Job Description

(i) Prepare the case file of the child;

(ii) Maintain the Protective Custody Card;

(iii) Prepare and maintain the medical record of the child and ensure that the treatment of

the child is not interrupted or neglected;

(iv) Meet the child every day to ensure his safety, welfare and development; assist the child

to adjust to the life in the Child Care Institution. A newly received child shall be met more

often than once a day;

(v) Gather information about the child within the initial five days to ascertain the child’s

education, vocational status and aptitude and emotional status;

(vi) Have the necessary medical or mental tests, assessments and examinations of the child

conducted;

(vii) Study the reports and prepare in consultation with the child and his family members,

an individual care plan for the child in Form 7 for the period pending inquiry, to be placed

in the case file of the child. The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker may consult the

counsellor, psychologists or such other person as he deems fit in this regard;

(viii) In keeping with the individual care plan, a daily routine shall be developed for the

child and explained to him;

(ix) Ensure that the child adheres to the routine activities so developed and take timely

reports from the caregivers in this respect;

(x) Review periodically the implementation and effectiveness of the individual care plan

and if necessary, suitably modify the individual care plan in Form 7 and/or the routine

activities of the child with the approval of the Management Committee;

(xi) Resolve the problems of the child and deal compassionately with their difficulties in

life in the Home;

(xii) Participate in the orientation, monitoring, education, vocational and rehabilitation

programmes in respect of the child and attend parent teacher meetings in schools in respect

of children assigned to them;

(xiii) Attend proceedings of the Board or the Committee or the Children’s Court and furnish

all information and file all reports that may be called for;

(xiv) On receiving the copy of the order of declaration of age, to make the necessary

changes in the record as regards the age of the child if any change is required and to place the copy of the said order in the case file of the child;

(xv) Participate in the pre-release programme and help the child to establish contact which can provide emotional and social support to the child after the release;

(xvi) Maintain contact with the children after their release and extend help and guidance to them;

(xvii) Visit regularly the residence of the child under their supervision and also places of employment or school attended by such child and submit fortnightly reports or as otherwise directed;

(xviii) Accompany the child wherever possible from the Board or the Committee or the Children’s Court to Child Care Institution as the case may be;

(xix) Maintain record of the next date of production of the child before the Board or the Committee or the Children’s Court or for medical treatment and ensure the production of the child before the Board or the Committee or the Children’s Court or for medical treatment on the said date;

(xx) Maintain the registers as may be specified from time to time; (xxi) Any other duty assigned by the Person-in-charge of the Child Care Institution.

(7) The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker who has been assigned the duty of verifying the daily cleaning in the premises of Child Care Institution shall do so twice a day, one after the

morning cleaning and the other after the evening cleaning. The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker shall make a note of the same in the House-keeping register.

(8) The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker who has been assigned the duty of verifying the daily cooking shall make a note of the same in the Meals Register, in respect of every meal.

Location: Jahangirpuri, Delhi

Eligibility Criteria

Not Specified

Desired Candidate Profile

Graduation - Graduate-Other

Organization Details

• Organization Name:Prayas Ngo
• About Organization:(1) Every Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker in the Child Care Institution shall carry out all directions given by the Board or the Committee or the Children’s Court. (2) The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker shall establish linkages with voluntary workers and organisations to facilitate rehabilitation and social re-integration of the children and to ensure the necessary follow up. (3) The Child Welfare Officer or Case Worker available in the Child Care Institution at the time of receiving a child shall interact with the child received with a view to put the child at ease and befriend him and shall supervise the process of receiving of the child.