(a) After-School Program
Academic support and extra-curricular activities for children between ages 5 and 12. This includes education modules for reading, writing, and arithmetic, as well as art and sports modules.
(b) Young Adult Program
Activities that engage community teenagers and Pudiyador alumni in meaningful, useful, and enjoyable activities. Some of these activities could potentially provide young adults with real means of employment.
(c) Community Interface Program
Home visits, activities, and community events aimed at minimizing abuse and maximizing safety and well-being of children, their parents, and the entire community overall.
We consistently monitor and evaluate all our programs to ensure that they are effective in and appropriate for each center. Pudiyador currently operates in two communities in Ramapuram, two in Besant Nagar, and one in Saligramam.
Position 1) After School Program Coordinator
Responsibilities:
– 30-40 hours a week
– Visit each of the 5 centers once a week to check after school program quality
– Analyze children’s assessment of their maths and language skills/progress
– Discuss child well-being with teachers from all five centers on a weekly basis
– Maintain and revise program time tables according to the needs of each center
Eligibility specifications:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferably in Social Work) with a minimum of 1 year experience in the development sector, preferably community work.
* Fluency in English & Tamil
* Familiarity with e-mail and MS-Office
Position 2) Community Interface Coordinator
Responsibilities:
– 30-40 hours a week
– Train home visit facilitators to speak with families about their children
– Go on home visits with the home visit facilitators 3-5 times a week
– Work with community to derive social intervention according to their needs and facilitate it to create better community (bi-weekly meetings with community members and leaders)
– Identify interventions to support semi street children (2 months)
– Implement interventions (6 months)
Eligibility specifications:
* 12th std. pass with experience dealing with communities (personally or professionally)
* Fluency in English & Tamil
* Familiarity with e-mail and MS-Office is preferred
Position 3) Teacher Support Coordinator
Responsibilities:
– 30-40 hours a week
– Conduct meetings with teachers from all centers once every 2 weeks
– Meet teachers at different centers every day, check on regular issues
– Interact on a regular basis with children, get to know them, gain trust
– Follow up with individual teacher/student issues on a weekly basis
Eligibility specifications:
* Must like working with children and be gentle with them
* Fluency in Tamil (English knowledge is a plus)