Three quick questions
Are you a Filipino with a passion for serving Christ through caregiving, hospitality and other acts of personal service?
Are you available for a year to live in at our Olongapo base?
And could you grow a heart for detainees?
Yes, yes and yes?
Then why not have a think about serving with us, a growing non-government organisation (NGO) with a heart for detainees?
Our SEC-registered Philippines arm, Integridad: Heart for Detainees is proud to announce the launch of a new training initiative…
We are recruiting one or two live-in caregiving interns for a fixed one year period!
If this initiative goes well in 2025, it will becoming an ongoing scheme with new interns every year!
WANT TO KNOW MORE?!
Staff at our exciting residential & clinical base in the centre of the City of Olongapo have exciting, varied lives:-
mixing with local and international volunteers
treating and reaching out to patients - all detainees, ex-detainees or their dependents
welcoming other clients - including TESDA caregiving students on on-the-job (OJT) placements
being hospitable to other residential guests
Job description
YOUR Hours
This is a full-time role for a fixed period of one year:-
six days per week:-
Monday to Saturday
08:30 - 17:30 hours
one hour off for lunch/breaks
seven nights per week:-
sleeping on site as an in-person security measure and to welcome any late night guests
in the event that more than one intern is appointed, a rota for overnight duties will permit additional off site nights
Overtime: Sunday daytime working or Monday-Sunday evening working (eg for a particular event or to provide hands-on patient care) may be required on occasion
YOUR OVERSIGHT
You will work in cooperation with the rest of the Olongapo-based staff, sharing tasks when skill mixes overlap and at times of high demand
Your line management will be:-
clinical duties: our international chief medical officer
non-clinical duties: our local administrator
YOUR Duties
Senior caregiver Mam Lora - a TESDA caregiver II graduate & one of our former OJT trainees - checks the pulse & oxygen saturation of a police detainee
Access: welcoming patients and other clients, staff and guests
Animals: caring for domesticated cat
Bedrooms & bathrooms: when guests or staff are in residence, Monday to Saturday bed making and bathroom cleaning
Caregiving:-
on site:-
when patients come to our clinic: taking observations and basic caregiving
when clients/patients are in residence: participating in a caregivers’ rota
off site in police stations and other places of detention: taking observations, performing basic caregiving, and helping to provide spiritual encouragement
Cleaning: internal cleaning of our residential house and our small clinical facility
Clinic: keeping our clinic clean, tidy and well stocked
Cooking:-
on weekdays: when patients, guests or staff are in residence, Monday-Friday preparation of light lunches and simple cooked evening meals
for weekends: preparation and freezing of meals for consumption on weekends
for detainees: preparation of meals for our police detainee feeding program
Gardening: basic cleaning of courtyard and maintenance of pot plants
Hospitality: ensuring comfort of clients, guests and staff, including serving drinks
Inventorising: keeping up-to-date our inventories of clinical and domestic supplies
Laundry: washing domestic and clinical laundry, and small amount of ironing
Maintenance: easy building maintenance tasks such as wall painting
Other: timely completion of other suitable tasks, allocated at daily meeting
Security: setting alarm system every evening and being visible security presence
Shopping: buying food and household items
Team work: including attending daily team meetings every morning
Trash: maintaining our eco-friendly trash disposal system
Vehicles: opening and closing carport doors for vehicles, and keeping our vehicle clean
Washing up: washing up dishes, except during large events and at weekends when automatic dishwasher is used
YOUR EXPECTATIONS
Salary: P10,000 per month:-
80% salary during probationary period
plus rice allowance
minus P1,500 to cover the cost of your accommodation and utilities
Accommodation: furnished bedroom with night time air conditioning, and use of staff kitchen and sala
Annual leave:-
ten paid days
we observe all public holidays and award the statutory amount of pay (or additional leave days) for working on them, which is sometimes required (for example, when we have residents or when other staff are on leave)
Appraisal: supportive appraisal process
Benefits: Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth and SSS
Care: kind and considerate employer
Food: rice allowance
Occupational health: free annual check-up, as-required medical advice, and use of on-site gym
Probationary period: three months
Sick leave: up to five paid days
Training:-
access to our well stocked reference health and social care library
free attendance at certain external training events at our base
in-house training program
Uniform: free uniform
Utilities: a fixed deduction will be made for your consumption of utilities
Wi-fi: free use of high quality wi-fi
Person specification
Experience, knowledge, Qualifications & Skills
Essential
Abie to attain the high cleaning standards required for a healthcare facility
Abie to learn to use an online inventory
Able to learn to use electronic medical records (EMR)
Excellent standard of spoken and written English
Fluent in spoken and written Tagalog
Good cook of simple Filipino dishes and ability to learn specified basic international dishes
Good all-round housekeeper
High school graduate
Desirable
Additional Filipino language(s)
Car/van driver with clean license
Experience of using EMR
Experience of using an online inventory
Graduate of:-
our in-house OJT caregiver/nurse assistant scheme
TESDA caregiver II course, or higher (eg nurse assistant or nurse), with supportive reference from tutor
Knowledge of health and social care issues affecting detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents
Work experience:-
within a healthcare facility
within a place of detention
within an international team
Health & SAfety
Essential
Good understanding of food hygiene
No allergy to cats or dogs*
Physically and mentally fit*
Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against COVID-19 and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Desirable
Food hygiene certificate
Vaccination (or willingness to be vaccinated) against rabies and tuberculosis
Personal Attributes
Essential
Active evangelical Christian with personal faith in Jesus, with supportive reference from current pastor*
Caring, empathetic nature
Confidential nature
Diligent nature
Excellent personal hygiene
Flexible nature
Good team player, with supportive reference from last employer/tutor
Happy personality
Heart for detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents
Honest with clean National Police Check
Neat dresser
No addictions (eg alcoholism or drug use - random testing may be deployed)
Non-judgmental attitude
Punctual
Respectful of authority
Single (ie not in a living together relationship) with no dependent children*
Tidy habits
Young attitude*
Desirable
Ability to delegate, lead and organise during an emergency
Ability and willingness to talk about the Christian life with detainees, ex-detainees and their dependents*
Aged 22-30*
Availability
Essential
Available for one year from New Year 2025
Desirable
Willing to consider longer term involvement with our organisation, but (as this is a one year internship) in another post from 2026
Notes
OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
This job is based in the Philippines and so will be subject to Philippine employment law. That said, for the avoidance of doubt regarding the UK Equalities Act 2010, person specifications marked with an asterisk are considered to be occupational requirements.
dates
Closing date: 23:59 hours on Sunday 8th December 2024
Short-listing & interview dates: week commencing 9th December 2024, likely 11th or 12th
Start date: ideally New Year 2024, to take over from outgoing staff member on 15th January
process
Informal visit: message us on Facebook to make an appointment.
Formal application: complete the online application form.
Short-listing: only short-listed candidates will be contacted, and references may be taken up before interview.
Selection process: each short-listed candidate will be invited for a long day to participate in team events, have a formal interview, and do practical exercises including caregiving and cleaning; travel expenses will be paid.