South Sudan: Child Protection Specialist (Greater Equatoria Zone)

World Vision International

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 42,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Child Protection Specialist (Greater Equatoria Zone) you will be responsible for overseeing all psychosocial support (PSS) activities within the two Interim Care Centres and community-based Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) sites, supervising social workers in the Interim Care Centers (ICC) and CFS sites, and providing on-going/on-job coaching and mentoring of social workers and Family Tracing and Reunion (FTR) Monitors responsible for FTR case management, case management for GBV survivors, and case management for other child of concern affected by child protection issues. With regards to Level 2 (basic) PSS, this position will help social workers to develop weekly activity plans that are age and gender appropriate; these activities will be run by the social workers and community volunteers.

Requirements include:

• The Child Protection Specialist should have an academic and practical experience background in child psychology, preferably child psychology or social work in conflict, post-conflict or major displacement contexts. Experiencing working in a care facility for adolescents and youth is strongly preferred.
• University Degree in Child Psychology, Social Work, Child Behavioural Studies, Child Psychiatry or similar field.
• Certificate courses in MHPSS, UNICEF PSS or similar humanitarian psychology courses.
• Work experience with children in interim care, long-term care, boarding / residential school, juvenile rehabilitation or detention centre, etc strongly preferred OR - Practical experience with CAAFAG release caseloads and the provision of related PSS services strongly preferred.
• Practical experience with PSS / Social Work in humanitarian and/or complex settings including FTR Case Management, GBV Case Management, Comprehensive Case Management for children of concern preferred.
• English writing / speaking skills.

Is this the job for you?

World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 08 JAN 2018. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.