Youth Father

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One such organisation is SOS Children’s Villages India, where every employee works towards protecting and adding value to the lives of thousands of children. At SOS India, our employees are aware that their little contribution would make a difference in the lives of children, if not many but one

The combination of varied backgrounds that our employees come from, their skill set, experience, and the spirit to work for the welfare of children is what makes us a pioneer childcare organisation.

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Youth Father- **Position**: Youth Father
- **Location**: In any of our projects in India

**About the Organisation**:
SOS Children’s Villages of India is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit organisation working for the holistic development of parentless children, women and children belonging to vulnerable families. Founded in 1949 in Austria, SOS Children’s Villages began its operations in India in 1964. For over 50 years, we have reached out to over 25,000 children through our 32 SOS Children’s Villages and 32 community projects in India. SOS Children’s Villages of India was established in 1964 at Faridabad near Delhi. SOS India has worked with children, communities, disaster struck and disaster-prone areas, giving hope to weary communities and families. SOS India is the largest operation within the SOS International Federation of 134 countries.

At SOS Children’s Villages of India, we are committed to the welfare of parentless and abandoned children and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect.

**Our Programmes**:

- Family Like Care
- Family Strengthening
- Kinship Care
- Emergency Childcare
- Foster Care
- Short Stay Homes
- Special Needs
- Childcare
- Education & Youth Skilling

**About the role**:
**The Youth Father leads the Youth Home.**:

- Affectionate, responsible, resilient and resourceful personality with strong humanistic values.
- Act as the fatherly figure and primary caregiver for youth residing in the youth home. Provide homely and enabling atmosphere of love, affection, care and protection for youth.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:
**The Youth Father leads the Youth Home**:

- The Youth Father shares his life with the Youths, offering them emotional security and the opportunity to develop new and lasting relationships within Youth Home. At the same time, the Youth Father is a child-care professional who co-operates with the other village co-workers in meeting the needs of the Youths and to make them independent.
- Youth Father is the leader of the Youth Home and is directly responsible for the care and development of each of his Youths. He guides them towards self-sufficiency and independence and leads the decision-making process with his youths. He also seeks out expert advice from other village co-workers when it is needed.
- Facilitating the visit of SOS Mother in consultation of the Village Director.
- It is essential that he remains in Youth Home during evening study session and desirable that he supports youth in academics as per his capability.
- Ensures prayer by Youth in Youth Home
- Maintains Youth Home allowance register which is checked by Youth Co-worker
- Plays both indoor and outdoor games with youth
- Takes daily attendance of Youth in Youth Home
- Maintains the articles and equipment of youth Home
- Supporting Co-workers: Village Director and Youth Co-workers provide support services to the Youth Father and his youth home, offering expert advice and practical support as requested by the Youth Father, taking the Youth Home budget and plans into account.
- Village Director: The village director co-ordinates the professional development of Youth Father, and ensures that they receive the individual support they need to fulfil their tasks.

**Qualifications & Experience**:
**Education**:
Minimum 10th or 12th

**Experience**:
Age: 30-45 years

**Marital Status**:
Married/Unmarried/Widower

**General Selection criteria**:

- Clear police record and no other signs of child safeguarding risks.
- No criminal records/not involved in disputes/No legal case pending against him/Non-alcohol/ Tabaco etc.
- Sound Mental & Physical Health - Not having any health issues