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About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY : 
1.    Provide supportive supervision to case workers
2.    Hold weekly case meetings with case workers within department 
3.    Access, track and update CP cases management database 
4.    Attend case conference and hold case conferences based on need
5.    Support the case workers to Undertake and meet all case management responsibilities in relation to individual children, including drafting of case plans within two weeks of identification, as directed by the line manager. 
6.    Establish a good working relation with authorities in communities and maintain regular, effective and meaningful contact with children and families,
7.    Safe storage of all case management forms, ensuring confidentiality and sharing information with approved individuals on a need to know basis.
8.    Facilitate awareness raising for communities on relevant child protection concerns, case management reporting mechanisms, service mapping and referrals.
9.    Providing support, guidance and counselling to families and individuals in need, including facilitation of group PSS sessions.
10.    Mapping and regular update of the existing services and awareness raising on existing services among targeted communities.
11.    Ensure that case plans are regularly reviewed and facilitate the attendance of all key stakeholders at relevant meetings including case conferences and reviews.
12.    Regular visit and monitoring of activities in CFSs, provision of technical support to CFS facilitators on how to facilitate and conduction of recreational activities.
13.    Capacity building of local child protection structures for safe identification and referrals of child protection cases.
14.    Providing capacity building sessions for communities on Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting, CPiE and (NEVA) Neglect, Exploitation, Violence and Abuse, 
15.    Support access to legal supports and services for cases and their families as need and where possible. 
16.    Report any child safeguarding concerns related to Save the Children Child Safeguarding focal point considering the SCI - Child Safeguarding Policy
17.    Attend relevant inter-agency coordination meetings, workshops and conferences as required and assigned by Line Manager.
18.    To develop short-term implementation plans (weekly and monthly) and long-term plan according to annual project work plan.
19.    Maintain and effective filing system for storing project documentation in accordance with standard procedures.
20.    Conduction of ongoing assessment to address child protection cases
21.    To assist the CP Officer, referring to other services in case of specific needs
22.    To collect valid activity data of the project on weekly and monthly basis to prepare monthly and quarterly reports. 
23.    Any other tasks relate to child protection programs given by line manager
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
•    Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values; 
Ambition:
•    Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same; 
•    Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others; 
•    Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale. 
Collaboration:
•    Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues at both national and regional level members, donors and partners; 
•    Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength; 
•    Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. 
Creativity:
•    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
•    Willing to take disciplined risks. 
Integrity:
•    Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
•    Always acts in the best interests of children. 
QUALIFICATIONS  
•    Diploma from any Field with 2 years of work experience 
•    Knowledge of the dominant language in the province.•    
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
•    Computer Knowledge.
•    Good knowledge of English language.
•    Ability to work in multi-cultural environment 
•    Strong communication skill especially with the communities and children 
•    Ability to travel within project coverage districts & other provinces as needed
Desireable

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties from time to time which are reasonable in relation to their level of skills and experience.

In the event of a significant humanitarian emergency, the post-holder will be expected to work outside their normal job description; vary their working hours; and occasionally work from a different location should the need arise.

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION

Submission Guideline: