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.

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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

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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.