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Protection Assistant-Social Worker

Protection Assistant-Social Worker
Company:

Danish Refugee Council



Job Function:

Other

Details of the offer

Experience and technical competencies:
Bachelor’s Degree in (Social Work or any other Social Sciences)

Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.

At least 2 years of experience working in Child Protection, social work with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and/or other orphans and vulnerable children; with at least 1-year experience working with refugee children in a camp setting

Must have technical expertise in case management and psychosocial support to children at risk including Unaccompanied children and separated children (UASCs)

Should be resilient and able to handle high levels of stress and emotionally volatile or difficult situations.

Experience with conducting best interest assessments (BIA) and Best interest determination (BID)

Experience in establishing and working with community structures including foster careers, committees, child rights clubs etc.

Knowledge of international and national child protection standards and instruments

Experience and proven ability to work as part of a team

Excellent analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity

Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relations with local partners and other stakeholders

Experience and willingness to work in the field and proficient in the use of computer/email/internet

Responsibilities

Child Protection Case management:
Identify refugees and host community children at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation including UASC and other vulnerable children through best interest assessment and reviewing available assessment data through referral notes.

Conduct home visits/ follow up assessment on key social factors to establish facts on allegations of abuse or neglect or exploitation and make concrete case plans

Conduct assessments to determine whether a parent or care giver is fit to provide care, evaluating whether a child should be temporarily or permanently removed from his living situation and placing children with foster care

Conduct regular follow up visit for children under alternative care arrangements

Conduct referrals of vulnerable children to partner agencies and follow up to facilitate access to external services not offered by DRC.

Monitor to ensure social assistance is reaching out to vulnerable refugees

Provide basic counseling and or psycho-education to children at risk and refer complex cases to the Pediatric counselor for continued counseling

Collaborate with national/county child protection officers and provide joint in-home visits, safety and risk assessments and progress reports for host community children’s

Respond to and support families during crisis situations

Community Engagement and Outreach:
Supporting in identification and conduct family evaluations for prospective foster cares and maintain up to date database of community foster care families and provide ongoing capacity building

Attend and instruct planned trainings for parents and foster families within the community

Support with management of the CFS and child-to-child activities within the CFS

Support in conducting sensitization, dialogue and training sessions with the community members in Kalobeyei settlement on child protection issues

Facilitate child protection structures (CBPN) meetings, Child rights clubs in schools and other sensitization forums

Reporting

Provide high quality weekly and monthly reports and data to Protection Officer-CP and M&E officer highlighting individual performance, progress against targets and client needs

Must complete extensive documentation, maintain case files and perform other types of administrative tasks related to case management Identify

Staff Management:
Monitor and provide objective feedback related to staff performance, including objective setting, probation & performance evaluations to promote growth and professional development.

Provide leadership and support to ensure community incentive staff well-being, i.e. monitor and manage stress management by providing regular opportunities for staff debriefing to address secondary trauma.

Ensure incentive staff timesheets are done and submitted to HR on time on a monthly basis.

Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree

Required relevant work experience
: 2 years

Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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Protection Assistant-Social Worker
Company:

Danish Refugee Council



Job Function:

Other

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