Вакансія Protection Caseworker, Mariupol

About the organization: International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Location: Mariupol, with frequent travel to field site locations in government-controlled areas of Donetsk Oblast

Contract: Full-time position, up to 31 May 2016 (renewable)

JOB SUMMARY

The Protection Caseworker provides direct support and case management to vulnerable individuals including, women and girls, youth and older persons in addition to outreach and community mobilization efforts in the areas of operation of IMC gender-based violence (GBV), child protection (CP) and psychosocial support (PSS) programming across field site locations within government-controlled areas of Donetsk Oblast.

This position is also responsible for supervising and building the capacity of a team of community outreach volunteers.  Main functions of the case worker activities include:

• Service mapping and dissemination of information regarding available services provided by the community-based organizations and other humanitarian actors
• Facilitate referral of identified needs to humanitarian organizations and other service providers, including to protection and psychosocial services for youth and families and safe and confidential emergency support to GBV survivors
• With the support of the MTU psychologist, implement group based psychosocial activities for children, youth and parents
• Assessment of safety and security risks faced by women and girls within their communities and development of strategies to mitigate these risks
• Capacity building of community members, and particularly women and girls, to assess risks and advocate for community-based solutions to enhance protection of women and girls

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPOBSIBILITIES

Case Management

• Provide direct support and individual case management services to vulnerable adults and children, including survivors of gender-based violence.

Mobilize and register activity participants, facilitate structured group sessions using available guidance, create support group plans, and facilitate mid-point and final group evaluations for monitoring and reporting

Community Outreach and Mobilization

• Conduct information and awareness sessions with women and girls in the community to disseminate information about available services and key protection concerns
• Identify and assess communities to be engaged in GBV activities
• Maintain regular contact with community outreach workers to ensure a constant flow of information and feedback
• Identify and engage key leaders within the community to ensure access of GBV teams and promote participation of the community in activities
• Carry out a service mapping of psychosocial and protection service providers
• Identify and engage protection and psychosocial service providers and experts in the target communities to promote participation of community in activities.

Risk Mitigation Activities

• In close collaboration with community outreach workers conduct regular safety assessments to identify key risks faced by women and girls within their community
• Support community outreach workers and other community members in developing key messages and strategies to address and/or mitigate risks faced by women and girls
• Facilitate referral of identified needs to humanitarian organizations and other service providers, ensuring follow up and feedback to the community.

Community Outreach Workers

• Identify and recruit community outreach workers amongst the IDP and host communities
• Develop capacity building plans for community outreach workers to provide them with critical skills around safety assessment, psychosocial support, protection and leadership
• Organize and co-facilitate trainings of community outreach workers
• Provide on the job support to community outreach workers
• Organize regular planning and reporting meetings with community outreach workers and gather feedback on community mobilization activities on a regular basis.

Psychosocial Activities

• Organize, facilitate, and monitor psychosocial activities for children, youth, and parents at community-based safe spaces.
• Identify communities with psychosocial needs and make recommendations for the provision of psychosocial activities in priority locations
• Disseminate information at the community level about the purpose and importance of psychosocial activities and support for women and adolescent girls
• Disseminate information about psychological wellbeing including stress management, positive coping and self-care within target communities.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Regularly document outreach and community mobilization activities using agreed tools to highlight key protection and safety concerns affecting women and girls
• Support tracking of beneficiaries using agreed M&E tools
• Participate in weekly reporting and planning meetings to ensure adherence to standards of care and reporting requirements are followed
• Maintain updated case management records and participate in routine supervision support sessions
• Support the maintenance of the IMC case management system and the GBV Information Management System.
• Participate in routine reporting and planning meetings to ensure adherence to standards of care, quality case management, and reporting requirements are followed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• At least six months experience working or volunteering in direct contact with community members
• Ability to engage with community members in an open manner, maintain confidentiality and respect.
• Clear understanding of gender inequality, and issues surrounding violence against women and girls.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• At least six months of counseling experience with issues relating to violence against women and girls, gender and development, child protection or social change
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients at all times essential.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team essential.

Preferred:

• INGO or NGO experience
• Experience working with IDP population
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in English
• Degree/diploma in Social Work, Community Mobilization, Public Health or other related field
• Skilled at using basic computer programs – Microsoft Word and Excel

Working Environment:  This position will spend the majority of time in local communities and partial time in office settings for the completion of administrative duties.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.

How to apply:

If interested, please apply via Job site http://rabota.ua/company3130958/vacancy6025445.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.