Child Protection Case Management Supervisor

Background

Equality for Peace and Development Organization (EPDO) is an Afghan non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2010 to empower
women and youth at the community and policy level in Afghanistan. EPDO envisions Afghanistan as a peaceful, prosperous, and welfare state where all Afghans enjoy
equal rights without discrimination. Therefore, EPDO aims to increase the capacity of vulnerable groups, especially women and youth, to enable them to represent their
needs in all aspects of development. EPDO focuses on various spectrums of peace, security, livelihood, and development in Afghanistan — ranging from the salient
need for humanitarian assistance, economic empowerment, and continuous development processes, to long-term projects for sustainable peace.

Project Background

The project aims to empower and improve the well-being of illiterate children, youth, and adults, including girls and women, and learners from returnee and host communities in Areas of Responsibilities (AoR) and their families. This will be achieved by providing targeted case management, literacy education, and livelihood skills development to enhance protection, literacy, and promote economic empowerment, while also supporting learners in their roles as parents and caregivers to foster the holistic development of their children.

Specific Responsibilities for Child Protection Social Work Provincial Supervisor:

Under the guidance of the EPDO Child Protection Specialist and Project Manager, and in coordination with other child protection staff, the Child Protection Case Management Supervisor will be responsible for:

• Case Management for individual children and their families, for those children who have experienced or are at risk of violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation in coordination with other service providers and CPAN – focusing on extremely grace cases.
• Assessment, case planning, implementation of the case plan, follow-up and review, and case closure as outlined in the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP).
• Provide psychosocial support (PSS) to children and families throughout the case management process.
• Conduct safe referrals to essential services as appropriate and follow up to ensure services provided were responsive to the needs of the child identified within the assessment.
• Actively engage in all capacity-building opportunities, including formal training and capacity assessments in close coordination with the program team.
• Participate in regular case management meetings with the case management team.
• Support identification, registration, family reunification, and reintegration of Unaccompanied Minor and Separated Children (UASC) and Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAFAAG)
• Support mitigation, prevention, and response to GBV cases, including awareness-raising, victim response, and coordination of the GBV programs.
• Support rollout of child protection campaigns, community mobilization, and mediation.
• Collaborate with other child protection colleagues and key stakeholders to regularly report child protection issues.
• Lead coordination with provincial CPANs, stakeholders, and other community structures.
• Work with Child Protection and GBV subclusters at the provincial level.
• Closely coordinate with and support other Provincial Social Workers.
• Support District Workers at the district level and monitor their work, including compiling their reports – also provide guidance and support on challenges in best interest determination for extremely problematic cases.
• Conduct monitoring and reporting of key child protection issues and trends at the provincial level.
• Support advocacy, policy implementation, and system development at the provincial level working with provincial level authorities.
• Any other relevant duty assigned to him/her by the supervisor(s).

Terms of Payment:

• The monthly remuneration for the Child Protection Social Work Provincial Supervisor is based on the approved funding for this position by UNICEF.
• The position is entitled to a communication allowance and travel costs, in line with the approved budget

Work schedule:

Full time every day from Sunday to Thursday for 8 hours per day. 

Required Qualifications:

• Graduates of social work, psychology, or counselling departments at registered Afghanistan universities (or international), If there are insufficient graduates from these specific degree programmes, graduates from related fields such as education, social science, health or law will be recruited if they pass the recruitment process successfully.
• At least Five years work experience in child protection programs with national and international organizations in Afghanistan.
• Be a resident of the relevant province and have complete familiarity with the province and access to hard-to-reach areas.
• Experience of working with children in conflict with the law, children with mental health disorders and children without parental care.
• Experience in supervising a team and ability to travel to all districts and villages of the relevant province.
• Experience in working with government departments and provincial stakeholders in the relevant province.  
• Understanding of PSS, social work, case management, and protection needs of vulnerable children in Afghanistan.
• Strong level of expertise in communication with children and families, representation, facilitation, mobilization, and negotiation with children and the community.
• Fluency in Pashto, Dari & English is a must (both written and verbal).

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application (CV and Cover letter in one file) by email to
admin@epdo-afg.org (mailto:admin@epdo-afg.org)
Please write the position title and VA# in the subject line of your email otherwise your application will not be considered.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.