Opening for Social Worker

Job opening for Social Worker

Location: Bandra, Mumbai

Aseema Charitable Trust is a Mumbai based non-governmental organization with a mission to equip children from marginalized communities with high quality, value-based education enabling development of their limitless potential.
It works in partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and is currently running three MCGM schools – The Pali Chimbai Municipal School in Bandra (West), The Pereirawadi Municipal School in Bandra (West) and The Kherwadi Municipal School in Bandra (East).

Responsibilities and Duties:

• To work under the guidance and supervision of the CWC Coordinator and Incharge.
• To prepare detailed case studies of the children in the school and ensure they are updated regularly
• To act as a link between the community and the school through regular home visits and ensure the home visits are documented
• To prepare CWC reports and minutes of the meeting under the Head
• To prepare students’ files and ensure that they are all up to date and contain all relevant documents
• To ensure the smooth functioning of the School Management Community by providing them regular trainings and facilitating meetings once in a month. To submit a monthly report of the SMC activities to the Head
• To actively support team members in the Nutrition & Medical Programme
• To organize training programmes every quarter for parents in a year on relevant issues such as health & hygiene, nutrition, positive parenting, child rights etc
• To coordinate with the School Administrator and assist in the distribution of uniforms, shoes, school supplies and other requirements for the children
• To complete administrative work and manage accounts on time
• To coordinate with School Head regarding student’s attendance and other issues pertaining to the child. In case of irregular attendance prompt home visit should be done
• To ensure that the overall attendance of children is growing in line with the goals set.
• To conduct the admission process of children and maintain relevant documentation.
• To coordinate with the counsellor regarding children’s requirements, home visits, parents consent forms, etc
• To attend meetings, training programmes organized by Aseema
• To contribute towards writing of sponsor reports and any other reports that may be required
• Any other duties connected directly or indirectly with your work that may be assigned to you.

• Learning Disabilities:
• To organize meeting of the parents of the identified children
• To ensure parents are sensitized about the LD process and benefits are explained to them. This can be done in coordination with the Counselling team.
• To prepare letters to Sion hospital and obtain signature of the School Head.
• To contact parents and inform them about the hospital visit.
• To ensure that on the day of the appointment at Sion Hospital, the parent is present along with the child with the necessary documents. The file containing the documents should be compiled by the Social Workers.
• To complete the OPD enrolment, documentation and medical investigation process - ENT, Eyes, Audiogram checkups are done
• To ensure photocopy of all Learning Disability (LD) or any other certificates once issued by the hospital are filed and maintained for record purposes.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Candidate with Bachelor in Social Worker / Master in Social Worker preferred
• Minimum 2-3 years of Social work experience
• Good command over the English language
• Good computer skills and documentation skills
• Candidates residing in Mumbai only apply.

Interested candidates who can join immediately, can write to us on hr(attherate)aseema.org with current and expected salary.

* Salary will not be a constraint for the right candidate.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Application Question(s):

• Please provide your residence location in Mumbai
• Please mention your notice period

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Social worker: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person