Assistant Social Worker

AMURT seeks to recruit an Assistant Social Worker for USAID Tujitegemee program which is a five-year program (currently in year 4) under Kenya Health Partnerships for Quality Services (KHPQS) funded by USAID PEPFAR to implement DREAMS Program in Mombasa County.

Responsibilities

Program implementation and training.

• Assist the social worker in rolling out and implementing Evidence Based Interventions targeting Adolescent girls and young women.
• Assist in identification of AGYW eligible for DREAMS from health facilities, child and community welfare settings.
• Assist the social worker in overall management of the DREAMS program and adolescent safe spaces at the ward level.
• Assist in identification of safe spaces in collaboration with AGYW and other stakeholders and ensure that the safe spaces are equipped and stocked with commodities, safe and well branded.
• Work with service providers to ensure that AGYW receive age-appropriate service layering.
• Support the social worker in ensuring that the EBIs of Healthy Choices for a Better Future, My Health My Choice, SHUGA, SASA, FMP, Sinovuyo are implemented to reach the targeted AGYW.
• Liaise with link health facilities to facilitate referrals and outreaches for biomedical services and commodities availability and that AGYW are receiving youth friendly adolescent services.
• Assist in facilitating male sexual partners mapping and outreach services to reduce risk of male sexual partners of AGYW.
• Assist in Facilitating mentorship session for AGYW and high achiever mentors.
• Assist in identification of mentors.
• Assist social worker in Coordinating the work of mentors and facilitators in the ward, keeping records of their activities and work plans.
• Represent the program in meetings at the ward or sub county level as interested by the social worker
• Assist social worker in Producing Monthly Ward Narrative and Data Reports
• Asssits the social worker in facilitating monthly review meeting with Mentors and facilitators
• Assist in office administrative issues, including records keeping, payments, and other key issues.

Communication

• Identify and develop Program human success stories to share on the organization’s social media platform and with partners.
• Work with the program’s communication officer to develop program communication materials and organization’s brand enhancement

Program Monitoring & Evaluation

• Ensure that all activities are reported as per the M&E SOP.
• Orient mentors and facilitators on enrolment and service uptake documentation on ODK.
• Ensure that the activity registers and AGYW files are well documented and secured at the safe space.
• Work with the program M&E to track the layering of services.
• Track and implement graduation readiness for AGYW in the program.
• Assisting in data keying in, preparing activity reports and monthly reports in time for team reflection.
• Assist social worker with safeguarding issues in the safe spaces
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by your supervisor from time to time

Qualifications

• A minimum of Diploma in Social Sciences, Community Development, or related field.
• Must be Trained Facilitator or Trainer of Trainers in an EBI.
• A minimum of one-year experience implementing adolescent focused programs is required.
• Should be Computer Literate, work well with MS Word and MS Excel and Internet research methods.
• Highly motivated to learn and work in a high-performance environment.
• Willingness to learn, tackle challenges and seek creative solutions in everyday assignments.
• Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both Verbal and written.
• Must be able to meet urgent and last-minute deadlines, work with grace under pressure, and function well in a high-performance team.

Proficiency level
Able to clearly communicate in written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Travel Required
Up to 80% of travel time to Tujitegemee program sites

Key Working Relationships:

Supervisory: Mentors/CHVs
External: Representatives of the GOK, LIPs, other stakeholders, and the community

“AMURT is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to child safe guarding.”

All applicants should urgently email a letter of application, CV, certificates and relevant testimonials to jobs@amurtafrica.org by 16th October 2023. indicating current and expected Salary. Candidates should clearly indicate the position applied for and its Reference number ASST.SW/DREAMS /10/2023 as the email subject. Interview will be done on a rolling basis and only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Canvassing will result to automatic disqualification. Local candidates are encouraged to apply.