Care and Support Officer

EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Name ofthe project: ODA-USAID FAMILY FOCUSED HIV PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES

Employment Type: full time fixed termContract up to September 30, 2024 GC with a possibility of extension

Number of posts: 1 (one)

Position Holder Reports to: OVC Services Specialists

Job Summary

Care and Support Office:

The Position holder is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating case achievement goals and benchmarks for target OVC and their families. S/he will be responsible for ensuring identification, assessment/reassessment, case plan development and updating, care plan implementation, monitoring and closure that adhere to established quality standards and procedures. S/he will support OVC and families to achieve health, schooling, stability and safety goals, education, psychosocial support, child protection, legal support, nutrition, economic security services within the case plan achievement benchmarks. Provide technical support for social service workers, community engagement facilitators and OVC case workers for their provision of coordinated and comprehensive need-based services. Conduct regular meeting with social service workers and community engagement facilitators to ensure service provision as per care plan and linkage of OVCs for not addressed by the capacity of this project.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Education a minimum of BA Degree in Social Work, Sociology, Economics etc.
• Experience Five years of experience with social development, child protection, household, social protection, education, health and nutrition and HIV/AIDS care and support. Experience with USAID funded PEPFAR OVC and or HIV/AIDS programs in Ethiopia are an added advantage.
• Field experience in the prevention of HIV/AIDS with a focus on highly vulnerable children Demonstrated ability to work effectively with local government, community and public health facilities, private sector entities, local community structures. An interest in the well being of children and in safeguarding and child protection matters