Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Primary purpose:
The primary responsibility of the SGBV Case Worker is case management and psychosocial support of vulnerable communities, including survivors of SGBV in assigned location. The Case Worker ensures appropriate support for individuals, working closely with relevant colleagues to identify asylum seekers at risk of SGBV and other vulnerable people and providing case management services in line with Rwanda’s Standard Operating procedures, and Global minimum standards of child protection case management.

Key responsibilities
• Provide case management services, including interviews with clients, assessments, and case plans in line with the National Standard Operating Procedures for case management & Global Child Protection Case Management Guidelines;
• Provide ongoing, one-on-one emotional support to SGBV survivors;
• Accompany SGBV survivors and other people with specific needs to the competent service providers, follow up and document referred cases;
• Establishing and coordination with Community Based Protection Structures (CBPS) for support of SGBV cases;
• Training Community Based Protection Structure (CBPS) to prevent SGBV and provide basic emotional support and referrals;
• Maintain case records according to ethical and safety standards, as well as document all SGBV cases as per the guidelines; as well as develop and keep updated the SGBV database;
• Work closely with one-stop centers to ensure that SGBV survivors receive comprehensive services at health facilities;
• Responsible for closely coordinating with relevant external agencies for service provision and referrals to national mechanisms to report cases of SGBV as per the agreed SoP and referral pathway in place;
• Prepare required weekly and monthly reports and briefs as required or directed by supervisor and program leadership.

Minimum qualification, behaviours & experience
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Social work, Community Development, Psychology, human rights, or closely related field;
• Minimum of three years’ previous experience with GBV programming— implementing SGBV, child protection programs, preferably in social work or case management, in humanitarian or development settings;
• Excellent report writing, communication and analytical skills;
• Comfort residing full time working in any one on the field site (kirehe, Huye, Gatsibo, Karongi) and in other low resource-refugee settings in Rwanda;
• Solution, service and support oriented attitude and work ethic; and a willingness to guide refugees towards exploring options and solutions, while assuring fidelity and confidentiality to expected policies and compliance;
• Capable communicator in English and Kinyarwanda; including written; also, conversance with French is an added advantage;
• Self-motivated and client-oriented with a strong sense of personal ethic, integrity and quality.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates should submit 1page Cover letter, and updated CV (maximum three pages) and names, title and contacts of three professional referees, to include most recent or current employer/supervisor (all in/as one document) - via email only to: RWJobs@wearealight.org  with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is 27th August 2022 at 17:00hrs. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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