Child Protection Specialist

Overview

Support UNICEF’s Child Protection Programme by strengthening integrated social services and family-based alternative care systems in Odesa, Mykolaiv, and Kherson oblasts.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the establishment and functioning of regional and local Better Care task forces, working groups, and coordination platforms.
• Promote meaningful engagement of People with Lived Experience (PWLE), children, young people, caregivers, and community representatives.
• Conduct situational analyses, service mapping, workforce assessments, and community profiling.
• Support monitoring and reporting of Better Care Program implementation.
• Support the development, implementation, and quality assurance of integrated social services and family-based care interventions.
• Support the development and roll-out of capacity-building plans for social service providers.
• Support the institutionalization of technical supervision, mentoring, peer-learning, and continuous professional development mechanisms for the social service workforce.
• Support oblast and hromada authorities in planning, budgeting, and mobilizing resources for Better Care interventions.
• Facilitate knowledge management, documentation of good practices, lessons learned, and success stories.

Required Experience

• At least 3 years of professional experience in social protection/child protection at the national and/or subnational level.
• Knowledge of the Ukrainian system of child protection, the system of social protection, and the system of alternative care for children (residential and family-based).
• Experience in strengthening the social workforce and the system of social services.
• Experience in the development of nationwide strategies and plans of action in area of child protection.
• Experience in building a dialog with national and local governments and CSOs.
• Experience providing consultancy services to UNICEF and other UN agencies.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Law and other subjects under Social Science.

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