willing and able to uphold our values of creativity, quality, integrity, teamwork and kindness
Be willing to learn
Be willing to work within a team environment
Be in good health and energetic
Job Requirements:
Passion for Family Preservation prevention and early intervention work
Confident and proficient in interpersonal skills and counseling techniques
Proficient in English and preferably Afrikaans
Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel as well as Google Drive. Medium to fast typing speed.
Good report writing and administrative skills
Bachelors Degree in Social Work with SACSSP registration current and provide copies ofboth degree certificate and SACSSP registration
Have a valid drivers licence
Be flexible and adaptable
Be willing to do home visits in the community on a daily basis
Be willing to attend networking meetings and DSD Stakeholder engagements and training opportunities
Application Process:
Please send your CV and a Motivation letter with some information about who you are and why you’d like to work with the HandsandFeet team. Please email these documents to [email protected].
Candidates will be interviewed and may be required to do some practical tasks and spend some time in the community with a team member.
Successful candidate will need to be able to start working from the 1st April 2022.
Please see our website for more information: www.handsandfeet.org.za