Current Opportunities at Terre des hommes (TDH)

Key responsibilities

• Implementation of case management activities for refugee children, their parents, caregivers and families in need of protection at the Refugee camps.
• Child Protection Casework Officer intervenes in the case identification and registration, Case planning, referral and follow-up of the beneficiaries in collaboration Child Protection Volunteers.
• Ensure that the consent/assent to proceed with the case management from both the child, the parent and/or caregiver and legal guardian for unaccompanied children is sought.
•  Supervises and provide training for Child Protection Volunteers in structural case management to reinforce their skills and capacity to conduct interviews, fill data collection forms, refer and follow-up with children at household level.
• Develop an individual action plan for each beneficiary that responds to needs addressed in initial and comprehensive assessments and seek support of the Case Management Senior Officer whenever necessary.
• Establish and maintain positive and efficient relations with target beneficiaries, community members and all the other actors operating in the camp. Seek for synergies to optimize resources and time, and strengthen services for the beneficiaries whenever possible.
• Regularly follow up the assigned case to ensure all services and action points listed in the case plan are carried out within agreed time frames. Ensure that progress is regularly reviewed;
• Regularly monitor and provide support to children and families through visits, providing guidance and advice.
• Work closely with the Psychosocial team members in the identification of psychosocial distress cases and makes appropriate references to Psychosocial team for help.
• Work closely with data team to ensure timely data entry to the IACPIMS and feedback on follow up cases are generated as required.
• Conduct Best Interst’s Assessments and Best interests Determination (BIAs/BIDs) for UASC and other children with heightened Protection concerns.
• Particpance and be able to present Best Interest’s Assessment cases conducted by him/her in the BID panel and action on the recommendations entered by the panelists.
• Timely preparation of progress report including both qualitative and quantitative information on BIAs/BIDs activities and put in to situation report, monthly report and quarterly report.
• Ensuring that issues for chld protection are raised and addressed.
• Ensure the placement of children in alternative care adhere to Tdh procedure and with the Kenya Guidelines on Alternative Care.    
• Be ready to respond to emergency cases.
• Participate in surveys and data collection when required.

Child Protection

• Promote, and ensure project activities are in line with, child protection principles.
• Ensure the project activities are integrated in the Kakuma child protection system and humanitarian coordination practices and guidelines.
• Report serious cases of abuse on children identified by the project team to the management team. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
• Coordination and representation
• Coordinate with CP casework officers, Empowerment team  and psychosocial team to ensure programe intagration, case refarrals and BID recommendations.
• Coordinate in the identification, follow up of children in alternative care and monitoring of foster parent.
• Work in close collaboration with Tdh partners and other key actors.
• Coordinate with other Tdh sectors to ensure implementation of standardized activities and with other departments (program and support) of Tdh in Kakuma as necessary.
• Participate in fora and meetings in her/his field of expertise, when relevant and necessary.

Other:

• Work with the Child Protection Senior Officer to provide accurate and timely activity reports.
• Maintain and ensure a culture of strict confidentiality between Tdh staff and non Tdh employees.
• Abuse Prevention Policy - Operational Risk Management
• Commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Whistle Blowing Policy.
• Commit to ensure the best implementation possible of the Tdh Risk Management Policies.
• Commit to inform supervisors and to deal with any cases, allegations, or possibility of transgression, even potential, of the Tdh Risk Management Policies.
• Staff employed to work in Tdh will be expected to have:
• Professional conduct that reflects proper behaviour in accordance with local culture and tradition.
• Ensure the moral protection of the name of Terre des hommes and defend in all circumstance
• Commits to observe discretion on any information related to the orgnisation functioning and beneficiary related issues.
• He/she will conduct his or her duties in respect of the Charter of Terre des hommes and the Tdh Child Protection Policy.

Job requirements:

Knowledge

• Professional University degree in social work, psychology, social sciences and any other relevant field.
• At least 2 years experience working with vulnerable young populations and/or asylum seekers in need of Protection;
• Experience working with extremely vulnerable individuals and SGBV Survivors in particular, is an asset;
• Good IT knowledge (Microsoft Office, Internet);
• Previous experience with Tdh or another child protection organization is desirable;
• Knowledge of key protection issues in the asylum seekers population and best practices;
• Knowledge of protection system in Kakuma Refugee Complex or similar settings.

