Robyn Rebecca Arendse

Coordinates the implementation of programs and projects, including ward projects.

- Provides a professional function by coordinating all aspects of center activations for cultural facilities in the Community, Arts, and Culture Unit, ensuring compliance with legislative and policy requirements.

- Provides an operational function through planning, coordinating, facilitating, and monitoring the initiation of facilities management and maintenance programs, as well as the implementation of repairs and maintenance within the unit.

- Liaises with internal and external stakeholders.

- Ensures adherence to the City’s administrative procedures and systems.

• Application of theoretical knowledge and conceptual thinking pertaining to social and community development
• Serves and participates in forums for internal and external stakeholders
• Identify and research key social development issues and trends within communities
• Facilitates and implements projects and participates in the development of projects, systems and process
• Communicates professional knowledge to internal and external clients and departments
• Attends to correspondence and enquiries with regard to the services, systems and ongoing work of the department
• Safekeeping of research documentation results for ease of reference
• Writes reports for Portfolio of evidence and to manager
• Committees on matters relating to the activities of the department/Projects and initiatives undertaken
• Assist with the development and upliftment of communities in implementing projects around women empowerment; men empowerment; substance abuse; older persons; disability and social care
• Implementing ward allocation projects, completes community profiles and targeted social development interventions
• Conduct needs assessment to determine critical social development issues
• Conducts skills training and capacity building within communities
• Implement programmes and projects assigned to the department including ward allocation projects
• Ensure that projects are aligned to the IDP objectives and Social Development strategy
• Tracking, monitoring and report on project status using sound project management methodology
• Liaise with finance and procurement to source service providers and contractors
• Forecasting and planning of budgets
• Liaise with community stakeholders and facilitates partnerships with relevant stakeholders
• Maintain communication portals with internal and external stakeholders and supply chain
• HR administration in EPWP Recruitment and selection process (spreedsheets; screening)
• Ensuring that timesheets are submitted on time to payroll to ensure EPWP are paid on time
• Ensuring that EPWP are placed and that contract agreements are made between the City and Organizations
• Administrating Drug testing

• Admin tasks: Completing all process notes reflecting evidence of interviews with parents, children and collateral sources; completing all standard forms used at intake and adding it file; completing transfer/closure summary on each file; Investigation cases would be BAS form; the medical report-form 7 to be completed and in some cases the psychological reports
• Cases dealt with: Server neglect; child that requires medical care; sexual abuse; physical abuse; parent displaying behaviour that is a threat; abandonment; when irresponsible parents threaten to remove a child from adequate care; domestic violence; ministerial; death reviews; inappropriate discipline (inadequate parenting); emotional abuse; substance abuse; basic care; children that display challenging behaviours; material assistance; contact and care matters; teenage pregnancies; Child Support Grant applications; Foster parent screenings; Birth registrations; Background reports and legal placements

• Child protection and foster care
• Substance abuse
• Family mediation and Parental Plans
• Administrative work (faxing, scanning, email, process notes, contact clients/networking with stakeholder, contacting clients)
• Generic social work practice- Micro, Meso and macro:
• Micro: Counselling, mediation for parenting plan, application for SASSA grants, foster screening report, Intake on new clients
• Mezzo: facilitating and planning a solution-focused group work therapy based on children with behavioural difficulties
• Macro: Creating a brochure and a parent workshop based on appropriate ways to discipline your child