Gender Based Violence Case Worker

Major Responsibilities

• Case workers will provide case management services to survivors, including referrals to existing services within the Women and Girls Safe Spaces.
• Provide professional and confidential services to survivors of GBV helping them to access multi sectoral services available in their coverage area. Their work will be grounded in the survivor centred approach.
• He/she will support updating service mapping on their coverage area. coordinate woreda level case management meetings .
• Compiling weekly and monthly reports and share to relevant stakeholders and immediate supervisors

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• University degree in social work, sociology , psychology , public health and relevant field of social sciences .

Required Professional Experience

• A minimum of one or two years experience in child protection, Gender-based violence and related areas, program/project development and management in emergency context is required.
• Direct case management and experience working with children, women and adolescents is an asset.
• Knowledge and experience on Gender Based Violence programming including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) an asset.
• Extensive training in the fields of CP/GBV, psycho-social well being, case management and application of international technical guidelines and standards in Child Protection and GBV.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• University degree in social work, sociology, psychology, child protection, public health and relevant fields of social sciences.
• Knowledge and skills of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, including Gender Based Violence.
• Awareness of or interest in community based protection mechanisms.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

• The position requires willingness to be based at Woreda