Save the Children seeks Case Worker for Families First Project

Save the Children is an international NGO and the world’s top independent charity for children in need. Since 1919, we have been fighting for children’s rights, saving their lives and providing hope for brighter futures worldwide.  In Indonesia, Save the Children currently works in eleven provinces, has staff of approximately 180 local professionals, and programming in Child Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Humanitarian Response.  Save the Children in Indonesia is seeking to fill the following position:

Case Worker – Families First Project

2 positions, based in Lampung and Kupang

Code : CW-FF-based

Save the Children have been working with Ministry of Social Affairs and other key stakeholders and social service providers for more than 8 years, to support a major shift in policy and practice in the way child protection and care is understood and delivered.  This is resulted a long term program to shift the paradigm from institutionalization based towards family based care.  The Families First Program develop its strategies to achieve paradigm shift as follows:

On Preventing Institutionalization: Stakeholders including families understand the importance of family care for children, are able to take care of children within their own homes or in other type of family-based alternative care, and able to access services and support in their own communities.

On Direct Response: Girls and boys facing care and protection issues are supported through effective and appropriate responses based on their individual needs and best interests from the Children and Family Support Center (PDAK)

On Legal and Policy Change: National, provincial and district laws provide legal safeguards to girls and boys, preventing unnecessary institutionalization, and promoting family based care

The program was just recently received additional funding to replicate the model in 2 provinces, Lampung and East Nusa Tenggara with focus on establishing PDAK, strengthening foster care system, and strengthening the social work practices.  The post of case worker is established to ensure that social work practices with children and family who need child protection response is in place in provincial and district level with high quality standard. Case Worker leads social workers in case management works and builds the capacity of social workers team to manage cases under collaborate with MOSA. 

Reports to: Project Manager

Dimension: The case worker will be seconded under cooperation with Social Affair Office of Lampung and NTT and will lead social workers team in providing case management supports for children in the needs of protection and care. He/She will also develop a referral system and ensure that children can access the resources to address their problems.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Management of project implementation and quality:
1.       Lead the overall case management process for all targeted children that need of care and protection, including lead the government social workers team in working with children, families and organizations partner.
2.       Establish a good administrations and documentations system of the case management’s works.
3.       Develop a supervision system to ensure case management team has access to technical advice and resources in conducting case management process, included monitor the case progress and the ways of cases handled by government case workers.
4.       Provide day-to-day line supervision with Direct Response Coordinator, in particular to improve the case management process and results.
5.       Consult with Direct Response Coordinator for the problem solving of complicated and difficult cases.
6.       In coordination with Project Officer and Project Manager, initiate, develop and maintain effective partnership with all stakeholder organization that involve in the referral system and case management, support case management works.
7.       In collaboration with Project Officer and Project Manager, ensure that the child safeguarding policy is understood and implemented by each member of case management team.
8.       Support Database Officer to manage the documentation of case management process.
9.       Provide inputs to Project Manager and Direct Response Coordinator if any actions need to be made, or any adjustment needs to accommodate, in order to improve case management works.
10.   Develop monthly basis report and send to the Project Manager.



Financial Management
1.     Prepare cash projection for case management to be submitted and approved by Project Manager.
2.     Manage budget request, utilization and reporting in proper manner and document as well as to follow finance procedures.



Administration, IT, Safety and Security and Government Relations
1.       Manage administration affairs of project, day-by-ay operational activities and other administration tasks of the gate keeping activities accordance to the organization procedure and guidelines
2.       Ensure that efficient, cost effective information technology systems on direct response are in place and in compliance with SCI quality standard
3.       Conduct regular and high quality monitoring of the administration affairs in terms of progress against activities, indicators and outcomes.
4.       Record all activities related to admin affairs.



Emergency Response Management:

Be part of project activities, financial and budget management when there is a need  to respond to any potential emergencies at all areas



Additional job responsibilities

The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

 

QUALIFICATION
·         Minimum Bachelor’s degree in social work and particularly in clinical social work.
·         Having experiences in case management practices and lead social workers in this practice.
·         Having a good understanding of children’s issues in Indonesia especially in child protection and care.

·         Proven experiences in working with children.

·         Good facilitation skills and strong working relationship with government and other partners.

·         Excellent in social and in interpersonal skills as well as communication skills.

·         Proven ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.

·         Demonstrate ability to implement monitoring and evaluation activities.

·         Proven ability to work effectively within set time frames and with demonstrated impact.

·         Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimum supervision
·         Good command in English and Bahasa Indonesia, both verbal and written
·         Ability and willingness to be stationed in Lampung or Kupang.

·         Commitment  to  and  understanding  of  Save  the  Children’s  aims,  values  and principles  including rights-based approaches

Updated CV and application letter should be sent to recruitment.indonesia@savethechildren.org

Please fill the “subject” column of the e-mails in this format: 

<CW-FF-based><your name>

Closing date for application is up to 5 October 2014

(Only short-listed candidates will be notified)

http://indonesia.savethechildren.net/jobs

Save the Children encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation or disability

All recruitment practices and procedures reflect Save the Children’s commitment to protecting children from abuse​