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Job Title: Child Protection Site Focal Point FSR # 606

Location: Aqaba

Job Summary:

Child protection is the prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence against children. Child protection case management is the process of helping individual children and families through direct social-work-type support and managing information well. Within child protection case management, there should be appropriate involvement of children throughout the process, as well as full consideration of the best interests of the child. The role of Child Protection Case Manager is to promote quality and effective outcomes through communication and the provision of appropriate resources to meet an individual child’s needs. The process includes comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and overall evaluation of individual children’s needs.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSABILITIES

• The role may involve providing direct supervision and support to a number of less experienced Child Protection Case Managers
• Provide effective leadership by modeling positive behavior and working in partnership with the Child Protection Team Leader, Child Protection Technical Team and other IMC departments
• Assist and provide guidance to Child Protection Case Managers under your supervision to complete all steps of Child Protection Case Management including comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and overall evaluation of individual children’s needs
• Supervise and endorse the assessments, care plans and case closures of individual cases allocated to Child Protection Case Managers under your supervision
• Apply guiding principles in working with children, being always guided by the best interest of the child in all actions 
• Familiarity with child development and children’s wellbeing
• Communicate and work effectively and appropriately with children of various ages and their families, including those who have experienced very difficult situations
• Assess risks, needs and strengths and develop the appropriate response in consultation with the child and/or his caregiver(s)
• Collaborate with clients to plan, implement, monitor, and amend individualized services that promote clients’ strengths, advance clients’ wellbeing, and help clients achieve their goals. Plans shall be based on meaningful assessments and shall have specific attainable, measurable objectives.
• Work with children, families and carers to implement the actions determined through planning to bring about the changes necessary to ensure the safety, stability and development of the child. This includes directly guiding, encouraging and supporting the child and family while monitoring impacts and outcomes
• Conduct safety planning with clients, working in collaboration with the client’s family (if/when appropriate) and other agencies to manage the identified risks
• Be the contact point for needs assessment and follow up
• Provide and coordinate services and follow-up of service provision
• Lead or participate in case conferences and family meetings with other professionals
• Document all case management activities in the appropriate client record in a timely manner, using the CPIMS+ as a database and case management tool
• Advocate for the rights, decisions, strengths, and needs of children and families and promote their access to resources, supports, and services
• Promote collaboration among colleagues and organizations to enhance service delivery and facilitate client goal attainment.
• Provide and facilitate access of the client to culturally sensitive and competent services
• Ensure high quality documentation of case records, case reports and communication with other organizations
• Evaluate client satisfaction and quality of care provided
• Ensure involvement of local authorities, community leaders, and community groups in creating community-based protection mechanisms
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management staff as required; contribute to donor reports and internal IMC reports as required
• Perform other job-related duties as requested by Supervisor.
• This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment in order to achieve IMC’s goals in Jordan.  
• International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Typically, a bachelor’s degree in a related field e.g. psychology, social work, education. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Typically, 3+ years of experience in child protection related areas, ideally in humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated commitment to core principles of child protection programming including the best interest of the child, child centered and family focused services, and confidentiality.
• Familiarity with government, NGO and CBO service providers.
• Familiarity with relevant child protection prevention and response standards, approaches, and tools.
• Experience in staff capacity building.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Good interpersonal and advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team, in a multicultural environment, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and ensure high-quality work.
• Computer literacy with demonstrated experience in utilization of Microsoft Office- Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Child Safeguarding

International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment.  If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

Compliance & Ethics

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

Equal Opportunities

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment in order to achieve International Medical Corps goals in Jordan, and any changes to the job description will be discussed and agreed

“I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.

Our screening process will be on a rolling basis, once a candidate is selected the announcement will be closed.