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Child Protection Officer - Bekaa - Danish Refugee Council
Mar 15th 2013, 06:22

Reporting To
Protection Coordinator


Responsible For
Managing individual cases of CP and leading response with CP counsellors

General Responsibility
•Daily coordinate with UNHCR and all other local and international actors;
•Supervision of the work of the CP counselors providing coaching and support
•Receive referrals from different agencies and local actors and provide feedback of actions taken;
•Assist Protection coordinator in reporting of activities;
•Assist Protection coordinator in administrative matters related to the protection/CS activities;
•Assist Protection coordinator in the daily/weekly work plan;
•Carry out field visits and conduct home visits, awareness sessions, Focus Group Discussions/participatory assessments, meetings with partners;

Specific tasks
•Keeping good relations with local implementing actors, local authorities and other international and local stakeholders
•Closely coordinating with relevant staff on Protection issues
•Coaching the case managers team in their child protection activities
•Participating in Best interest determination panel when needed
•Following up on the progress of the child protection programming
•Follow up on the case management activities to children at risk by delivering home visits to vulnerable families' homes and by supervising case managers in the following:
•Assessing the child and families' needs by filling out needs assessment and case management form
•Providing basic counselling and psychological first aid to the child and his/her family
•Setting up an intervention action plan jointly with the family
•Providing social counselling, awareness, guidance, emotional support when needed
•Conducting Best Interest Assessment
•Assisting the families/children with material or financial assistance when needed and according to DRC's financial assistance guidelines
•Referring children and their families to appropriate services and ensure post referral follow up
•Conducting regular home visits to follow up on child/family and assess the progress of the action plan
•Assessing the situation of the child after services have been provided to ensure needs are met
•Disseminating and sharing information with Persons of Concern on child rights and access to services
•Ensuring proper documentation of data collected (hard and soft copies)
•Setting up necessary measures and create conducive environment to ensure confidentiality during interviews and to secure sensitive information
•Work closely with UNHCR and UNICEF regarding Birth registration activities for Syrian Refugees.



Reporting
•Write field visit daily and weekly reports on major findings, needs and problems faced;
•Contribute to the overall protection/CS monthly report underlining protection issues and related trends and figures in coordination with the Protection coordinator
•Propose new activities according to identified needs and suggest solutions for problems encountered with activities
•Maintain and update database on child protection activities

Others
•Any other duties relating to the nature of the job as directed by the Protection coordinator

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of race, gender or age.

Contract: Local, until the 30th of June, renewable (Based on Performance and availability of funds)

Salary: 1,600$ - 1,700$

The position will require full presence in Zahle from Monday till Friday, in addition to weekends when needed.

Job Details

Date Posted: 2013-03-15
Job Location: Bekaa, Lebanon
Job Role: Education/Training
Company Industry: Other
Monthly Salary: US $2,000
Joining Date: 2013-04-01

Preferred Candidate

Career Level: Mid Career
Degree: Bachelor's degree / higher diploma

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