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Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Project implementation, Coordination and reporting.
• Develop or strengthen relationships with Child Protection (CP) case management actors at the field level in close cooperation with the Child Protection Officer and the Protection Team leader.
• Provide case management services for vulnerable children at risk, including cases of abuse, exploitation, neglect, and violence, especially UASC and other children at risk.
• Conduct assessments basically BIDs and Best Interests Assessments (BIAs) for vulnerable children.
• To conduct alternative care placements for the UACs and assess their needs.
• Identify potential caregivers, e.g. foster families for placement of UASCs using stipulated procedures throughout the project lifespan.
• Conduct home visits to foster care homes and assess needs, ascertain the living conditions of the UASCs and provide ongoing support to families, foster and alternative care systems.
• Ensure timely documentation of case files and updating of cases in Profile Global Registration System – Version 4. (ProGres V4) and CP case trackers.
• Responsible for representing DRC in any relevant field-based Child Protection case management meetings with case management actors.
• Participate in case conferences, case supervision sessions, and inter-agency coordination meetings.
• Maintain and strengthen existing networks through other service providers at the Settlement level, to ensure that children receive quality services and support both at the agency levels.
• Actively participate in scheduled meetings such as Child Protection inter-agency Coordination meetings.
• Work closely with the other Protection prevention team to ensure ongoing needs of children are met in prevention-related activities.
• Proactively contribute to quality and timely drafting of weekly, monthly reports
• Support and guide Para Social Workers in drafting and sharing their activity reports
• Identify, document and disseminate relevant project success, challenges and follow up on implementation of project’s action points
• Assist in participatory needs/vulnerability and capacity assessments of affected communities
• Staff development and management
• Provide ongoing mentorship for Para Social Workers and other DRC community-based structures in the settlement on CP case management procedures.
• Uphold DRC’s code of conduct and principles of accountability.
• Logistics / Finance.
• Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movement to the field.
• Follow all DRC procedures for security, Finance, Logistics, HR and Administration.
• Additional tasks.
• On request, perform any other duties assigned by the supervisors to allow the organization to function optimally.