Child Protection Case Worker x 2 - Bekaa (Internal Only)

The International Rescue Committee is an international organization specializing in Emergency and humanitarian programming existing since 1933 and working in more than 40 countries. In response to the influx of refugees in Lebanon, the IRC started a Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) program and a Livelihood program in 2012 with program strategies implemented in various locations. To complement these ongoing programs in 2013 started child protection programming throughout the country. The CP program supports the vulnerable children at risk or may be exposed to risk of abuse neglect exploitation and abuse to restore safety and well-being.

Job Overview/Summary:

The IRC Child Protection Case Worker will provide individual case management support for children at harm or at risk of being harmed. This includes street connected and working children, children exposed to physical and emotional violence within or from outside the home, children with disabilities being exposed to violence, neglect or abuse, children in contact or in conflict with the law, and children in need of judicial protection.
The child protection case worker will be based in the IRC office or the partner centers (30%) with frequent travel TO the field (70%).

Major Responsibilities:

Technical:

• Identify and register cases of children at harm or at risk of being harmed, through different outreach gateways (field visits, referrals from partners and NGOs, CM hotline, referrals from differestreet-connected referrals from community and volunteers’ networks, and referrals from UN agencies, referrals from the accountability team).
• Provide individual case management for the children in the areas of intervention as per the guidelines of national case management SOP and case management practical guidance.
• Map the available services in areas of intervention (Health, Education, livelihoods, etc.….), and update the service mapping periodically.
• Operate the CM hotline rotationally based on the hotline schedule set by the CM officer.
• Document and file all the cases in a comprehensive manner, ensuring that each case has its own file including all the forms and information of the case management process.
• Ensure that all the soft and hard files related to the cases are stored and protected in accordance with IRC’s data protection protocol.
• Participate with the children and their families in all the steps of the case management process respecting their views, thoughts, and opinions.
• Perform all the steps of case management (identification, comprehensive assessment, case planning, follow-up, review, etc...) in a thorough manner and within the allotted timeframe.
• Ensure that all cases are addressed and shared with the supervisor.
• Draft juvenile judge reports, resettlement referrals, BIA and BIDs reports, case conferences, and case management emergency cash requests.
• Provide ongoing support to families through direct service provision and referrals to relevant services.
• Raise emergency case management fund (ECMF) requests to the CM officer for his/her review and approval as per the IRC CP guidelines for ECMF.
• Set safety plans with the children at high risk from within or outside the home.
  

Other:

• Communicate regularly with the CM supervisor the updates on cases and challenges faced.
• Collaborate closely with the other members of the CP team and the other sectors’ team.
• Regularly attend case management team meetings and case management review meetings with the CM Officer.
• Participate in case conferences, and BID meetings, organized to support complex cases.
• Any other CP activity as requested by the supervisor.
• Ensure that all high-risk cases are immediately addressed with the CM officer and the CP manager.
• Flexible to work after working hours or during weekends when needed to support urgent cases in need of imminent support.
  

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: CP case management officer.
• Indirect Reporting: CP Manager.
• Internal contacts: Other members of the CP team and other IRC programs on the field.   
• External contacts: Local partner.

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