• Provide individual case management for identified children at risk in accordance with case management cycle, tools and procedures.
• Undertake Best Interest Assessments (BIAs) and Best Interest Determinations (BIDs) for unaccompanied, separated and other children at risk in order to understand the nature of the child/family’s protection concerns and needs, identify coping capacities and provide recommendations
• Establishment and implementation of care plans for children at risk – manage cases in line with SOPs, adhere to standard documentation processes and follow best practice guidance
• Referral and follow up to other service providers
• Management of case files and reports in accordance with case management and information management tools
• Regularly monitor and support to children and families at the center and through home visits, providing guidance, advice and emotional support, community mediation and referrals
• Provision of psychosocial first aid (counselling) to children at risk at the JRS Children’s Center
• Participate in weekly case management meeting
• Submit reports of activities as required by supervisors (could be weekly, or on different basis);

• Manage Refugee Outreach Volunteer programme (Children and Youth) and support the  Refugee Outreach Volunteers from seven refugee communities:
• Convene individual monthly case management meetings with ROVs at JRS
• Provide guidance and case management support to ROVs, including through on-the job training (joint home visits)
• Closely work with ARRA, UNHCR and other partners in the urban programme to support ROVs to undertake protection referrals
• Assign ROVs to new cases of identified children at risk in accordance with a matching process
• Monitor progress of ROVs working on individual cases
• Manage case files and reports of ROVs in accordance with case management and information management tools
• Keep track of newly identified, pending and closed cases
• Organize, together with UNHCR monthly Refugee Outreach Volunteer meetings
• Provide training and capacity building for the ROVs
• Participate in weekly case management meeting
• Submit reports of activities as required by supervisors (could be weekly, or on different basis);
• Provide individual case management for identified children at risk in accordance with case management cycle, tools and procedures;
• Undertake Best Interest Assessments (BIAs) and Best Interest Determinations (BIDs) for unaccompanied, separated and other children at risk in order to understand the nature of the child/family’s protection concerns and needs, identify coping capacities and provide recommendations
• Establishment and implementation of care plans for children at risk – manage cases in line with SOPs, adhere to standard documentation processes and follow best practice guidance
• Referral and follow up to other service providers
• Management of case files and reports in accordance with case management and information management tools
• Regularly monitor and provide support to children and families at the center providing guidance, advice and emotional support, community mediation and referrals
• Provision of psychosocial first aid (counselling) to children at risk at the JRS Children’s Center

• Set up and management of community-based child protection structure (two child parliaments)
• Design of activities and structured discussions held on regular basis (bi-weekly) with children in child parliaments
• Support design and implementation of activities with small scale “Child Empowerment Fund” initiated by the two child parliaments
• Oversee activities at child friendly space at Child Protection Center
• Development of diversified child friendly activities in the Child Protection Center based on children’s feedback and ideas – with support of social workers (refugees)
• Prepare and update the list of items to be purchased at CFS when needed and coordinate with logistics department on all procurement needs;
• Organization of educational trips for children
• Development of life skills curriculum and provision of life skills training for adolescents and youth
• Organization of vocational training for adolescents and youth
• Organization of livelihood program for youth
• Organization and management of English and Amharic language classes at the Child Protection Center
• Organization of regular study support (catch up classes and homework support) to adolescents and youth
• Organization of community-wide events which are planned and implemented jointly with children

• Support JRS social workers in the identification of children at risk at the center
• Ensure coordination and confidential information sharing with Case management supervisor, implementing partner organisations and community-based child protection groups and networks, as well as other relevant stakeholders in Addis Ababa
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor

Level: V I

Employment: 12 months, possibility of extension depending on availability of funding and performance

Starting date: Immediate

Minimum Requirements

• B.A/B.Sc. with 6 Years’ experience or MA or MSc degree with 3 years of relevant and progressive experience working in Child Protection, mental health related field, Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Educational Background: Sociology, Social Work, Public Health, Development, related Fields
• Demonstrable technical expertise in the assessment, design, and delivery of responses to pre-existing and emergency induced Child protection needs
• Experience in supervising individual and group counselling for diverse groups
• Strong organizational and supervisory skills
• Honest, hard-working, and self-motivated
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within different cultural environments
• Strong written and communication and presentation skills in English and the relevant local language
• Ability to work within a team structure or independently, flexible, and can cope with stressful workload
• Leveraging the resources of JRS-Ethiopia and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Knowledge of project cycle management and sphere standards.
• Demonstrated experience and capacity in conducting data analysis and interpretation.
• Excellent organization, time and general management skills
• Critical thinking, strong analytical skills and objective judgments.
•  High degree of competency using MS Office, MS Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and e-mail communication
• Commitment to high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.