Consultant to Review and Train on Child Protection Policy in Transmara, Narok County at Kakenya’s Dream

Purpose of the assignment

Child protection is an integral part of Kakenya’s Dream (KD) work; respecting the dignity of all children and keeping them safe is one of the foundational principles that the organization upholds. Child protection reflects the universal ‘fundamental duty of care’ that the organization owes children and the vulnerable that we interact with in the course of fulfilling our mission. Kakenya’s Dream is committed to keeping children safe from abuse through awareness raising, prevention, responding and reporting by implementing a child protection policy. We believe that every child has the right to protection, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and whether or not they have a disability.

It is in this regard that the organization is planning for a child protection training targeting staff aimed at raising the awareness of staff on the importance and relevance of protection and safeguarding.

3. Key areas of responsibility and deliverables;

a. Review, refine based on research and benchmarking, and finalizing a written child protection policy for KD. The developed policy should:

• Identify vulnerable population in the KD programs’ scope
• Identify the context wherein KD operates and child protection opportunities
• Identify and define risks to vulnerable populations that may arise from the KD programs’ implementation
• Highlight the categories of staff, consultants and partners that the policy shall apply to
• Suggest an internal and external procedure for confidential reporting and addressing child protection violations

b. Develop a framework for staff capacity development on implementing the child protection policy. The framework should

• Review the existing HR provisions relevant to child protection to establish compliance with safe recruitment, induction and training of all staff on child protection
• Suggest internal designated child protection officers

c. Develop clear procedures to prevent and respond to child protection violations. The procedures should speak to:

• Risk assessment framework and scope of application
• Review the KD Human Resources policy gaps in sync with the proposed policy and recommend amendments (specifying the framing of the amendments)
• Complaints’ procedure to report, record, and respond to allegations of violation of child protection.
• A disciplinary procedure for both internal (staff and consultants) and partners
• Communications strategy for KD downstream partners

d. Develop a policy implementation accountability framework. The framework should among other things:

• Specify the monitoring of the implementation of the policy
• Specify the review framework including the rationale for review, period and circumstances
• Specify the components necessary for annual review (Internal KD policy review guidelines)
• Specify the top management culture necessary for implementing the child protection policy

e. Develop pre- and post-training evaluation tools. This tool will enhance the establishment of existing capacities before training as well as evaluating learning outcomes after the training.