Addressing Protection Rights of Refugee Children at Risk Project Case Worker

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

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Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country is divided: two urban (Cairo and Alexandria) and eight rural (Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit, Sohag and Aswan). Plan Egypt’s work focuses on child rights, implementing programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives listed below:

1. Improve the quality of early childhood care & education;
2. Promote economic empowerment of vulnerable young men & women;
3. Facilitate girls in realising their full potential in an enabling and gender responsive environment that protects them from all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence;
4. Support adolescents and young people, particularly girls to become active drivers of change and lead the way towards more equitable and inclusive societies;
5. Promote adolescents and young people, particularly girls to be empowered to take informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and live free from gender-based violence

   About The Project

   • . The project aims to improve the protection status of refugee children at risk (10-18) through the provision of multiple protection activities and mental health and Psychosocial support in Damietta. The project will ensure that Refugees children at risk receive protection oriented assistance and necessary care by the end of 2023. The proposed project aligns with UNHCR refugee response protection priorities.

     Purpose:

     • Contributing to children at risk receive protection-oriented assistance and necessary care by application of best interest assessments (BIAs) conducted with children at risk and provision of case management services to identified cases.
     • Improving capacity of children, aged 8 to 14, to understand protection risks and violations, especially in relation to child marriage and child labour through dissemination of the related manuals sessions for project target group.

       Dimensions of the Role:

     • The post holder reports to Addressing Protection Rights of Refugee Children at Risk Project Officer and has no direct reports nor budget responsibilities.

       Accountabilities and Typical Responsibilities - Key End Results of Position

     • Facilitate, mobilize and support the involvement of communities and children in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Plan's programs
     • Implement activities as per set quality standards.
     • Facilitate and establish harmonious working relationships between Plan, targeted children, families, community leadership.
     • Participate in beneficiary selection processes, including to facilitate and ensure the inclusion of children with disabilities and girls/women.
     • Responsible for facilitating and implementing field visits to targeted children as planned and ensuring they are done properly at the community level.
     • Undertake and ensure situational assessments, data collection, compiling and analysing as per the set standard operating procedures.
     • Undertakes primary responsibility for the implementation and follow-up of child activities and referral pathways, case management mechanisms, psychosocial support interventions and community-based support for at-risk children including unaccompanied/separated children.
     • Facilitate and take a lead role in ensuring that case management services are of high quality including arranging family-based care system or other appropriate care system for unaccompanied and separated children and children without appropriate parental care.
     • Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly high-quality reports
     • Establishes and maintains documentation system for all program activities including, minutes of technical meetings
     • Document project learning, success stories, case studies, and learning briefs.
     • Adhere to case management standard documentation processes and follow best practice guidance.
     • Responsible for developing case plans that respond to needs addressed in initial and comprehensive assessments.
     • Support individual cases and provide regular monitoring of all aspects of case management services.
     • Regular follow up to ensure all services and action points listed in the case plan are carried out within agreed timeframes.