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Requirements

Competencies

• Knowledge of the following: Analytic, diagnostic, assessment tools, evaluation methods and processes (Social Work)
• People Management
• Supervision Framework for Social Work profession
• Social Welfare and Community Development legislation related to programs
• Social Welfare and Community Development theory and interventions
• Information and Knowledge Management
• Protocol and professional ethics. Skills needed: Organising and planning
• Project planning
• Networking
• Psycho social intervention
• Written and verbal communication skills
• People management practices
• Conflict management
• Interpersonal
• Ability to compile complex reports (Report-writing)
• Computer 370 literacy
• Presentation and facilitation
• Problem solving and analytical
• Client orientation and customer focus
• Professional counselling
• Policy Analysis and development
• Financial management
• Monitoring and evaluation skills.

Duties

Develop / facilitate the development of policies for rendering a social work service in departments; Uniform Funding Cycle (UFC) Process; Suspending of UFC funding; Appeal process regarding UFC; To manage quality assurance and/monitoring framework processes of funded and / or unfunded NPO’s (inclusive of cluster foster care schemes); Manage the registration process of facilities in terms of the relevant legislation; Manage the Accreditation/registration of Programme Specific Programmes Processes; Manage the monitoring of service activation in relation to a victim of crime as per relevant legislation; Information Management System(s); Stakeholder Management / Relationship Management (International / National / Provincial / Local / Regional); Manage a social work policy and/or M&E unit to ensure that the required legislating policies and procedures are developed through the efficient and effective utilization of human resources; Keep up to date with new developments in the social welfare-, and the community development management fields; Research; Plan and ensure that social work policy research and development are undertaken.

Undertake complex social work research; Supervise all the administrative functions required in the programme/unit and undertake the higher-level administrative functions.

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