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Position: Social Worker
Department: Programmes – Social Work
Reports To: Project Coordinator
Job Level: Tier 5
Number of Persons – Four (4)
Country/Location: FALABA
ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND
Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCOSL) is a local Non-Governmental Organization promoting the right to education and child protection for children in the most remote communities in Sierra Leone.
We believe that every child deserves the right to live in a safe place, secure home and above all, have the chance to receive quality education. As an organization, our key focus is helping children into schools and ensuring that they stay there. For those that have no access to education, we work towards creating access in some of the most remote parts of the country, ensuring that no child is left behind.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL) – through its main partner Street Child UK is implementing a four-year Education For Every Child Today (EFECT) project nationwide. This project will target enrolling and retaining 40,500 highly vulnerable primary school-age children into education.
The project uses a child-centered approach and a combination of interventions to confront compounded challenges. A strategic combination of social, economic, infrastructural, and instructional support will be utilised to achieve increased access and retention in primary education for 40,500 vulnerable children in Sierra Leone.
THE SCOPE
In relation to the achievement of Objective 1, The Social Worker shall, under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator, have direct contact with children and their families/families of separated children. The Social Worker has the sole responsibility of providing psychosocial support to such child beneficiaries and their families. They seeks to promote Child Rights Issues and foster Child protection within SCoSL’s communities of operations, to supports such children to cope with their situations.
Direct responsibilities of Social Workers include, but are not limited to the following:
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Any other duties as delegated/instructed by the PROJECT Coordinator
PERSON SPECIFICATION:
EDUCATION AND JOB-RELATED SKILLS
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
Street Child of Sierra Leone is a Child Protection organisation and has a clear Policy on Child Protection, which binds all staff, partners, volunteers and contractors. We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from all forms of abuse.
To apply for these positions please send an up-to-date CV and a letter of intent, along with copies of relevant certificates to info@streetchildsl.org Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Closing date for the receipt of applications is 23rd July, 2024.
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