Save the Children Social Worker Assistant 2024 International Jobs

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  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
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    OTHER
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    3 months ago
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  • Deadline:
    03/07/2024

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JOB DETAILS:

Save the Children Social Worker Assistant Yemen Save the Children Jobs 2024

Save the Children looking for “Social Worker Assistant”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 03-Jul-24.

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 25-Jun-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Social Worker Assistant to be based in , Yemen. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: Save the Children

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Job Title: Social Worker Assistant

Duty Station: , Yemen

Country: Yemen

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Application Deadline: 03-Jul-24

Responsibilities: 

Needs Analysis and Program Design:
? Participate in required child protection and child rights governance assessments.
? Contribute to situation analysis and inform child protection strategy.

Coordination and Representation:
? Build and maintain strong partnerships with key counterparts in the community (children, caregivers, community leaders, service providers and NGOs) and with other SCI colleagues and partner.
? Attend Child Protection Committee (CPC) meetings and support CPC members to identify and refer child protection cases.
? Coordinate all case management processes within SCI and with partners
? Adhere to and promote SCI Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy and values, both inside and outside of the workplace

Program Implementation:
General
? Plan and implement case management program activities ensuring that delays and constraints are documented, and solutions identified.
? Contribute to data entries and prepare progress reports with statistical and narrative information on identification, active caseload, closing of cases and any other activities; ensure that reports are timely, of high quality and serve to inform management decisions; for specific events/trainings falling within the scope of responsibilities, ensure that a separate event/training report is submitted.
Specific
? Support and contribute to the design of case management tools and procedures, including clear case management eligibility and closure criteria
? Identify vulnerable, at-risk children; work with different stakeholders to obtain referrals
? Conduct ongoing service mapping and update the service directory accordingly
? Assess the situation of individual children and/or families to determine whether they meet case management eligibility criteria
? Work with children and/or families to help them understand problems, define goals, and develop realistic plans; initiate and implement action to ensure children are safeguarded from harm
? Implement case plans for children and families, including referrals to service providers where needs cannot be met by SCI
? Monitor and review individual cases, for example during regular case conferences, home visits or other monitoring visits (as required under the specific circumstances) with the aim to ensure timely and high quality assistance
? In accordance with set case closure criteria, close cases of those individuals who have resolved the immediate protection concerns and, as far as possible, have developed sustainable solutions to the underlying problems
? Ensure high quality case management documentation (including case management plan, referral documentation, other relevant documentation), whereby making sure that confidentiality and information sharing protocols are met
? With support from the Case Management Officer – and CP Officer, ensure that the community is well informed on the case management service (eligibility/target, function, etc.)
? Facilitate implementation of awareness raising sessions with community members on identification and referral of children with protection concerns
? Provide information to community members referring to the services providers on how to better protect their children
? To design, prepare and provide quality trainings sessions, workshops and teaching events on psychosocial and life skills in all impact locations according requirements
? Actively support baseline / endline / other surveys for MEAL (monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning) purposes

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Requirements:

? Post-secondary education in Social Work or related field; relevant work experience may be considered
? At least 2 years experience in a humanitarian work context
? At least 1 year experience working as a Social Worker, conducting case management work or working with children and families in difficult situations
? Computer literate
? A very good understanding of at least of key technical areas of CP programming and a working knowledge of the other sectors that include education, livelihoods and health
? Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours in the event of emergencies
? Ability to analyze information, evaluate options, and follow the strategic directions as guided
? An in-depth understanding of national development issues, law and national policies in particular as relates to children
? Previous experience of working with a multi-cultural team and the adaptability to varied team dynamics
? Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
? Fluency in written & spoken Arabic; able to communicate and write in English.
? Commitment to Save the Children Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy and values

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