Social worker position announced by Terre des Hommes organization.

About Company:

Humanity’s Land Tdh is a Swiss child welfare organization that provides aid and protection to the world’s most vulnerable people. Tdh has been operating in Afghanistan since 1995, with projects in Kabul, Herat, Takhar, and Nangarhar provinces focusing on child protection, access to justice, maternal and child health, and livelihood programs.

Vacancy details:

• Announced date: January 5, 2022.
• Closing date: January 11, 2022.
• Number of Jobs:18.
• Location: Nangarhar, Laghman, Konar.
• Organization: Humanity’s Land Tdh.
• Salary: As per company scale.
• Gender: Male and Female.
• Work experience: three years.
• Position tittle: Social Worker.

Summary of the job:

So, under the direct control of the project Officer, the social worker helps to create situations for the affected populations’ children and their families to be active in their own development and to strengthen social links and solidarity where they live by using an ethical and objectivist approach.

The social worker works with children, their families, and their social environment in this context.

• Affect their social, health, familial, security, economic, cultural, and professional circumstances.
• Develop their own abilities to assist them keep or reclaim their independence and integrate into society.
• The most needy households are identified for cash assistance based on predetermined criteria.
• Together with the beneficiaries and their families, decide on the intervention strategies.
• Take whatever step that may help beneficiaries and their families avoid or overcome challenges.
• To care for vulnerable children, mobilize and develop local authorities, the community, and community groups.
• COVID-19 preventive procedures and Tdh guidelines are used while conducting awareness seminars, meetings, and other events.
• Supporting the national child protection system’s development.

Job responsibilities:

• Conduct outreach to identify the unique needs of vulnerable children and their families, either to give direct assistance or to send them to service providers.
• Within the workplace area, adults and children participate in community child protection programs.
• Collect data and keep a personal record (follow-up forms, individual files, etc.)
• Develop positive working relationships with other relief organizations and local authorities in the regions where you work.
• Case studies and success stories are collected on a regular basis, and positive developments are highlighted.
• Maintain positive relationships with communities and be sensitive to the cultures and traditions of such groups.
• Children who are qualified are sent to specialist treatment or outside service providers.
• Identification of qualified households in need of protection (shelter, livelihood, sanitation, food, etc.) for direct assistance or referral.
• Conduct outreach to identify the unique needs of vulnerable children and their families, either to give direct assistance or to send them to service providers.
• Within the workplace area, adults and children participate in community child protection programmes.
• Collect data and keep a personal record (follow-up forms, individual files, etc.)
• Develop positive working relationships with other relief organisations and local authorities in the regions where you work.
• Case studies and success stories are collected on a regular basis, and positive developments are highlighted.
• Maintain positive relationships with communities and be sensitive to the cultures and traditions of such groups.
• Children who are qualified are sent to specialist treatment or outside service providers.
• Identification of qualified households in need of protection (shelter, livelihood, sanitation, food, etc.) for direct assistance or referral.

Global Code of Conduct (Safeguarding Policy)

• Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP), Policy on the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Directive on Workplace Misconduct and GBV, Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Conduct (GCC), Global Code of Management of Operational Risk: Make a commitment to follow the Terre des hommes safeguarding policy as well as the principles relating to children’s rights.
• Assume responsibility for ensuring the most effective practical application of the safeguarding policy (Global Code of Conduct) and the management of operational risks in his or her intervention area and within his or her team.
• Ensure that all volunteers and visitors sign and understand the Tdh Clobal code of conduct at a glance, as well as my commitment to child safety.

Safety and Security

• Conduct field trips with the permission of the line manager, who will first assess the area’s security.
• If you see a security hazard, receive a complaint, or hear rumors concerning the staff’s and beneficiaries’ safety, notify it right away.
• Follow Tdh’s security policy and regional security strategy to the letter.
• Assure and enable timely exchange of information and action on all security-related occurrences.

Documents requirement:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degrees will be given priority after high school graduation.
• Work experience in a comparable subject of at least three years is required.
• Meets deadlines and manages time and priorities.
• Cooperates and contributes to the achievement of objectives.
• Supports and counsels’ coworkers.
• Adapts communication to a multicultural setting.
• Others should be respected.
• Well-informed about the community’s good and harmful behaviors, as well as the backdrop of functioning and conforming to community standards.
• Models of Behavior Change Communication have been used in the past.
• Fluency in Pashto and Dari oral and writing communication, as well as representation, liaison, and negotiating abilities.
• Background with Terre des Homes or other international non-governmental organizations is a plus.

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