Women's Protection & Empowerment Case Worker
Job Description
Title: Women's Protection & Empowerment Case Worker
Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor's degree in any Psychology/ Gender or Women's Studies/ Social Work/ Social Science or other relevant subject
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The position works in the Women`s Safe Space part of the comprehensive/integrated women and girls Centers. Her/his role is to provide direct case management, individual counseling and group-based psychosocial activities in the space. Her/his objective is to provide age-appropriate case management services to female GBV survivors, including supporting them in assessing and planning for safety, assessing their own needs and developing a plan to address their individual needs and safely implementing this plan. These Centers will also provide essential SHR services to women and girls, so the Case Worker will work closely with the health team to ensure internal referrals and strong collaboration and adherence to GBV guiding principles.
∎ Department: Women`s Protection & Empowerment (WPE)
∎ Line Manager: WPE Senior Officer
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Reinforce adherence to the GBV guiding principles and women-, girl- and survivor centered support throughout all activities in the women and girls Centers and safe spaces
∎ Adhere to the women-, girl- and survivor-centered support approach, the GBV guiding principles and the IASC GBV Case Management Guidelines (2017) throughout all GBV case management and psychosocial interventions for women and girls. This includes ensuring confidentiality of survivors, and respect for their wishes and decisions
∎ Provide age-appropriate case management, including: assessment of women and adolescent girl's needs; provide basic, crisis counseling (and in some contexts further individual counseling); safety strategizing and risk assessing; development of action plans; support in pursuing services and support; safe, confidential and appropriate referrals in-line with the formal GBV referral pathways
∎ Work in close, daily collaboration with the health team in the Centers to ensure women and girls have safe, discrete and confidential access to/from the GBV and health services via the internal referral procedures
∎ Provide services to child and adolescent survivors of GBV, including case management as well as the best interest determination, age appropriate engagement and decision-making by survivors, and Do No Harm analysis
∎ Lead age-appropriate and specialized group emotional services to vulnerable women and girls
∎ Work with the WPE team to ensure response to the evolving needs of women and girls and their communities
∎ Identify concerns related to and support adherence to GBV referral protocols and GBV guiding principles, and bring these concerns to the WPE Response Officer
∎ Maintain effective working relationships with relevant partners including community leaders and other implementing partners
∎ Complete monthly activity reports, according to mentorship provided by the WPE Response Officer
∎ Maintaining detailed and confidential case files in line with recognized standard methodologies
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years' experience needed in the field of Gender and/or GBV
∎ Professional experience in counselling and implementing activities for women and girls or proven engagement in women's rights/groups - highly desirable
∎ Candidate must be able to demonstrate a clear and genuine willingness to work and learn quickly and be committed to developing professionally in the field of GBV and supporting women and girl's protection and empowerment - essential
∎ Deep understanding of and interest in the well-being of women and girls, and supporting their healing after the experience of violence
∎ Understanding of the impact and dynamics of men's violence against women and girls, and a strong interest in working on women and girls' protection and empowerment
∎ Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well
∎ Strong communication and facilitation skills
∎ Ability to keep records and write simple and basic reports of activities would be an added advantage;
∎ Excellent listening and observation skills, including ability to build trust, support, respect and interact with survivors of all ages, background and diversity
∎ Demonstrated dedications to women's empowerment and protection through current/ previous volunteer or paid work in women's group, girls clubs or other relevant experience is an added advantage
∎ Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect in CWC/IWC at all times is essential
Salary: Tk. 46350 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Two bonuses in a year equivalent to two basic salaries
Application Deadline: 10 Aug 2020
Company Information:
∎ 30 Jul 2020
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ Address : Apartment A4, 4th Floor, Navana Miru, House 4, Road 96, Gulshan 2, Dhaka
∎ Web : https://www.rescue.org/
∎ Business : The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 10th Aug 2020
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