Job Opportunities at Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO)

Location: Mathare, Nairobi
Reports to: ECD Coordinator
Hours: Mon- Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm

The job holder is responsible for childcare duties at on-site daycare center accurately, efficiently, and following all guidelines. Assists in development and execution of plans for the Daycare; performing routine and non-routine tasks.

Responsibilities for the ECD Teacher Job

• Organize, implement, coordinate, and control services of the childcare program
• Set up and maintain an organized and clutter free environment safe for the children
• Supervising children/infants at all times
• Oversee the assigned daycare attendants
• Responsible for submitting and implementing a weekly themed lesson plan
• Carry out proper child guidance
• Carry out home visits to the respective children’s home to ascertain proper child care and rearing continues within the household
• Cleaning and maintaining a safe environment for children
• Assisting in feeding the children during meals set up
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Coordinate parent partnership plan to ensure effective child care and protection among the caregivers/parents

Personal attributes

• High level of motivation, organization, honesty, commitment and professional responsibility
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Accurate and detail oriented

ECD Teacher Job Requirements

• Diploma in Early Childhood Development
• At least 1 year experience
• Must be able to communicate effectively with parents
• Be respectful
• Child friendly with no previous record of child abuse
• Be flexible
• Team oriented
• Excellent child care

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The Social worker along with key technical staff will be responsible for coordinating caregiver – early child psycho-social program activities.

Social Worker Job Responsibilities

• Conduct regular home visits for the daycare and preschool children using the home visit tools to ensure the care-giving environment is conducive to help children grow into healthy and happy to harness full development potential
• Organize and conduct parent/caregiver support group meetings to discuss essence of early child development issues and mobilize them into group savings and loan activities as economic strengthening at household level
• Use a variety of appropriate formal and informal tools and techniques to evaluate the progress and performance of students and families based on child development milestones
• Develop long-term and short-term intervention plans consistent with children’s developmental needs to help children attain full development potential
• Keep proper records of the children in the daycare and preschool programs including family background, health, social and key interventions and follow-up visits forms
• Assist ECD coordinator to carry-out individual child assessment to ensure each child is attaining proper development milestones
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, community programs officer and programs manager
• Performing other related duties as may be assigned

Personal attributes

• High level of motivation, organization, honesty, commitment and professional responsibility
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Accurate and detail oriented

Requirements for the Social Worker Job

• Must have good counseling skills.
• Key knowledge on Early Childhood Development
• Must have at least 2 years working experience
• Diploma in Community Development
• Certificate/diploma in Early Childhood Development is desirable