Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed Term
Hours of Work: Full-time
Reports to: The Shelter Manager
Organizational Background
The Centre for Domestic and Development (CDTD) is a women's rights organization in Kenya that has spearheaded the economic empowerment of women through professional training of women domestic workers since 2001. CDTD also has interventions to respond to trafficking, refugees, and internal displacement affecting marginalised girls and women, as well as survivors of gender-based violence (SGBV), including a shelter/ safe house. TAGS is the Center for Domestic Training’s (CDTD) protection program that is dedicated to providing abused girls and young women with services necessary for their recovery and social reintegration using a 4R approach of: Reach, Rescue, Rehabilitate, and Reintegrate.
We are seeking mature and compassionate residential Care Workers (aged 35 years and above) to provide daily care, emotional support, and supervision to residents in our shelter. The position operates on a three-week live-in rotational shift system.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support residents’ daily routines and well-being.
- Enforce house rules and provide emotional guidance to residents.
- Report incidents or safeguarding concerns to the Shelter Manager.
- Keep daily records of shelter activities and resident welfare.
- Ensure food storage, preparation, and related areas are well-maintained in proper sanitary conditions.
- Overseeing the girls at the shelter and ensuring their adherence to the house’s regulations.
- Ensuring proper maintenance of the shelter amenities, attending to housework-related duties, and monitoring the use of materials and other supplies economically.
- Sleeping at the shelter and ensuring the girls' safety and security.
- Offer required assistance to the residents when needed, e.g., attending medical clinics, hospitals, etc., on request.
- Assisting in budget preparation through the identification of shelter needs and priorities.
- Promote peaceful co-existence among shelter residents and with other staff.
- Enforce the code of conduct of the girls and ensure all reported incidents are dealt with according to the laid-down rules and regulations.
- Personally prepare and cook food while on duty as per the daily menu.
- Participate in the development of the kitchen staff duty rota.
- Noting and reporting food items surpluses or shortages.
- Maintaining proper food handling procedures at all times.
- Maintaining kitchen sanitation and safety by cleaning all relevant areas.
- Ensuring prompt disposal of all refuse using proper disposal methods.
- Ensuring residents are treated equally, with respect, dignity, and without favour
- Ensuring residents receive the required food portions.
- Any other duties assigned from time to time
1. Education: Minimum KCSE certificate, a certificate or diploma in social work, community development, hospitality, care giving, or home management is an added advantage.
2. Experience: At least 3–5 years of experience in a similar residential or caregiving role, such as a shelter, children’s home, or boarding facility. Proven ability in cooking, cleaning, and managing household activities. Experience working with vulnerable women, girls, or children is highly desirable.
3. Skills and Competencies: Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to prepare nutritious meals; good organizational skills; knowledge of safeguarding and protection principles; and basic first aid knowledge. Must uphold confidentiality, empathy, and professional boundaries.
4. Safeguarding: Understanding of safeguarding and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) principles. Must pass a background check and provide character references. Commitment to ensuring the safety, dignity, and welfare of all residents and willingness to undertake regular safeguarding training.
5. Personal Attributes: Mature (preferably 35 years and above), trustworthy, responsible, and compassionate. Physically fit, flexible, and willing to work on a live-in basis, including weekends and holidays when required.
How to apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and a cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience to hr@cdtd.org on or before 10th January 2026. Please include " Residential Care Worker " and the expected salary in the subject line of your email.
Please note that due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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