Skills

• Required qualities: proactive, autonomous, rigorous, organized, good communication and interpersonal skills.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili. Ability to communicate in Turkana language is a plus

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Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct proper recording, documentation for all the children and their caregiver seeking child protection services and information at the sectional level.
• Provision and Dissemination of appropriate child protection information to support decision making on voluntary repatriation and sustained protection for the children remaining in the camps.
• Provide trainings and monitoring to the Community’s-Own Resource Persons and help desk social workers on behavior change and General Child protection concerns.
• Supervises the Social Empowerment Assistants and Child Protection Volunteers.
• Review and develop child friendly and child focused protection messages on emerging concerns and threats (with an emphasis on concerns of undocumented children, children in the Voluntary repatriation process and special protection cases, specifically prevention of and support to survivors of harmful traditional practices and SGBV and inclusion of children with specific needs).
• On a monthly basis, conduct/ organize information forums (information clinics) involving other protection partners and service providers to strengthen the support to individual children.
• Conduct monthly radio shows to provide further information, and an opportunity to take questions and feedback regarding the information forums sessions for both Refugee and host communities.
• Conduct sports for protection activities for children from for both Refugee and host communities.
• Facilitate quarterly Area Advisory Council meetings in collaboration with Sub-County children’s Officer.
• Organize and facilitate separate adolescent boys and girls’ symposiums and peer to peer activities at the child friendly help desks.
• Enhancing Empowerment, Partnership and Advocacy for Child Safe Repatriation, to access services including CP in camps and host communities.
• Coordination with UNHCR, Department of refugee services (DRS) and other humanitarian actors to strengthen referral pathway.
• Supports the recruitment of CP volunteers.
• Reports incidents and difficulties encountered with any CP staff or community worker to Empowerment Senior Officer or CP project manager.
• Ensure that assigned activities are appropriately implemented and, when necessary, ideas on amendments deemed will be shared with the Empowerment Senior Officer.
• Sharing and provision of appropriate child protection information to support decision making on voluntary repatriation and sustained protection for the children remaining in the camp.
• Organize and facilitate separate adolescent boys’ and girls’ symposiums and peer to peer activities at the child friendly help desks.
• Supports in child led advocacy campaigns, mass awareness and special events throughout the project in close consultation with empowerment officer and Case work officer.
• Conduct refresher training and mentorship for children (Child Council members, peer to peer support network members and Children Ombudsman) to reinforce knowledge on Child Protection topics and provide information on any emerging issues and camp consolidation to strengthen child participation on issues affecting them.
• Life skills training for girl mother’s, adolescent boys and girls, foster parents and provision of start-up kits and nurturing kits for the girl mother’s babies (0-5). The aim of the training is to enhance the groups to start their own income generated activities as a source of livelihood support leading to their self-reliance.
• Reinforce the capacity of vulnerable foster parents, UASC and other vulnerable families through cash transfer program, and life-skills education.
• Participates in a base line, mid-term and end term survey and evaluation of the CP project.

Education, technical Knowledge and Experience

• Three years’ work experience in Child Protection, including in empowerment, prevention, community development, advocacy and networking.
• University degree in Community development, Social Work, Social sciences, Psychology, International studies and other relevant training qualification.
• Trainings in Behavior change communication, life skills, advocacy and empowerment are an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
• Proven ability in implementation of empowerment, prevention, community development, advocacy and networking initiatives.
• Experience in designing and delivering trainings.
• Good understanding of the rights –based approach, conflict sensitivity and DO NO HARM, and gender justice.
• Strong analytic skills, with ability to think innovatively and operate strategically.
• Flexibility, stamina and ability to work under pressure and beyond regular working hours if necessary.
• Personal qualities that ensure effective work with communities as well as self-management, including flexibility and  respect for others

Skills

• Required qualities: proactive, autonomous, rigorous, organized, good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Competency in computer applications and packages with Good IT knowledge (Microsoft Office, Internet)

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili. Ability to communicate in Turkana language is a plus