Social Workers (14 positions)
Reports to: District OVC Project
Job Summary: The Social Worker will lead the day-to-day direct implementation of field program/OVC activities in liaison with the district OVC project officer. S/he will ensure mobilization of vulnerable persons and communities for social protection, HIV prevention, and care services in line with MGLSD and PEPFAR guidelines within hi/her catchment area.
Key duties & responsibilities:
- Work with Para-Social Workers to conduct household beneficiary assessment to identify specific OVC needs for program support using approved OVC tools
- Working with clinical partners to identify leading capacity building initiatives among OVC service providers at various
- Supporting roll out curricula-based initiatives aimed at empowering OVC with life skills and knowledge to prevent HIV and attain decent
- Building systems to ensure effective referral and linkages for OVCs to community support
- Delivering economic strengthening initiatives to the critically vulnerable OVC
- Collection and monitoring of Viral load result from the health facilities
- Work with District OVC project officer to conduct quarterly review meetings
- Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to the district project officers on the progress of project activities
- Ensuring high quality reporting of OVC activities through set national information management systems and funder
- Promoting access and utilization of child protection services among vulnerable children, youths and their household
- Strengthening provision of high quality health care packages for OVCs and their households to avert the effects of HIV and
- Supporting OVC household to come up with case plan goal and how to achieve
- Document and report family and child success stories based on program
- Strengthening referral network at the sub-county level
- Carrying out monthly data collection, analysis and reporting on OVC activities in the supported
Job requirements:
- At least Diploma in Social work and Social Development, Development Studies, Community development, social sciences or any other related field
- At least 1 years in OVC programming
- Experience in implementing projects supported by PEPFAR is an added
Submission of application:
Hand deliver your application letter together with relevant academic documents, photocopy of national ID, an updated CV indicating 3 recognized referees, their addresses and functioning telephone contacts. The deadline for the submission of the application is 6th November 2021
The Applications should be addressed to:
The Diocesan Health Coordinator Masaka Diocese
P.O. Box 14 Masaka-Uganda
Tel: +256 786 814912
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