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Job Title ⇒ Child Protection Assistant Fresher NGO Jobs
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Organization ⇒ ALIGHT formerly American Refugee Committee
Duty Station Uganda
About US ⇒
ALIGHT, formerly the American Refugee Committee ARC, is an international
nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance
and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011,
Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their
health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners
and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of
refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia
and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is
currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight
provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training,
microcredit education, protection to help survivors of war and natural
disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security and self-
sufficiency.
Job Summary ⇒ The Child Protection Assistant will be responsible for
monitoring the welfare of Un Accompanied Minors UAMs / Separated Children
SC and other children at risk by carrying out home visits and following up
and document cases with different stake holders and providing psychosocial
support to UAMS/SC and other children at risk. The purpose of this post is to
provide day to day management of prevention activities and other related
activities in Kyangwali Refugee settlement under the supervision of the Child
Protection officer.
The Child Protection Assistant will undertake Child Protection prevention and
response related activities that may include among others; training, awareness
raising, forums with opinion leaders and Focus group discussions etc. Work
and liaise closely with Child Protection Officer, Lead case workers on
documentation of program activities as per the donor requirements.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Conduct case management services for vulnerable children at risk. These
will include cases of abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence especially
UASC and other children at risk.
⇗ Identify and document vulnerable children.
⇗ Conduct assessments basically BIDs and BIAs for vulnerable children.
⇗ Direct service provision basically through material support.
⇗ Conduct referrals and follow ups for children at risk.
⇗ Support the child protection case workers in terms of capacity building and
technical guidance.
⇗ Conduct alternative care placements for the UAMs and assess their needs.
⇗ Identify potential caregivers’ e.g. foster families for placement of UAMs
and SC using stipulated procedures throughout the project lifespan.
⇗ Sensitize the parents/caregivers on their roles and responsibilities on
early child development & protection throughout the project lifespan.
⇗ Conduct home visits to foster care homes and assess needs, ascertain the
living conditions of the UAMs/SC and provide ongoing support to families,
foster and alternative care systems.
⇗ Facilitate foster parents trainings on Child rights and general protection.
⇗ Conduct daily field visits to support child protection case workers and
child protection community structures, mentoring through technical back-
stopping and to train duty bearers throughout the project lifespan.
⇗ Conduct child protection training for CPCWs, CPCs among other community
structures.
⇗ Assist the protection team in organizing and delivering protection
trainings and promoting the refugee law on the rights of children.
⇗ Contribute to the daily quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of child protection related projects and interventions.
⇗ Contribute to the development of advocacy points based on assessment of
situation and risks
⇗ Identify and strengthen community structures through engaging community
leaders, camp management and other stakeholders to ensure that the survivors
receive adequate support at the community level.
⇗ Facilitate formation of support groups to enhance community engagement &
ownership on Child Protection prevention work.
⇗ Actively participate in scheduled meetings such as Child Protection inter-
agency Coordination meetings.
⇗ Work in close collaboration with the response team to ensure ongoing needs
of children and girls are being met in the prevention related activities.
⇗ Strengthen existing referral systems and networks of psycho-social service
providers
⇗ In collaboration with other partners, design prevention
activities/interventions within the refugee and host community.
⇗ Participate in conducting trainings for partners on relevant organizational
development areas and support peer learning between ALIGHT and other partner
agencies.
⇗ Proactively contribute to quality and timely drafting of weekly, monthly
reports.
⇗ Perform any other duties assigned to you.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate for the ALIGHT Child Protection Assistant job must hold
a Bachelor’s degree in Social work, Social Sciences, Community Psychology,
Adult and Community Education and Development studies.
⇗ A minimum of two years’ experience in working on Child Protection issues
with an INGO.
⇗ Fluency in Swahili and ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid license
Class A is an added advantage.
How to Apply ⇒
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the
link below.
Click Here ]https//arc.hrmagic.co/careers/jobid=NTYy
Deadline 10 th January 2021
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