Social Worker(Resident) at Child Life-Line

JOB DESCRIPTION: SOCIAL WORKER (IBESHE RESIDENTIAL HOME)

ABOUT CHILD LIFE LINE:

Child Life Line (“CLL”) is a not-for-profit Non-Governmental-Organization (‘NGO’), registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission and based in Lagos, Nigeria. CLL was founded in 1994 with the aim of providing care and support to vulnerable and homeless children in Lagos.

THE ROLE (JOB SUMMARY)

Social worker treats adolescents who have emotional problems, you could counsel adolescents individually or through group sessions. You may need to provide crisis intervention and might also help youths to resolve conflicts, overcome life hurdles and replace undesirable habits with acceptable behaviors. You often need to confer with other professionals, including counsellors, social workers, educators, criminal justice officials and psychologists.

Your duties as a social worker could include creating and implementing personalized treatment programs for troubled adolescents. You might interview the adolescents and their family members to recommend needed social services. You'll then review and alter their plans to achieve agreed-upon goals. Your duties might also include supervising, disciplining and interacting with youths at correctional facilities or group hom

Qualification: BSc/B.Ed./ B.A. in Guidance and Counselling, Social Work or Educational Psychology. Any qualification outside this, need not apply.