Mould Empower Serve (MES) Current Opening 2024
Mould Empower Serve (MES) is a Christian organisation giving services to the community.
Job Title: Social Worker
Job Location: Soweto, Johannesburg
This is a one year fixed term Contract
Responsibilities:
- Early intervention and prevention: Risk Assessment on all referred cases, planning and safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable children, removal of children at risk and placing them at alternative and most suitable environments
- Finalisation of Children’s Court Hearings: Investigate and make recommendations to court on whether the child should be accommodated away from home, in foster care, or in child and youth care centres
- Intake: Assess all new cases and enquiries and recommending further intervention or referring the clients to relevant service providers
- Provide counselling for immediate case resolution
- Family reunification services through counselling, mediation, and assessments of the families’ systems’ ability to cater for the needs of child in the system
- Assess and train prospective foster parents
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Social Work Degree
- Proof of Registration with the SACSSP
- Minimum of two years’ statutory social work experience
- Experience working with children in need of care protection
- Report writing skills
- Strong assessment and analytic skills
- Ability to communicate well in English
- Minimum of two African languages
- Computer literate
- Valid driver’s licence and ability to drive
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment
To apply, submit your CV to portia@mes.org.za
For more inquiries, contact 011 725 6531
Application Deadline: 22nd Feb, 2024