June 11, 2026 HOUSEPARENT I None Required DSWD FO VII House Parenting

Department of Social Welfare and Development Central Office - Government
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Job Description

We wish to inform you that DSWD Field Office VII, Cebu City has one (1) vacant Contractual position:

TERMS OF REFERENCE

§  HOUSEPARENT I

Salary Grade

:

4 (P17,506.00)

Status of Employment 

:

Contractual

Location/Office

:

Reception and Study Center for Children

Program/Division/Unit   

:

Protective Service Division

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:

Education                             :

High School graduate (prior to 2016) or Completion of Grade 10/Junior High School (starting 2026)

Experience                           :

None required

Training                                :

None required

Eligibility                               :

None required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education                             :

Completion of two (2) years studies in College

Experience                           :

None required

Training                                :

One (1) year relevant experience as Houseparent/caregiver; Well-versed with the standard of hygiene and sanitation, good housekeeping, good parenting

Eligibility                               :

None required

JOB FUNCTIONS:

  1. Assume the role of a substitute parent of the residents and look after their physical, social and emotional well-being in the institutions;
  2. Observes and records any significant behavioral manifestation of clients and reports to the supervising Houseparent as reference of the rehabilitation team (e.g. incident, progress and behavioral report);
  3. Prepares anecdotal reports of behavior of clients;
  4. Attends homelife meetings and case conference;
  5. Administers medication to clients, in accordance to specific instructions provided by the Nurse/Medical Officer;
  6. Prepares prescribed food such as for clients by following the instructions of Nutritionist Dietician appropriately;
  7. Leads educational activities such as reading, writing and participation in extracurricular activities in a bid to develop the client’s interest as part of learning process;
  8. Assist/supervises the socio-cultural, spiritual, physical and moral development of clients;
  9. Assists in the implementation of practical skills development and other activities;
  10. Provides direct care and supervision to able-bodied clients in the residential care facilities in performing daily activities;
  11. Manages distribution of resources to ensure proper and efficient consumption;
  12. Undertakes general household duties, including cleaning and laundry, in order to maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of the Center;
  13. Acts as watcher in hospital and executive-on-duty when necessary;
  14. Records important events in the logbook;
  15. Participates in staff meeting and conferences, rehabilitation team meeting;
  16. Performs other tasks that may be assigned.

 JOB OUTPUTS:

a.     Daily/Monthly Accomplish Report

b.     Clients’ Progress Reports

c.     Anecdotal Reports

d.     Inventory of client’s belonging

e.     Logbook recording

f.       Incident Report/s, when needed

Interested and qualified applicants must fill out and attach the complete scanned copies of the following documents on or before June 21, 2026 11:59PM through the link/QR code below:

Houseparent I – https://tinyurl.com/HPIRSCC06112026  

1. Application Letter addressed to Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero of DSWD Field Office VII (specifying the position applied for, its program/office and its date of publication);

2. Duly accomplished, subscribed and sworn Personal Data Sheet with recent passport sized picture and signature and Work Experience Sheet;

3.  Copy of authenticated civil service eligibility/Professional License (if applicable);

4.  Copy of Transcript of Records and/or Diploma;

5.  Copy of relevant trainings and seminars attended;

6. Copy of performance rating in the last rating period or its equivalent (for government employees, including COS/JO). For external applicants, in the absence of performance rating, you may use the Certificate of Performance Rating from the latest employer through this form: https://tinyurl.com/CertofPerfRating

REMINDERS

§  Requests for extension of submission and application with incomplete documents will not be screened. 

§  All communications pertaining to application will be sent via email based on the information provided in the Personal Data Sheet

DATA PRIVACY POLICY

All the personal information contained in documents submitted shall be used only for documentation and processing purposes within the DSWD and shall not be shared with any outside parties without your written consent. Personal information shall be retained and stored by the DSWD within the prescribed timeline in accordance with the National Archives of the Philippines’ General Disposition Schedule.

This office highly encourages interested and qualified applicants including persons with disability (PWD), members of indigenous communities and those from any sexual orientation and gender identities (SOGI) for there shall be no discrimination in the selection of employees on account of gender, sexual orientation, civil status, disability, religion, ethnicity, or political affiliation. Also, this office prefers those non-smoker applicants.

For inquiries, please call Mr. John Mick E. Fernandez of the Human Resource Management and Development Division at telephone numbers 412-9908 / 233-0261 local 17121.

Thank you.


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