Social Worker, Community Health

Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach work for the identification of vulnerable children for PSS centers registration and case management for children specific needs.
• Community child protection activities are carried out within the working area with adults and children.
• Carry out awareness session about child rights and psychosocial support through CMS with Returnees, IDPs and Conflict affected population targeted by the project and ensure that they have a better understanding of standard on child protection in emergencies (CPiE).
• Collect information and individual record (follow-up forms, individual files, etc.).
• Develop good working relations with other aid agencies and the authorities in the working areas.
• Regular collection of information regarding case studies and success stories and highlight positive changes.
• Maintain good relations with communities and be aware of the sensitivity about the communities’ cultures and tradition.
• Identification of community volunteers and community ToTs with the close coordination of community elders and Tdh selection criteria.
• The community ToTs are trained on CPiE by having prior prepared all training materials and documents required.
• Referral of eligible children to specialized services/external service providers.
• Attend all required internal and external trainings and meetings.
• Report on a weekly basis to the Line manager on the progress of his/her activities.
• Perform any other identical duty as assigned by line supervisor.
• Together with the beneficiaries, implement an action plan and the methodology for the child protection interventions.
• Avoid dangerous mobility situations by avoiding non-essential or premature moves, favoring secure moves and facilitating the monitoring of the child being moved.
• Identify the support services, resources and organizations for protection which exist in his/her intervention zone and create a reference directory on child protection (partner visits, reference records, etc.).
• Be careful not to offend any child in the course of your work (do no harm).
• Data collection and maintenance of records on the children database and shared with Data clerk.
• Become involved in community life and use his/her understanding of the phenomena of children's vulnerability to influence the local decision-makers.

• Through the implementation of CMS (Case management System) to take the protection concerns of IDPs, Returnees and conflict affected children and their families in working locations.
• Develop their own capacities to maintain or restore their self-reliance and help them fit in with society.
• Decide on the intervention methods together with the beneficiaries and their families.
• Take with them any action likely to prevent or overcome the problems of beneficiaries and their families.
• Collect facts and data on the child's situation and fill in the individual file of every child.
• Analyze and evaluate the facts and data.
• Record, notify and refer all the types of abuse detected.
• Take appropriate steps to bring the child relief and protect him/her (protection, treatment, etc.).
• Decide on the services to provide in the child's best interests ((re-)integration plan).
• Identify and mobilize useful external resources to provide these services.
• Direct his/her interventions with the goal of finding an appropriate and individualized response to the child's (re-)integration into the community.
• Develop activities which meet the recommendations linked to the psychosocial monitoring of the children being supported.
• Ensure the confidentiality of the data.
• Develop a follow-up plan for the youngster in (re) integration into public schools.
• Networking visits to other organizations to find out their field of interventions to make referrals when needed.
• Assess the level of reintegration (successful reintegration, failures, etc.) and close the cases.

• Draws on previous experience and support mechanisms to reduce the impact of stress on self and others.
• Acts as a role model for others and displays courage under difficult circumstances, helps others to identify personal support mechanisms.

Integrity

• Takes prompt action in cases of unethical behavior, ensures team members do not…