Child Protection Case Worker

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Hello Hello!  Alight is recruiting Child Protection Case Worker for our program in  Uganda to be based in  Nyakabande - Transit Centre - Kisoro District . You’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here! 

Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) provides health care and clean water, shelter, protection, and economic opportunity to more than 3.5 million people in 20 countries each year. ALIGHT is and always has been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. Today, we’re facing challenging global humanitarian crises that require 21st Century solutions. But we’ve found that co-creating together with impassioned, dedicated people, limited only by their own imaginations, remains the key to designing new solutions that resonate. We still believe that Alight should exist, first and foremost, as a platform for realizing the goodwill of everyday people – people from Sweden to Somalia, Minnesota to Malaysia, and Uganda to the U.S.

When you join us, you’ll find…

A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.

A culture of radical accountability to our customers –as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.

An organization that refuses to settle for anything less than delivering human-worthy services.

If you believe in an abundant world full of amazing people who want to help; in the simple human justice to build a life; and in doing a better thing, then read on!

What we do in Uganda

Alight Uganda works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. Alight has consistently operated in Uganda since 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over three hundred personnel who include full time staff and temporary workers, and hundreds of community volunteers – implementing programs in Protection, GBV, Child Protection, Community Based Protection, Legal assistance, MHPSS, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter and general Infrastructure, Clean Energy, and Livelihoods/Economic Resilience. Our work in Uganda currently covers six refugee settlements and five transit centres including border points and their generous Ugandan-host communities. And we are always looking to deepen our work and, jointly with our partners, offer lasting impact with and for the communities we serve!

About the Position

The Child Protection Case Worker is part of the Child Protection Team and is responsible for doing case management and prevention activities with support from the Protection Officer.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Child Protection Case Management:

• Orient themselves on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Case Management /Best Interest Procedures (including all tools)
• Develop their monthly Workplan to conduct case management (from risk prioritization /identification to uploading on ProgV4) as per targets assigned by Protection Assistant.
• Conduct case management following SOPs to children and cases of abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence to 1. Unaccompanied Children (UAM), Separated Children (SC) and Children at Risk (CR) (Conduct risk prioritization exercise. Identification of case, Conduct Best Interest Assessments, Develop and implement case plan, Follow up of case plan (referrals etc) and Review and Case closure)
• Identify potential caregivers’ e.g. foster families for placement of UACs and SC using stipulated procedures.
• Sensitize the parents/caregivers on their roles and responsibilities on early child development, child rights and parenting without violence
• Conduct home visits to foster care homes and assess needs, ascertain the living conditions of the UACs/SC and provide ongoing support to families, foster and alternative care systems.
• Prepare and participate in weekly case review meetings led by protection Assistants to discuss their weekly cases.
• Share cases for Best Interest Determination with Child Protection Assistant on weekly basis.
• Conduct weekly follow ups with community based structures (assigned by Child Protection Assistant) to follow up on identification and referral to them (case worker) at Alight.
• Complete filing of 1. Case management as per standard SOPs.

Child Protection - Prevention

• Mobilize community/children/families to participate in protection activities like awareness campaigns and international commemorative day.
• Participate in monthly review meetings with Child Protection Committees (CPCs) for technical backstopping and foster parents.
• With support from child protection assistant implement activities for child participation and engagement as per program strategy.
• With support from child protection assistant conduct focus group discussions/participatory assessments with children to identify child needs and protection concerns/risks
• Complete filing of all prevention activities as per standard Alight Tools for activities.

Reporting

• Proactively contribute to quality and timely drafting of weekly, monthly reports.
• Perform any other duties assigned.

Requirements

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.  
• Basic knowledge of Child Protection. is desirable
• At least 2 -year experience in Child Protection in general and Case Management in particular
• In addition to written and spoken English, must be fluent in Local Languages
• Willingness to work  and reside in Nyakbande Transit Centre in Kisoro district
• Posess a Valid motorcycle riding permit 

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Benefits

Meet and interact with a borderless Team of 2,500 staff globally  that sees possibility, celebrates moments of abundance, shares new ideas, and strives to do a better thing every day.

Learning & Development – Access thousands of free online learning courses to take at your own pace and tailor to your professional goals.

Health, dental, and MedEvac Insurance – We strive to offer the best-in-class healthcare plans to our staff each year.  We cover 100% of the cost for your health premium and coverage for your spouse/dependents.

Retirement – We contribute 6% of your gross salary towards severence regardless of your contribution amount at the end of your service.

Generous Leave Time – Between vacation days, personal leave days, and holidays, you have ample opportunity to take time off when you need it of upto 24 days in a year.

Who We Are

We are on a journey to build Alight, a new platform of amazing people and organizations providing lifesaving services and creating breakthrough solutions for and with the displaced. WeAreAlight.org

Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical  disability, or protected veteran status.  Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.