Background:
People in Need (PIN) is a Czech non-governmental organization that provides relief aid and development assistance while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom. It is one of the largest relief and development organizations in post-communist Europe and has administered projects in 37 countries over the past 30 years. See here for more information about PIN: www.peopleinneed.net.
From 2009 onwards, PIN has added development programmes to its work in Moldova, building a vision and practices that keep people and communities at the center of our work. Throughout its presence in the country, PIN has been contributing to the development of the following sectors: Sustainable Livelihood and Environment, Social Inclusion and Protection, Good Governance.
Position Overview:
The Child Protection Assistant (CPA), part of the Social Inclusion and Protection Sector within the Relief and Development Department (RDD), takes overall responsibility for implementing all case management steps, including carrying out and documenting protection assessment, developing case plan, taking all the actions to strengthen protective environment of refugee children in Moldova. CPA 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 for an assigned case load of children, provide support to families in the process of case management and directly work with other Assistants and service providers on management of caseload and referrals.
Duties amp; Responsibilities:
- The caseworker will provide quality case management services to children who have experienced or are at risk of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation or are otherwise vulnerable in line with the eligibility criteria and case prioritization guide;
- Guide children and their families through the case management process (identification and registration, assessment, case planning, implementation of the case plan, follow-up and review, case closure) as outlined in the Standard Operation Procedures;
- Provide psychosocial support and emotional support to children and families throughout the case management proces;
- Conduct safe referrals to essential services as appropriate, and follow-up to ensure services provided were responsive to the needs identified within the assessment;
- Liaise with community members, service providers, NGO partners and government stakeholders to identify and safely refer children at risk;
- Participate in inter-agency case conferences (presentation of cases and dissemination of challenges if applicable);
- Provide feedback on written documents and the design of future programming;
- Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to management.
Skills:
- Excellent communication and engagement skills with children and their caregivers;
- Able to empathize with children and families that have been impacted by the humanitarian emergency;
- Strong skills in monitoring, evaluation, research and conducting participatory, community-led assessments;
- Experience working with case files and databases and providing regular documentation;
- Excellent community mobilization skills;
- Ability to work individually and within a team;
- Good analytical, problem solving and project planning skills;
- Able to communicate clearly and strategically with internal and external stakeholders as a representative. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills;
- Computer knowledge Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
Qualification:
- Minimum of Bachelors in Social work, Counselling Psychology, or relevant discipline;
- Previous work experience in community development or with an NGO (preferably in child protection);
- Minimum 2 years of professional experience working with children;
- Excellent writing, facilitation, and organizational skills;
- Experience managing child protection cases in a sensitive and child friendly manner;
- Languages: Russian(required)English/Ukrainian(desirable).
Interested applicants must submit the following:
- Cover letter (in English);
- full CV (in English);
- Contacts of three references (one should include the supervisor in the most recent work assignment).
Deadline for applications:January 15, 2024, by COB.
The applicants will be invited for interviews on a rolling basis. The application process might be stopped earlier if a suitable candidate is identified before the application deadline.
Only shortlisted candidates will be