Social Worker

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Tdh has been working in Afghanistan since 1995 and carry out projects related to Child Protection, Mother and Child health and Livelihood Programs in Kabul, Balkh, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.

Job Summary :

Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer, and the technical support of Case management supervisor the social worker/Case workers should have an ethical and deontological approach, the social worker helps to create conditions of affected population’s children and their families to have the means to be active in their own development and to strengthen the social links and solidarity where they live.

In this context, the social worker acts with the children, families and their social environment.

• Improve their living conditions on a social, health, family, security, economic, cultural and professional level.

• Develop their own capacities to maintain or restore their self-reliance and help them fit in with society.

• Identification of the most vulnerable families for MPCA Multi-purpose Cash assistance and Case management cash assistance as per predefined selection criteria.

• Identification of locations for CRC (Community Resource Center) and CFS (child Friendly Space) establishment.

• Identification of community volunteers for protection activities in the community.

• Arranging training for community volunteers.

• Provide case management support to the children under the risk of protection and used the contextualized form for case management and inter the case in the CPMIS+ system.

• Coordination with district authorities for smooth project implementation.

• Decide on the intervention methods together with the beneficiaries and their families. Talk with them about any action likely to prevent or overcome the problems of beneficiaries and their families.

• Mobilize and strengthen the local authorities, the community and the community organizations to support vulnerable families.

• Support the implementation of the national Protection system.

Main Responsibilities :

• Conduct outreach work for the identification of vulnerable children and their families’ specific needs either to provide direct support or refer to service providers.

• Community protection activities are carried out within the working area with the beneficiaries.

• Develop good working relation with other aid agencies and the authorities in the working areas.

• Regular collection of information regarding case studies and success stories and highlight positive changes.

• Maintain good relationships with communities and be aware of the sensitivity about the communities’ cultures and tradition.

• Referral of eligible families to specialized services/ external service providers.

• Identification of eligible families with protection needs (shelter, livelihood, sanitation, food etc.) to provide with direct support or referral to services providers.

• Attend all required internal and external training sessions and meetings

• Report on a weekly basis to the Line manager on the progress of his/her activities.

• Perform any other related duties as assigned by line supervisor

• Together with the volunteers, implement an action plan and the methodology for protection interventions

• Avoid dangerous mobility situations by avoiding non-essential or premature moves, favoring secure moves and facilitating the monitoring of the child being moved.

• Identify the support services, resources and organizations for protection which exist in his/her intervention area and create a reference directory to protection (partner visits, reference records, etc.)

• Be careful not to offend any child in the course of your work (do no harm)

• Data collection and maintenance of records on the children database and shared with Data clerk.

• Become involved in community life and use his/her understanding of the phenomena of children's vulnerability to influence the local decision-makers.

• Support the identification and referral of children at risk to case management services.

• Perform any other tasks as may be requested by the line manager.

Education :

Bachelor’s degree in social work, Sociology, Psychology, Education, Law, Sharia, Community Development, or a related field is preferred. with relevant experience may be considered.

Experience / Skills :

3-year experience working with INGO and NGO on child protection sector & Social Work

Languages:

Fluency in local Languages is required. Basic English skills are an asset.

IT knowledge :

Microsoft Office package

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

References :

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

Procedure:

Only complete applications (updated and accurate CV + covering letter) received through Tdh online application platform will be processed. It is essential that all information provided is complete, truthful and verifiable, as any discrepancies may affect your eligibility in the recruitment process.

Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. 

Please note that

• Only applications submitted through the online platform will be considered. Applications submitted by email, in person, or through other means will not be accepted.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stages of the recruitment process.

• Tdh upholds the principles of equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion, and maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward any harm, abuse, or exploitation of children or vulnerable adults by staff, representatives, or partners.

• Female candidates and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Tdh values the diversity, perspectives and contributions each individual brings to the team.