Social Worker

HandsandFeet exists in order to restore communities by nurturing vulnerable children and empowering their families to stay together and thrive.We fulfil our purpose by using a trauma-informed and interdisciplinary approach of Education, Social work and Occupational Therapy. We do Promotion of Healthy Family Life,Family Strengthening and Family Preservation work; building relationships in the community and walking the road together. HandsandFeet NPC seeks to appoint a full-time Social Worker to be based in Cape Town. More specifically, this looks like: Providing children and their families with trauma-informed and interdisciplinary approachesfrom education, social work and occupational therapy. Tackling negative issues in the family environment which hinder the positive development and growth of children. Engaging families in exercises and unity-orientated activities such as family strengthening, familypreservation and family reunification work to help grow the bond between family members. Helping children achieve their developmental milestones with the assistance of occupationaltherapists Educating and involving parents, carers and others in the community to facilitate the normaldevelopment and learning of children Encouraging families to be more loving, peaceful, provide a safe and stable living environment, and to be economically self-sustaining for the benefit of their children Providing parenting training, afterschool programmes, a learning centre, moms and babies’ groups, trauma empowerment groups, job market and work preparation workshops, and fatherhood and marriage preparation and enrichment programmes. Walking the road of healing and restoration and improving resilience, inter-dependence and positive identity together. Job Specifications: We are looking for a full time Social Worker to work with the children and families in the Camp Road informal settlement strip in Strandfontein, Cape Town. You would be required to work with at least 25 families at any given time providing counseling, therapy, psycho-social support services and parenting programmes. You would work within an inter-disciplinary team made up of various individuals with differing professions and experience. You would have an office shared with our Social Auxiliary worker at Hope Centre, but would also be based in the community. We use a holistic intervention plan and trust for God-inspired solutions that bring about transformational change in families and communities.Our values are creativity, quality, integrity, teamwork and kindness. Specific Duties: Provide individual, family and couples counseling Provide group therapy and parenting programmes Provide trauma de-briefing and counseling Coordinate specific therapeutic programmes Comply with DSD reporting and stakeholder engagement requirements Attend Interdisciplinary team meetings on a weekly basis Attend staff meetings on a weekly basis Attend monthly supervision with a Social Worker