Rescue Officer and Warden NGO Jobs – Dwelling Places (DP)
Job Title: Rescue Officer and Warden
Organisation: Dwelling Places (DP)
Duty Station: Buloba, Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to: Restore Program Manager
About US:
Dwelling Places (DP) is a registered Christian Non-Governmental Organization which specialises in the rescue, rehabilitation, reconciliation, resettlement and follow-up of children living on the streets. The overall objective of DP is to have a society where every child has a chest to rest their head on and a place to call home.
Job Summary: The Rescue Officer and Warden will rescue and provide holistic, safe residential support to help rescued children rehabilitate and recover.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Rescue Officer
· Plan and map street outreaches
· Participate in the annual planning and budgeting for outreach activities
· Mobilize the rescue team for planning of outreaches
· Prepare requisitions and account for the funds received within 5 working days
· Collect data and ensure proper documentation of the rescue information
· Identify children that fit the DP category (children living on the streets part time or full time aged 12 years and below) and recommend for recruitment on the DP program
· Carry out community based outreaches rescues, education and mentorship
· Organize the proper documentation for the children and open files for the children (Recruitment forms, CSI baseline, photographs, consent forms for children with parents or guardians, referral letters, photos etc.)
· Organize transport for the children from the streets to the Transitional Rehabilitation Home
· Refer children that do not fit in the DP support categories to other organizations
· Write weekly reports and submit them by the end of business Friday.
· Maintain up to date registers of the street outreach and referral data
· Represent Dwelling Places at the crane monthly street children working group
· Participate in tracing/ resettlement and follow-up activities whenever the street outreach role is inactive
· Participate in internal and external Street Connected Children’s meetings.
· Warden.
· Conduct counseling and reconciliation sessions for the children in Buloba
· Update the children’s files (Both Buloba and documentation office) with the day to day progress of the children including the database
· Plan and conduct weekly sports and recreation activities for the children in residential care
· Participate in Planning and implementation of family time, peer tutoring, Etiquette classes for the children in residential care
· Assist the Restore Program Manager in the implementation of the child protection policy
· Discipline the children in residential care in line with the guidelines and policy
· Prepare and deliver letters to the Probation and Social Welfare officer of children coming in and going out of the home.
· Conduct mentorship activities for the children in residential care, those in reintegration and their families.
· Perform any other duties that may from time to time be assigned by the Immediate supervisor or Line Manager
· Prepare quarterly Orphans and Vulnerable children (OVCMIS) ministry reports and submit to the probation officers in a timely manner.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant must hold a Diploma or Degree in social work
· Two years of minimum related work experience in an NGO.
· Able to effectively communicate and relate to people of all levels of internal management, staff and volunteers within the organization
· Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills, good judgment & strong focus
· Proficient in Microsoft office, especially Access, excel and word
· Ability to collect data and analyse the success and failure of programs
· Ability to produce clear written documentation
· Born again Christian
· Fluent in Ngakaramojong, English, some Luganda and swahili
· Male applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
How to Apply:
All candidates should hand deliver their applications to: Dwelling Places head office -off Nalukolongo Masaka road near Mutundwe Police Station or email hr.dwellingplaces@gmail.com between 8:30AM-5:00PM Monday to Friday.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Deadline: 5th February 2021 by 5:00PM
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