Jobs at Ubuntu Life
Jobs at Ubuntu Life. The Ubuntu Life mission is ‘Connect to Empower.’​ When we first came to Maai Mahiu, Kenya, we found a community of children with special needs and their mothers being mistreated and secluded. The stigma and lack of understanding surrounding special needs in Kenya means extremely limited access to essential services such as education, affordable healthcare, physical rehabilitation, and vocational training.
Jobs at Ubuntu Life
- ECDE Teacher
- Special Needs Teacher
- Nurse
ECDE Teacher
Jobs at Ubuntu Life
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To be responsible for accurately and efficiently managing a class and childcare duties following all guidelines as per plan.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
- Submit and implement a well-developed and comprehensive lesson plan.
- Ensure proper child guidance.
- Conduct progress Continuous education assessment and file reports for children
- Assist in feeding the children during meals.
- Coordinate IEP plan with the parent to ensure effective child care and protection.
- Reports on children in their class.
- Foster healthy play for the children in their class.
- Motivate the learners in their class to achieve set goals.
- Recording of success stories articulating child milestones and progress records.
- Identify the gaps in the children with special needs and formulate a plan to intervene.
- Any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.
- Manage Organize, implement, coordinate, and control services of the childcare program.
- Set up and maintain an organized and clutter-free environment safe for the children.
- Supervise children at all times
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
- Valid teaching certification in ECDE.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working with young children, preferably in a special needs setting.
- Strong understanding of child development principles and practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- Patience, creativity, and a passion for teaching and nurturing young children.
Special Needs Teacher
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
- The SNE teacher will be responsible for developing and fostering necessary skills and social abilities to enable learners with disabilities to achieve optimum development according to age, ability and aptitude. As an SNE teacher, you will be required to work closely with the SNE Team of the organization and other sector staff to facilitate learning and improve proper curriculum implementation in schools.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching of children and especially those with disabilities, in our facility so as to improve the quality of education by implementing the curriculum.
- Collaborating with parents and school staff to track students’ progress
- Assess students’ abilities and craft teaching plans
- Adapt learning materials to students’ needs
- Keep track of and reflect on students’ progress
- Monitor children’s behavioral patterns and arrange appropriate interventions if needed
- Find engaging activities to teach skills (e.g. drawing and theater drama)
- Manage classroom crises and resolve conflict
- Prepare students for transition to the next phase of learning. Inform parents about their children’s performance and potential problems
- Coach/mentor other professionals who work with children with disabilities
- Collaborate with the support staff (e.g. school counselors and speech therapists) to create holistic intervention plans
- Working with the school management and other stakeholders to ensure meaningful participation of SNE learners in all aspects of education.
- Training SNE learners in co-curriculum activities.
- Continuous Assessment of the SNE learners and handing over their reports to the Head of school.
- Helping the SNE learners in whatever form of support they may need, physical, emotional and psychological.
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Special Education or a related field.
- Valid teaching certification in Special Education.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working with children with special needs.
- Strong understanding of special education laws, regulations, and best practices.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Patience, empathy, and a commitment to supporting the unique needs of each student.
Nurse
Jobs at Ubuntu Life
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
- The Nurse is responsible for managing individualized patient care by promoting and restoring patients’ health through the nursing process; collaborating with the clinical officer and the clinical team providing physical and psychological support to patients, staff, and children. The Nurse is responsible to the Clinical Officer for the assigned Department.
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts an individualized patient assessment, prioritizing the data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs within the timeframe specified by the client facility’s policies, procedures, or protocols.
- Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by patient’s condition and/or the client facility’s policies, procedures, or protocols and reprioritized care accordingly.
- Perform appropriate treatments as ordered by the Clinical Officer in an accurate and timely manner.
- Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by an individualized plan of care for the children.
- Offering counseling on family planning methods, instituting the appropriate methods as per the client’s preference and needs and monitoring for side effects to the methods given
- Conducting antenatal activities, including counseling and education, vaccinations, supplementation and monitoring.
- Maintaining Cold Chain and monitoring storage facilities for the vaccines.
- Offer pre vaccination counseling to mothers and administer vaccines and supplements to children below five years of age.
- Maintains proper records of all the vaccines administered.
- Ensure vaccines are administered before their expiry date, in the right dosage and formulation.
- Monitor children post vaccination and report vaccine reactions immediately to the Clinical Officer.
- Delivers care with appropriate age and cultural competence to specific patient populations according to individualized needs.
- Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution.
- Initiates emergency resuscitative measures according to adult/child resuscitation and advanced life support protocols.
- Maintains confidentiality in matters related to patient, family and client facility staff.
- Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the patient’s and family’s diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
- Maintains current competency in nursing specialty by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.
- Responsible for dispensing and tabulating medication at the pharmacy as prescribed by the doctor.
- Maintaining updated health records, for both MOH registers and patient records.
- Accompanies emergency patients to the referral center.
- Reports priority/very Sick patients noted during triage process.
- Helps school kids in taking their medications when they are in school.
- Oversee that infection prevention strategies are observed in the Clinic by all.
- Responds promptly to emergencies and informs the Clinical Officer.
- Participating in health education to the community.
- Any other duty assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Nursing or a related field.
- Valid nursing license.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in nursing.
- Strong understanding of pediatric health conditions and special needs care.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Patience, empathy, and a passion for working with children.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and cover letter to hr_foundation@ubuntu.life.
Please include:
- “ECDE Teacher Application”
- “Special Needs Teacher Application”
- “Nurse Application”
in the subject line of your email.
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