Key Performance Areas:

Programme Support:

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop individualized service plans for AYP enrolled in the programme.
• Provide trauma-informed counselling and emotional support to AYP, including survivors of GBV, abuse, and human rights violations.
• Facilitate therapeutic group sessions on topics including mental health, positive parenting, gender norms, and resilience building.
• Implement the AYP programme within community safe spaces and through outreach activities.
• Provide crisis intervention and immediate support for AYP in distress or emergency situations.
• Collaborate with the clinical team to ensure integrated psychosocial and biomedical care for clients.
• Make and follow up on referrals for clinical services (HIV testing, PrEP, ART), social grants, identity documents, legal aid, and shelters.
• Facilitate gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programmes and support post-violence care.
• Maintain confidential and accurate client case files, ensuring timely data entry into the programme’s case management system.
• Mobilise communities and raise awareness on child protection, SRHR, and anti-stigma messaging.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings with clinical, M&E, and community staff to ensure coordinated service delivery.
• Support the linkage of AYP to paralegal services and human rights support as needed.
• Compile and submit weekly and monthly case reports and activity summaries to the Clinical Manager.
• Attend regular supervision, case conferences, and continuing professional development sessions.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by IHPS senior management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work,
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in case work, group work, and community work,
• Registration with the South African Council for Social Services Profession (SACSSP)
• Experience working with Youth

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Presentation and report writing skills 
• Data interpretation and analysis
• Computer literacy – intermediate level in MS Office programmes
• Facilitation skills for coaching, training, and development.
• Problem-solving skills and results driven
• Decision making ability
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Command of other official local languages (multilingual) would be an added advantage
• Valid code driver’s license.