SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER (outreach)- Young Teenage Girls in Commercial Sex Work

Amani Centre for Street Children is a nationally registered NGO based in Moshi, Kilimanjaro with its branches in Arusha and Singida Regions. Amani is seeking to recruit a dynamic, detail-oriented, self-starter professional to fill the position of Senior Social Worker (outreach)for a 3-year Pilot Program to work with young teenage girls (ages 13-17) who are street-connected and (partially) engaged in commercial sex work in Arusha.

Position description shall include but not limited to:

• Co-develop, lead the implementation, and evaluate successes of the “Teenage Girls in Commercial Sex Work” Project.
• Frequent outreach, together with Amani’s street outreach workers, into the high-risk areas of the targeted young teenage girls, to meet and discuss with them.
• Group and individual (deep) counselling sessions to these girls.
• Responsible to coach and work closely with other field staff in the Project to ensure that equally detailed and high-quality services are provided to all girls supported by the project.
• Build positive collaboration with all involved Government departments and Community Stakeholders, and when necessary organize and conduct training workshops to them.
• Develop and implement individual rescue and rehabilitation plans for these girls.
• Help the rescued girls to build new positive lives by conducting life skills sessions to them, and enrolling them in vocational training courses.

Qualifications:

• Masters, bachelor’s degree or diploma in Social Work, Sociology, Counseling Child Psychology, or other related discipline.
• Great relationship-builder and facilitator, especially to young teenage girls.
• Ability to build positive working relations with local Government including Police and Social Welfare department.
• Excellent command of English and Swahili, oral and written.
• At least 5 years’ experience in working with poor urban children/youth communities (especially girls).
• Proven excellent in Computer use in Word and excel programs.
• Experience in collaborating with girls engaged in Commercial Sex Work will be an added advantage.
• Willingness to do frequent outreach works in the streets and slums of Arusha to meet the girls.

Note: given the nature of this work, preference will be given to women applicants.