Save the Children Tanzania
Social Worker
GRADE:
CHILD SAFEGUARDING
Background
Due to political unrest in Burundi high numbers of refugees escaping into neighbouring countries of DRC, Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania. The current Burundian refugee population in Tanzania is over 172,000 of which over 50% are children. SCI is implementing a child protection and education programme in refugee camps and wishes to scale up the response in refugee camps.
- Supervise child protection and PSS activities in CFS ensuring activities are implemented in a timely manner meeting program goals.
- Organise and facilitate Capacity building and supervision of community structures in all their duties within the community
- Assist in the facilitation of parents and community meetings for CPCs and CMCs
- Screen for and monitor protection needs and gaps in and around the CFS and TLS’s.
- Ensure the participation of all groups of children, especially children living with disabilities
- Conducting interviews with children and their families to assess and review their protection concerns
- Undertaking and writing up assessments in collaboration with partner staff which meet specified standards and timescales.
- Conduct outreach and awareness activities to identify and facilitate assistance to vulnerable children persons at village level Ensure case management referral procedures and standards are met and followed.
- Assist facilitators in solving problems arising in CFS and TLS
- Assist teachers, facilitators and animators in working with children and develop new creative activities as appropriate.
- Facilitate inter-agency referrals for vulnerable children and families and carry out follow ups and provide prompt feed backs on referred cases to responsible agencies
- Establish and maintain a database of children identified, assessed and supported with services within the camp
- Collaborate with other team members in implementation of project activities
- Participate in report writing, developing concept notes and proposal development.
- Conduct any other related activities as deemed necessary by the Child Protection sector that may arise from time to time
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues and with relevant external partners.
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
- University Degree in Social work or related social science field.
- Knowledge in Child Protection, Child´s rights, Child Friendly Space, programming and mainstreaming
- At least 1 year work experience within a similar context.
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, Save the Children’s aims, values and principles and humanitarian standards as Sphere Charter and Code of Conduct
- Ability and skills to conduct child friendly interviews and communication skills and child protection needs assessments.
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to changing programme priorities and emergency priorities that may arise
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge in animating/organizing play activities with children
- Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
- Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection through Child friendly spaces.
- Self-awareness and proven ability to operate successfully in different cultural environments
- Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance.
- Have undertaken approved Safety and Security Training in accordance with member and Save the Children required minimum standard.
- Understanding of Kirundi language will be an asset
