Job Description
Title: Case Manager, Social Services
Company Name: Caritas Bangladesh (CB)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Khulna
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Post Graduate/Graduate in Social Sciences/Developmental Studies or any other relevant discipline from a reputed institution.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Caritas Bangladesh (CB) is a national and non-profit development organization that has been operating in Bangladesh since 1967. It has its Central Office in Dhaka and eight Regional Offices (Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, and Sylhet Region). CB is currently 94 projects including three Trust covering 200 Upazilas focusing on six main priorities: i) Social Welfare for Vulnerable Communities (SWVC), ii) Education and Child Development, iii) Nutrition and Health Education, iv) Disaster Management, v) Ecological Conservation and Food Security (ECFS), and vi) Development of Indigenous Peoples.
∎ "ASHSHASH (Phase-II) is a project of WINROCK International which is implemented by Caritas Bangladesh through a partnership agreement. The Ashshash (Phase-II) is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh through WINROCK International. The main objective of the project is to ensure that "women and men who have escaped trafficking will restore their dignity and well-being and become self-sufficient". The survivors will be provided psychosocial counselling support along with other social services and facilitated opportunities for skill-development and entrepreneurship training. Upon completion of the training survivors will be placed in either wage-based and or self-employment. Furthermore, Ashshash will reach people in the project`s working areas; either directly or indirectly, through awareness-raising activities on factors that make people vulnerable to human trafficking, and to ensure the prevention of human trafficking.
∎ Caritas Bangladesh (CB) is looking for suitable candidate for an immediate appointment as well as to prepare a panel list for the different position for ASHSHASH Phase-II project under Khulna Regional of Caritas Bangladesh.
∎ The details of the position including job responsibilities, educational qualification and other qualities /competency required for the above position are given below for your information:
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Job Location : Caritas Khulna Regional Office, Khulna
∎ Age : Maximum 45 years as on 31.10. 2023 (Flexible for highly experienced candidates)
∎ Consolidated Salary : 32,000 BDT (consolidated) per month (Yearly 4% inflation)
∎ Festival / Prorata Bonus : As per organizational policy
∎ Job Nature : Contractual (Full time)
∎ Reporting to : Project Manager, Ashshash Phase-II, finally Regional Director
∎ Job Duration : Project Period
∎ Manage and provide need-based social protection services for the survivors of Ashshash project following project modality, principles, and guideline.
∎ Conduct thorough 'Needs-Assessment' to identify the types of social services contextually required by the survivors.
∎ Support to identify and map the public and private service-providers within the working areas, to avail the relevant social and economic support-services for the survivors, directly or indirectly.
∎ Establish a strong referral network within the working areas, with the public and private service providers.
∎ Support psychosocial counselling services in collaboration with psychosocial counsellors and ensure trauma counselling services through referral.
∎ Support Ashshash's SRPs and Career Counsellors with ongoing counselling services to motivate and develop socio-economic pathways of successful reintegration.
∎ Demonstrate sensitivity towards the survivor's trafficking contexts, gender-specific issues, and residual trauma, when communicating with the survivors.
∎ Maintain working relationship with activists, youth and peer groups, community-based organizations (CBOs), and community leaders, within the working areas, to effectively identify survivors, and work to ensure their sustainable reintegration;
∎ Demonstrate the ability to uphold Winrock International's 'Code of Conduct' and 'Do No Harm' policy, whilst working directly with the survivors to ensure their successful reintegration;
∎ Demonstrate the ability to uphold confidentiality of information when working with each survivor;
∎ Ability to maintain detailed case-systems for each survivor (i.e. case studies) to make and publish reports, and support the WI program teams with prompt assessment of survivors' contexts;
∎ Provide support to ensure baseline, mid-line, and final evaluations are conducted accurately, considering Winrock International's and the donor's requirements; and
∎ Other duties, as assigned.
∎ Required Languages: Strong written and oral command in English/Bangle is required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Minimum three years' of practical experience in managing cases through a dedicated system, for vulnerable groups/communities at grass roots-levels.
∎ Experience with detailed case management systems and reintegration services for human trafficking survivors, or vulnerable and at-risk groups.
∎ Experience with the detailed documentation of providing social and economic support-services to trafficking survivors or vulnerable and at-risk groups, and detailed reporting mechanisms;
∎ Knowledge on Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks of development organizations
∎ Demonstrate positive attitude and sensitivity to support vulnerable and at-risk groups, and communities;
∎ Strong understanding of gender and diversity issues;
∎ Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills; and
∎ Basic computer proficiency: i.e. MS Office, database management, coordination via email, project-specific management information systems, etc.
Salary:
∎ 32,000 BDT (consolidated) per month (Yearly 4% inflation)
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 26 Nov 2023
Company Information:
∎ 21 Nov 2023
∎ Caritas Bangladesh (CB)
Category: NGO/Development
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