Consultant documentation of good/promising practices, successful models and lessons learned on children’s care reform and family-based alternative care, 7 months, remote no travel, # 595843
Overview
Engage an individual consultant to document good practices, successful models, and lessons learned in children’s care reform and family-based alternative care. The assignment will also provide technical support on disability inclusive child protection system strengthening.
Key Responsibilities
Document good practices, successful models, and lessons learned in children’s care reform, drawing on country, regional, and global experiences. Provide technical support on disability inclusive child protection system strengthening. Generate a practical learning package to inform policy dialogue, advocacy, programme design, resource mobilization, and earning. Provide technical support and guidance to country offices for operationalizing disability inclusive child protection resources and competency framework for social service workforce.
Required Experience
Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in child protection, children’s care reform, alternative care, deinstitutionalization, family strengthening, child rights, social service workforce strengthening, including in the area of children with disabilities. Demonstrated experience documenting good/promising practices, case studies, learning products, evaluation syntheses or knowledge products for international organizations. Experience with family-based care models, such as foster care, kinship care, kafala, guardianship, family support or community-based approaches. Prior work experience in similar areas with UNICEF on relevant UN agencies.
Qualifications
Masters in Social work, child protection, social policy, law, sociology, anthropology, international development, social sciences, public policy, communications for development, or related disciplines.