Save the Children TOR for Group Counseling Sessions Job Vacancy in Dadaab Kenya 2014
Duration :1 day per session (between March to August 2014)
Child Protection Level: Level 3
Venue: Dadaab
Background
appropriate care, including family tracing and reunification, foster care placement and resettlement to third countries; case management of other protection concerns; individual and group counselling; children’s participation and psychosocial support through Child Education and Welfare Centres and Children’s Clubs; training to police, teachers and agencies; and working with community groups.
Save the Children’s Child Protection Team includes Paediatric counsellors, Lay counsellors, Child Protection Officers, Best Interests Determination (BID) Officers, Coordinators and Manager who come into contact with children, particularly survivors of abuse either first or second-hand, in their daily work.
In line with this, Save the Children is seeking a consultant counsellor to facilitate group counselling sessions for child protection team on monthly basis starting from March to August 2014.
Deliverables
- Conduct group counselling sessions for two groups (above mentioned staff divided into 2).
- Compile a brief report on the visit, any challenges for the consultant or general challenges of staff that can be shared out, as well as key observations and requirements for future visits or recommendations for Save the Children’s Support to the Child Protection team.
Period / Units: 1 day per month for 6 months
Requirements
Essential
- Extensive training and experience in the provision of individual counselling to children and their families
- Extensive experience in the provision of counselling to adults working with children experiencing abuse
- Training and experience in the provision of counselling supervision
- Understanding of the stresses of working in remote and hostile environments, such as Dadaab
- Demonstrated competence working across Kenyan cultures, as well as age and gender barriers, and accommodating for these dynamics during group sessions
- High capacity in building trust and rapport in groups working together in teams under high stress
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
- Strong sense of professionalism
- Direct experience in child protection and gender-based violence programming
- Appreciation of the importance of community and child participation when working to create behaviour change, raise awareness and protect children
- Understanding of the importance of and means of ensuring accountability to beneficiaries during programming
- Experience working in North Eastern Province or with Somali communities
- Previous experience working with Save the Children