Chosen Children of Promise (CCP) is a Christian-based non-governmental organization that helps people in poverty situations by empowering them with services and trainings that focus on their spiritual and physical needs. CCP was started as a Kenyan organization in 2004.
Our current focus areas are Kawangware and Ngando.
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Requirements:
- A born again Christian with a desire to see Jesus’ glory spread
- Experience in Evangelism and Discipleship with a passion for the growth of His Kingdom
- H.N.D. in nursing and experience in the medical and community fields
- Counseling skills required
- Administration skills required
- Experience working in the slums
- Have excellent English skills in writing and speaking with a proficiency in Swahili
Specific Responsibilities:
- Understand the sponsorship families’ current health condition and needs
- Offer personalized medical care for the sponsorship children and guardians through home visits / referrals to medical facilities.
- Assist the social workers in case studies from the medical aspect completing all necessary medical case study forms
- Maintenance of the family medical records.
- Assist in the organizing of the medical camps.
- Manage all medical specific programs / groups
- Monitoring and overseeing of CCP medical referral centers.
- Counseling of children and guardians from a medical perspective.
- Support the site manager in purchasing all medical items for the children and families.
- Organizing, facilitating and/or participating in the health trainings as needs arise for CCP’s clients and staff.
- Assist in the Evangelism—with focus on the assigned families.
- Assist in the Discipleship and/or Mentoring—of the children and families who desire to further develop their relationship with Christ.
Personal Skills:
- Problem solving skills, able to assess a problem and make wise recommendations
- Be a person of integrity; trustworthy and honest, one that others look up to as a leader
- Demonstrate quality leadership skills
- Be cooperative as a team member
- Must have a positive attitude, able to work under pressure
- Be flexible, able to adapt to change
- Be reliable; time conscience and dependable
- Be trainable and organized
- Reflect upon and evaluate own performance
- Self-Motivated with a high work ethic, proactive in approaching tasks
- Computer skills in typing, MS Word and MS Excel
If you meet these requirements please forward your complete CV, “Attention: Community Health Nurse” to the above address or send it via email to jobs@ccpnow.org
We will be accepting CV’s until January 28th, 2011.
You can also visit www.kenyanvacancies.com for more jobs
