Key Responsibilities:

Residential Care Support:

• Develop and maintain a positive relationship with all staff, partners and stakeholders
• Monitor stock and oversee weekly and monthly shopping lists for facility
• Coordinate and monitor healthcare and mental healthcare for children
• Create and implement M&E system for child development in residential care in collaboration with our development team
• Work with Managing Director and Head Mama to enable mamas to stay compliant with the schedule and other procedures
• Work with Managing Director and Head Mama to adjust schedules and procedures when necessary, updating all staff and relevant documents to reflect changes
• Implement and maintain monthly 1 to 1 schedule with children
• Implement and maintain bi-annual holistic, comprehensive, individualized care plans for all children
• Create outreach plan for children and manage all supplemental tutoring / community services and usage of library space
• Develop and manage system for staff to work on specific skills with children according to directives outlined in the care plan
• Work with HFCV staff and Head Mama to ensure children receive a healthy and balanced diet
• Perform weekly surprise checks based on appropriate check lists and continually monitor, assess and iterate on check lists
• Assist Education Director as needed with any school related issues
• Oversee all recreational activities with children including birthday celebrations, outreach and quarterly field trips

Family Preservation Program / Reunified Children

• Consult with the Managing Director and FPP Coordinator when issues arise regarding the welfare of children in the program
• Manage family reunification visits and plan for residential children with Head Mama and FPP Team
• Manage the transition of residential children to their families, in coordination with FPP Coordinator, FPP Officer and Head Mama
• Offer feedback to the team regarding the transfer of children into residential care
• Attend weekly FPP meetings as requested
• Assist with reporting and montioring/evaluating outcomes of reunified children

Administrative

• Deal with day to day issues that arise at the orphanage and HFCV, with the support of the Program Manager and Head Mama
• Manage all monitoring and evaluation and data collection for outcomes of all welfare programs
• Ensure a comprehensive directory is kept alongside individualized care plans of all residential children
• Assist Head Mama with analyzing Orphanage and HFCV check lists
• Assist with office management tasks and reporting as requested
• Recruit and manage social work interns, as necessary
• Hold weekly progress report meetings with CWO
• Hold bi-weekly progress report meetings with counselor
• Periodically review the TST Child protection policy based on International standards
• Provide support for design, implementation, data collection and evaluation of welfare projects
• Develop good relationship with relevant stakeholders and other relevant institutions at district and village levels

Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience in an environment working closely with children or youth
• Able to provide effective leadership to a team
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Show a high level of professional competency and familiarity with current developments in the theory and practice of social and child care work
• Be conversant with current welfare policy documents relating to children, welfare in general and the financing of welfare services
• Strong managerial skills including people management, preparation and management of budget and ability to exercise control over expenditure
• Ability to provide professional development of staff in the department
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team, including professional and child and youth care workers
• A strong developmental approach to child and youth care programmes
• Manage and supervise the day-to-day operation of staff and volunteers assigned to Residential Department team and ensure the attainment of all key performance areas and take appropriate remedial action where necessary
• Undertake related duties as assigned.
• Implement strategy as determined
• Ability to identify challenges and recommend changes accordingly

To apply, please send cover letter and resume to teressa@thesmallthings.org with the subject line CHILD WELFARE MANAGER