Child Protection Case Management Officer

Job Description

Title: Child Protection Case Management Officer

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree (Social workers, Psychology, Education, relevant Degree).

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ As CP Case Management Officer, you will be responsible for overseeing of CP case management and ensure maintain of confidential filing system in both hard copies and CP IMS+. You will provide guidance on case management to Community Volunteer Caseworkers and provide direct support to all cases. You will also be responsible for maintaining strong coordination with CIC , other actors ,donor and other government staff of your respective camp.
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∎ Duty Station: Ukhiya, Bangladesh (60% field work, 40% office work)
∎ Report To: CP Case Management Coordinator
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Contract length: Up to 31st December, 2022 (With possibility of Extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Under the guidance of the Child Protection Case Management Coordinator, the Child Protection Officer will be responsible for:
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∎ Ensure qualitiful case management and input data of child cases by maintaining confidentiality through both hard copy and CPIMS+ system.
∎ Identify capacity building needs and provide training according to the needs to community Volunteer Caseworkers.
∎ Organize weekly case management supervision and coaching with community volunteer workers.
∎ Ensure each child is able to access the necessary services (medical, nutrition, police, legal, etc.) via the referral pathway.
∎ As needed (especially in cases of separated or unaccompanied children), provide appropriate dignity or comfort items to affected children.
∎ Conduct family tracing to reunite children separated from their parents or other relatives, which may include liaising with local authorities and/or other child protection agencies operating.
∎ Report to Child Protection Case Management Coordinator any identified trends or common risks, and recommend steps to address or mitigate them where possible.
∎ Identify any issues with the referral pathway and work with RI's CP staff and local authorities to address them.
∎ Maintaining strong coordination with CIC , other actors ,donor and other government staff of your respective camp.
∎ Work in close collaboration with the CPA to strengthen our relationship with the community and to strengthen the referral system.
∎ Work with the child protection team to ensure close links between case management and our work with community based child protection mechanism.
∎ Ensure constant and transparent communication and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including community members, community leaders and families.
∎ Submit weekly case management reports and ensure that information is kept up to date.
∎ Coordinate with other agencies offering case management services to children on referral and transfer of cases.
∎ Any other responsibilities as requested by supervisor.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Bachelor degree (Social workers, Psychology, Education, relevant Degree).
∎ Minimum 2 year of experience in Case Management and 2 years' experience working with NGO in Cox's bazar is preferable.
∎ Extensive experience working in child protection programming or relevant experiences.
∎ Extensive experience in CP case management.
∎ Strong background and skills in facilitating trainings, coaching and mentoring others.
∎ Familiarity with CP minimum standard.
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word and Excel.
∎ Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.
∎ Enthusiasm to learn.
∎ Optimistic and friendly.
∎ Flexibility.
∎ Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken in Bangali and English.
∎ Good command in Rohingya, an asset.

Salary:
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one Gross salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly Gross salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 19 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 8 Jan 2022
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: Apt- D2, House- 39 (Sheltech Sunshine), Road-37, Gulshan-2, Dhaka- 1212 I Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in persons project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, including a 132 bed COVID-19 Isolation and Treatment Center in Ukhiya, child protection, SGBV, complimentary food and livelihoods opportunities to support social cohesion. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, WFP, USAID.RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.


Category: NGO/Development

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