This position is being filled on a rolling basis.

SECOURS ISLAMIQUE FRANCE (SIF) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance and development aid worldwide. Since 1991, SIF has been working across more than 20 countries.

In Pakistan, we have been actively serving vulnerable communities & marginalized groups since 2010 by providing them humanitarian assistance during emergencies and also support them through the implementing of sustainable development programs in the areas of Child Protection & child Wellbeing, WASH, Food Security & Livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Education during both early recovery and development phases.

SIF is currently providing its services in all provinces of Pakistan, including; Sindh, Punjab, Baluchistan, KPK, and has a presence in 33 most vulnerable districts. In light of increasing challenges ‘such as’ inflation, illiteracy, poverty, and climate change, as well as their association with limited and shrinking resources like; water, food, and livelihood opportunities, SIF believes that there is a high need for enhanced collaboration between NGOs and government institutions. SIF is fully confident that by sharing experiences, innovations, and lessons learned under such coordination, we can collectively improve the well-being of children and alleviate the miseries of the communities across Pakistan.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

As part of the implementation of the Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP), specify here the level of risk associated with child safeguarding (0, 1 or 2) depending on whether or not the position involves contact with children (in particular access to children and/or personal data) and, if so, specify the type of interaction. 

Reminder:

- Level 0: no contact with children

- Level 1: access to children and/or personal data about children

- Level 2: access to children and/or personal data about children and other risk factors such as frequent direct contact with children, contact in isolated locations/without direct supervision, contact with particularly vulnerable children (disability, children without parental protection, etc.).

 Job Description:

Social Worker  (SW) will be based in ICT and will work under the direct supervision of Child Welfare Supervisor/ Officer and Child welfare Projects Manager. The incumbent would be responsible for providing assistance in field activities and office work; Assessment of new cases for orphan sponsorship, home visits, assistance in distribution of different items under project activities, planning and execution of field activities in consultation with child welfare projects manager, provide quality services to sponsored children and their families through effective performance management in designated working areas. He/she will also ensure regular reporting on the progress of program implementation and maintenance of confidential information related to sponsored children’s/families. Social Worker  (SW) will support in awareness raising and capacity building activities.

Essential Job Function:

MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Objective 1: Ensure Smooth Implementation of the Project Activities:

-        Identification of orphan children from most vulnerable families as per program criteria.

-        Identification of guardians/mothers or 18+ orphan children from the selected families for livelihood support when the intervention will start in ICT/RWP.

-        Refer to execution of recreational activities for children to boost up their confidence and to provide PSS and child rights and child protection messages.

-        Supervise OSP children in their schools.

-        Assist in different distribution activities.

-        Ensure bi-annual household visits of OSP Families

-        Support in capacity building and awareness raising activities

Objective 2: Manage the record/data base

Activities:

-        Maintain database of orphans sponsorship and other projects.

-        Maintain record of visits to orphans home.

-        Maintain record of clusters visited.

-        Maintain database of contact details of families/ guardians and stakeholders.

-        Maintain database of OSP.

-        Maintain database of services provided to orphan children and their families by SIF.

-        Beneficiaries’ data protection in hard form and in database as well as other relevant data such as pictures, videos of the sponsored children’s families and children.

Objective 3: Coordination

Activities:

-        Smooth running of the orphans program by maintaining close coordination with the sponsored families and schools.

-        Identify local partners and other organizations working in same area to avoid duplication.

-        Assist the project manager in keeping close coordination with INGO/NGOs and relevant stakeholders.

-        Mobilize and empower the mothers/guardians.

-        Ensure 100% payment confirmations with the families.

Objective 4 : Reporting

Activities:

-        Prepare and submit monthly plan of field activities for effective planning.

-        Support timely submission of monthly report.

-        Support in time submission of each sponsor report.

-        Support in time submission of group meeting minutes.

-        Submission of stakeholders meeting minutes.

-        Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories on monthly basis.

-        Ensure the confidentiality of personal data of supported children and their families.

Objective 5: Monitoring & Evaluation of the project

Activities:

-        Assist program team visits to field           

-        Assist program team in conducting field assessments as per need of the project

-        Efficient monitoring and evaluation of orphan projects in order to obtain desired results.

-        Hold monthly / quarterly meetings with clusters/committees to address findings from monitoring.

-        Regular monitoring of allocated orphan families in the field by conducting individual domestic visits.

-        Collection of school performance forms from field. Its data entry and maintaining database.

-        School visits of orphan children to monitor their performance in school and see if the sponsorship used for children’s education.

-        Report any risks that can harm children in their current environment. 

Objective 6: Child Protection & Safeguarding

Activities:

-        Ensure the security of the sponsor child addresses during activities.

-        Systematically do a child protection quality check for all correspondences to ensure that correspondence materials and contents do not negatively affect the holistic growth and development of children

-        Sensitize children including guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

-        Referrals of child protection cases for services.

-        Sensitize families on complaint response mechanism and on safeguarding policy.

This list is not limited; the employee may be required to perform any other task necessary and compatible with its functions assigned by supervisor/HOM.

 Requirements:

-        Minimum Qualification required: MA/BA in social sciences and other related fields

-        Experience:  2-3 years

-        Preferred: Above 1 year experience in Child related projects/program/social mobilization, field work as well as know-how of local community (Islamabad/Rawalpindi).

Technical Skills & Abilities:

-        Must possess strong interpersonal and communications skills

-        Ability to work individually

-        Good computer skills

-        Management information system skills

-        Skills in report writing

-        Basic knowledge in Child Sponsorship

-        Flexibility and adaptability are required