Responsibilities
- Identify the most at risk vulnerable girls, women and refugees
at risk of neglect, abuse and exploitation through best interest
assessment and review of referral notes.
- Conduct home visits/follow up on social factors to establish
facts and allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation to make concrete
case plans.
- Conduct assessments to determine whether a parent/care giver
is fit to provide care and prepare reports for legal action.
- Conduct referrals for the vulnerable girls, women and refugees
to partner agencies and follow-up to facilitate access to external
services not offered at the Shelter.
- Support in providing basic counselling and psycho-education to
the vulnerable girls, women and refugees and refer complex cases to the
counsellor for continued counselling.
- Maintain case files and complete extensive documentation and
perform other administrative tasks related to case management.
- Organize and manage education activities and supervise
learning at the shelter.
- Monitor the school progress, write school reports for the
children and manage sponsor relations.
- Ensure residents adherence to safety and security standard
operating procedures and report incidents in accordance with CDTD’s
policies and procedures.
- Manage the donations inventory and ensure the inventory system
is up-to-date by monitoring the receipt, issue and recording of all
food/non-food items.
- Continuously review food preparation and storage systems to
ensure hygiene.
- Supervise and maintain logs of all facilities and equipment
maintenance for work done on the property.
- Attend internal staff meetings on request and represent CDTD
in various networking forums or events.
- Prepare and provide high quality weekly, monthly and annual
reports and other data highlighting progress and client needs.
- Perform any other duties as may be required from time to time.
Qualifications
- A university degree in social work, community development,
gender and developmental studies or a diploma in social work with over
five (5 ) years’ experience.
- At least 3 years working with girls and young women in
protection and advocacy.
- Knowledge of international and national child protection,
women and refugee rights.
- Possess technical expertise in case management and
psycho-social support for the vulnerable girls, women and migrants.
- Highly experienced in conducting best interest assessments and
best interest determination.
- The person must maintain strict confidentiality, honesty,
integrity and can work under minimum supervision.
Performance Standards
- Quality, timely and comprehensive narrative reports on project
progress, outcomes and impact assessment.
- Documentation of good practices, success and lessons learnt.
- Adherence to work-plans, timelines and deadlines .
- Cost effective use of and accountability project funds in line
with donor rules and organizational policies.
- Strong commitment to CDTD values and principles
- Adherence to project rules, guidelines and polices on
safeguarding and child protection
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit to hr@cdtd.org on
or before 10th January 2026. Please include ”Social worker/
Education Officer” and the expected salary in the subject line of your email.
Please note that due to the high volume of
applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
