Social Worker

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct casework and counselling
• Readily conduct needs and intake assessments by taking into account the integration of a range of information
• Formulate casework intervention plans
• Implement case and care plans and interventions
• Evaluate progress and effectiveness of casework interventions
• Conduct closure of cases upon achieving sustainable service outcomes for students, families and communities
• Review social reports, case notes and documents
• Represent the team in its advocacy efforts for students/families with needs, with the aim of advocating for these families to have access to equal opportunities through collaborative practice with community partners
• Conduct group work and/or community work
• Develop and facilitate group intervention plans
• Conduct student/community assessments, adapt group/community work processes and specialized intervention strategies
• Review progress and effectiveness of group interventions
• Integrate best practices into group/community work
• Perform community development work
• Lead environmental scans and community need assessments
• Mobilise community resources
• Implement and develop community development initiatives
• Evaluate the progress and effectiveness of community development initiatives across the project
• Deliver programmes
• Lead development of programmes in partnership with the interdisciplinary team
• Manage implementation of programmes
• Evaluation of family and community initiatives and programmes for improvements
• Build professional relationships with students, families, other professionals and stakeholders
• Uplift professional practice in social work
• Assist team in implementing and improving their self-care plan
• Support professional development of team’s social workers
• Perform audits with adherence to the organisation’s audit framework
• Implement standards of care, organizational health policies, procedures and programmes
• Review models of care and service delivery aligned to evidence-based practice
• Organise crisis management team with partner organisations and agencies

Job Holder Requirements:

• Qualification: Minimum Bachelor’s Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work from an accredited institution
• Experience: Prior experience of at least 2 years working in a related field
• Preferably a Registered Social Worker with Social Work Accreditation Board
• Other Knowledge / Skills / Attributes:
• Comfortable working independently as well as part of a team, being both client-centered and service-oriented
• Works with ease in an interdisciplinary team, including nurses, therapists and early childhood educators
• Adaptable in a fast-paced environment, with good written and verbal communication skills
• Desires to participate in shaping an early childhood social work intervention model

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