Senior Social Worker – Protection & Cross-Border Case Management

Senior Social Worker – Protection & Cross-Border Case Management

Dira HR Solutions

Community & Social Services

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Nairobi

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NGO, NPO & Charity

KSh
90,000 - 105,000

Negotiable

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Job summary

The Senior Social Worker will provide professional social work and case management services to survivors of trafficking supported by the organization.
The Social Worker will provide holistic, trauma-informed, survivor centered and rights-based case management throughout the case management cycle, from intake and assessment to care planning referral

Min Qualification:

Bachelors

Experience Level

Senior level

Experience Length

4 years

Language Requirement

English

Working Hours:

Contract - 8 to 5

Applicant Location

Kenya

Job descriptions & requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Social Work Intake, Assessment and Case Planning

● Receive and support the intake of survivors referred to the organisation's shelter and victim

assistance services.

● Conduct comprehensive social work assessments covering individual needs, family and social

circumstances, strengths, vulnerabilities, safety concerns, health and psychosocial needs, legal

and documentation needs, education and livelihood needs, and reintegration considerations.

● Conduct vulnerability and risk assessments and escalate urgent concerns through the

appropriate organisational procedures.

● Develop individualised case management plans in consultation with survivors and regularly

review these as circumstances change.

● Ensure assessments and interventions are age-, gender-, disability- and culturally responsive.

● Conduct assessments and interviews using trauma-informed approaches that minimise distress

and avoid unnecessary repetition of traumatic experiences.

• Case Management and Survivor Support

● Manage an assigned caseload of trafficking survivors in accordance with the organisation's case

management procedures.

● Provide structured follow-up and monitor progress against individual case plans.

● Support survivors to identify their own recovery, protection and reintegration priorities.

● Identify barriers to recovery and facilitate appropriate responses with the survivor and relevant

service providers.

● Conduct case reviews and participate in multidisciplinary case conferences for complex cases.

● Support appropriate case closure and post-service follow-up where required.

● Promote survivor participation, autonomy and informed decision-making throughout the case

management process.

• Referrals and Service Coordination

● Assess survivor needs and facilitate timely referrals to appropriate internal and external services,

including:

○ medical and emergency health services;

○ psychosocial and mental health services;

○ legal assistance;

○ child protection services;

○ police and relevant government services;

○ documentation and civil registration services;

○ education and vocational training;

○ livelihood and economic empowerment programmes;

○ family tracing and reunification services; and

○ interpretation and other specialised services.

● Maintain knowledge of relevant service providers and referral pathways.

● Follow up referrals to confirm whether services were accessed and identify any outstanding

needs or barriers.

● Ensure referrals and information sharing are undertaken with appropriate consent and in

accordance with organisational procedures.

• Shelter-Based Social Work and Safeguarding

● Provide professional social work support to survivors residing in the organisation's shelters.

● Support the Shelter Manager to maintain a safe, dignified, inclusive and supportive environment.

● Orient new residents on shelter procedures, their rights, available services and case management

processes.

● Identify and respond appropriately to emerging social, family, behavioural, protection and

safeguarding concerns.

● Support survivors to develop practical plans for their transition from shelter.

● Identify risks of further exploitation, violence, abuse, neglect, retaliation, re-trafficking or other

harm and support appropriate safety planning.

● Escalate safeguarding and high-risk protection concerns through the organisation's established

mechanisms.

● Maintain professional boundaries and ensure that all interventions uphold confidentiality,

informed consent, dignity and the do-no-harm principle.

• Cross-Border and Foreign National Case Management

● Provide specialised social work support to foreign national survivors and cases involving cross-

border trafficking.

● Assess family, community, social and protection circumstances relevant to return, repatriation

and reintegration.

● Coordinate, through established organisational mechanisms, with relevant stakeholders,

including:

○ Counter-Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Secretariat;

○ National Police Service and Directorate of Criminal Investigations;

○ Directorate of Immigration Services;