Social Worker at CORAT Africa

Qualifications for the Social Worker Job

• Certificate in Social work from a recognized institution
• Diploma in Social Work & Secretarial skills will be an added advantage
• Good report writing skills
• Good communications skills
• Must be fully conversant with MS word and Excel
• Minimum of 5 years hands on work experience in social work.

Social Worker Job Responsibilities

• Provide technical and support services to the Empowerment program, Scholarship Program and Mentorship Program.
• Be the first of point of contact for each social work submitted
• Perform detailed assessment on each client requesting for financial assistance.
• Communicate clearly to the guardians/beneficiaries of social work program.
• Conduct home visits and write case studies for students or families who need assistance from the organization and submit those reports to your supervisor on timely basis.
• Maintain clear records of the financial support for each student and capture details such as student name, cheque number and amount paid.
• Maintain files for each student and ensure that all supportive documents concerning students in the Social Program are well filed.
• Obtain all necessary background information and data for each student and have them in their respective personal files.
• Make arrangements with the students/guardians on the dates they are expected to collect cheques for tuition and communicate other important dates as planned by Program e.g. meetings dates, socials days etc.
• Conduct home and school visits ensuring proper follow-up on the students in the Outreach Program.
• Administer correspondence/communication with the stakeholders of the program.
• Perform secretarial tasks and maintain proper filing records for all program activities.
• Perform any other duty as may be requested by your supervisor.