Child Protection Case Worker at Danish Refugee Council 126 views0 applications


Background

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Uganda, the DRC programme provides comprehensive assistance and protection to refugees and other vulnerable populations, supports durable solutions to protracted displacement and works to reduce the effects of armed violence

General Objective

The CP case worker primary function is to provide case management services for children vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence (especially UASC and CAAFAG) and support the implementation of case management responses. She/he will ensure children harmed or at risk of being harmed are identified and receive individual case management support by conducting documentation, assessments, action plans, direct service provision, referrals and follow ups and will provide support to families in the process of case management, including foster and alternative care.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

The Child Protection case worker will perform the following tasks:

  • She/he will conduct all steps of the case management process: Intake, assessment and engagement, case planning, supported referrals, developing practical skills, case review, building client capacity.
  • Conduct routine visits to the foster families and other households with children at risk and assess their needs and provide ongoing support to families, foster and alternative care systems.
  • Ensure updated filing and documentation of Child Protection cases in line with UNHCR and DRC standard tools.
  • Provide basic psychosocial support to children and their care givers. Determine the need for therapeutic psychosocial or psychiatric support for further referral to specialized services.
  • Regularly organize and participate in case management meetings at field level.

Project development, implementation and reporting

  • Assist the protection team in the provision of technical support to Child Protection community structures and local stakeholders.
  • Make sure that all the Child Protection interventions adhere to protection standards and principles as well as DRC guidelines and accountability standards.
  • Contribute to the daily quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection related projects and interventions in the area of jurisdiction (Rhino camp refugee settlement.
  • In collaboration with the Protection team, she/he will proactively contribute to quality and timely preparation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.

Reporting Arrangements

The Child Protection case worker is responsible and reports to the Child Protection Officer

Personal Specifications

Essential:

  • A University degree in psychology, guidance and counseling, social work and social administration, social sciences, development studies, or relevant fields.
  • At least 4 years handling cases in humanitarian situation.
  • Profession training in child protection minimum standards and processes is desirable.
  • Good understanding of case management and experience in case management in emergency.
  • Experience in protection interventions in line with Refugees operation with wide Knowledge in BIA and case management processes is desirable.
  • Experience of working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
  • Knowledge of Arabic and any other languages commonly spoken in the operation area is desirable.
  • Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness campaigns
  • Good computer skills especially Microsoft packages.
  • Good organizational and management skills.

Preferable:

  • Knowledge of the local languages spoken in the operation area is an asset.
  • Familiarity with the context of operation and UNHCR funded projects desired.
  • Good command of English and ability to work with minimum supervision.

How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

The application should be sent to [email protected] and the subject line should read Child Protection Case Worker – Rhino Camp. The deadline for submission of applications is the 8th March 2017.

We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD Rhino Camp CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Background

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. In Uganda, the DRC programme provides comprehensive assistance and protection to refugees and other vulnerable populations, supports durable solutions to protracted displacement and works to reduce the effects of armed violence

General Objective

The CP case worker primary function is to provide case management services for children vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence (especially UASC and CAAFAG) and support the implementation of case management responses. She/he will ensure children harmed or at risk of being harmed are identified and receive individual case management support by conducting documentation, assessments, action plans, direct service provision, referrals and follow ups and will provide support to families in the process of case management, including foster and alternative care.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

The Child Protection case worker will perform the following tasks:

  • She/he will conduct all steps of the case management process: Intake, assessment and engagement, case planning, supported referrals, developing practical skills, case review, building client capacity.
  • Conduct routine visits to the foster families and other households with children at risk and assess their needs and provide ongoing support to families, foster and alternative care systems.
  • Ensure updated filing and documentation of Child Protection cases in line with UNHCR and DRC standard tools.
  • Provide basic psychosocial support to children and their care givers. Determine the need for therapeutic psychosocial or psychiatric support for further referral to specialized services.
  • Regularly organize and participate in case management meetings at field level.

Project development, implementation and reporting

  • Assist the protection team in the provision of technical support to Child Protection community structures and local stakeholders.
  • Make sure that all the Child Protection interventions adhere to protection standards and principles as well as DRC guidelines and accountability standards.
  • Contribute to the daily quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection related projects and interventions in the area of jurisdiction (Rhino camp refugee settlement.
  • In collaboration with the Protection team, she/he will proactively contribute to quality and timely preparation of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.

Reporting Arrangements

The Child Protection case worker is responsible and reports to the Child Protection Officer

Personal Specifications

Essential:

  • A University degree in psychology, guidance and counseling, social work and social administration, social sciences, development studies, or relevant fields.
  • At least 4 years handling cases in humanitarian situation.
  • Profession training in child protection minimum standards and processes is desirable.
  • Good understanding of case management and experience in case management in emergency.
  • Experience in protection interventions in line with Refugees operation with wide Knowledge in BIA and case management processes is desirable.
  • Experience of working with UN or Non‐Governmental organizations.
  • Knowledge of Arabic and any other languages commonly spoken in the operation area is desirable.
  • Good communication skills and ability to conduct training and awareness campaigns
  • Good computer skills especially Microsoft packages.
  • Good organizational and management skills.

Preferable:

  • Knowledge of the local languages spoken in the operation area is an asset.
  • Familiarity with the context of operation and UNHCR funded projects desired.
  • Good command of English and ability to work with minimum supervision.

How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

The application should be sent to [email protected] and the subject line should read Child Protection Case Worker – Rhino Camp. The deadline for submission of applications is the 8th March 2017.

We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2017-03-08

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