The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children’s rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Case Management

• Conduct identification, assessment, documentation and referral (to relevant services) and follow-up of protection cases.
• Provide information, advice and facilitate access to social services for vulnerable children.
• Conduct home visits to follow-up on interventions with families.
• Properly document all protection cases that went through the case management process
• Conduct vulnerability analysis in line with Save the Children vulnerability assessment toolkit and define targets for case management services
• Map and coordinate with service providers to support case management activities
• Develop referral path way to ensure access to holistic and quality services
• Conduct assessment to identify the safety and protection of needs of the child, develop care plan, implement the care plan and conduct follow ups.
• Conduct capacity building training on case management for governmental and non-governmental service providers

Planning and Reporting

• In collaboration with government stakeholders prepare detail annual and quarters action plan and ensure the implementation
• Closely work with case management team and stakeholders in the course of project planning and implementation
• Ensure preparation of timely and quality quarterly and annual project progress reports
• Facilitate and ensure the involvement of children as primary stakeholders in all project work

Coordination and Management of Projects Implementation

• To ensure effective implementation of case management services through appropriate assignment of cases, monitoring and guidance to caseworkers
• To provide guidance to the case management team individually and through group meetings
• Ensure the project is implemented in a ways responsive to the community, and children in line with Save the Children principles, values and strategic plan and following Save the Children Compliance procedures
• Foster collaborative environment and team spirit among stakeholders
• Conduct regular monitoring visits, support stakeholders at the project sites and prepare reports for documentation and follow-up actions
• Liaise closely with protection actors in the field to ensure an understanding of the overall issues and effective collaboration amongst partners
• Conduct regular coordination meetings among governmental and non-governments service providers to improve access to and quality of case mangment services
• Facilitate the development and signing of standard operating procedure for case mangment services

Supervision and Monitoring

• Regularly review documentation of CP cases through case audits, review of files and databases. Ensure confidentiality and that data protection and information-sharing protocols are respected.
• Monitor and analyze child protection data collected by the Case Management team and provide regular reports to the Sr. Programme Manager
• Schedule and lead case management meetings every two weeks with the Case Management team
• Conduct monitoring and supervision of the planned project activities implementation
• Strengthen participatory and collaborative supervision and monitoring system

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• BA degree in sociology, social work, social sciences or other relevant fields
• Previous 2 years of experience working with vulnerable children and adolescents in a corporate or NGO environment, preferably in protection or community based child protection field;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with empathy and respect
• Fluency in English/ verbal and written
• Fluency in Afar Afe language required
• Commitment to Save the Children values
• Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply