Senior Educator

World Vision Georgia is announcing a vacancy for a 24-hour shelter for homeless children for the following position: Senior Educator.

The 24-hour shelter for homeless children combines a day center and a crisis intervention shelter.

The goal of the day center is to assess children referred by the mobile team or involved in the service in other ways, provide psychological and medical assistance based on identified needs, and provide formal and informal education to gradually wean children off street life and stably integrate them into the day center services, with the aim of placing them in 24-hour transitional services or other services.

The crisis intervention shelter operates in conjunction with the day center, and its main goal is to provide emergency shelter and assistance (satisfying primary medical and psycho-emotional needs) to children in crisis situations (those found unsupervised on the streets, left without housing, victims of violence, etc.) and to determine a long-term care arrangement for the child.

Interviews will be conducted in parallel mode until the selection of the relevant candidate, so please submit your resume in a timely manner.

Position Title: Senior Educator Location: Tbilisi, Gldani Working Hours: 40 hours per week (with summarized accounting)

Work Schedule: Shift every 4 days, 24-hour shift. During vacations/ sick leaves, the schedule may change as follows: shift from 7:00 pm to 10:00 am, every 2 days.

Position Purpose: To oversee the physical and emotional safety of the day center and crisis intervention shelter's children, increase children's awareness of vital skills, health, and self-care abilities, and involve them in informal education activities.

Main Responsibilities

• To ensure the awareness of children and provide information on vital skills, health and self-care skills;
• To involve children in informal education activities;
• To involve children in intellectual-cognitive, sports and entertainment activities;
• To supervise the physical and emotional safety of the child during their stay at the center;
• To oversee the hygienic condition, self-care and orderliness of children's clothing;
• To ensure the administration of medications in case the child has the relevant prescription;
• To provide basic elements of education (reading-writing and arithmetic) to children if necessary;
• To assess the level of education of children;
• To participate in compiling an individual plan for the child's service together with a multidisciplinary team;
• To keep records of progress in relation to the objectives of the primary care plan that require the involvement of a teacher;
• To keep records of behavioral and emotional problems of children in the day center and overnight shelter;
• To complete the child's intake protocol / relevant document when the child is admitted to the center;
• To ensure the transportation of children to and from school, if necessary, in accordance with the relevant rules;
• To actively cooperate with the day center staff and coordinator-leader;
• To ensure the confidential protection of beneficiary information;
• To provide complete information about the condition of children at the end of the shift to the next shift;
• To ensure the timely notification of the coordinator-leader, social worker and psychologist, if necessary, about difficult situations;
• To comply with the internal regulations/standards of the day center and overnight shelter.
• To perform other tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor within the competence of his/her position.

Mandatory Requirements

• Higher and relevant special education and its supporting document;
• Experience of working with children and young people in an educational institution (at least 2 years);
• Similar work experience (at least 2 years);
• Communication skills;
• Teamwork skills;
• Organizational and planning/management skills;
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage difficult situations

Interested candidates, please send your CV (including contact details of three recommenders) to the organization's email address. Please indicate the position title you are interested in in the subject line of the email.

Please add a consent statement to your resume, confirming that if your resume is selected among the shortlisted candidates, you authorize the organization to verify the information about you, including through watchdog.

Application deadline: November 20, 2026

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