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Social Worker ( Female )
HAQ Centre for Child Rights
posted 5mon ago
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Job Description
- Managing cases assigned to her through providing the necessary psychosocial and rehabilitation support;
- Engaging with children and their families in order to help them deal with their trauma and build resilience;
- Working closely with the lawyer representing the child, hand hold the child and the family through the legal process, including witnesses protection and victim compensation, accompanying the child or a family member for court hearings where needed;
- Working in coordination with other team members and service providers that HAQ engages with for providing legal and/or psychosocial support and restorative care to children;
- Engaging with government authorities, especially police, medical practitioners and Child Welfare Committee (CWC) members, Public Prosecutors and any other person that is important for the case;
- Maintaining regular updates of cases assigned, documenting their experiences and observations during case work management, and reporting on progress in each case as per the reporting schedules and formats;
- Participating in periodic review meetings;
- Participating in the discourse on child rights, child protection, access to justice and restorative through various platforms that HAQ engages with; and
- Contributing towards development of good practices in children s access to restorative care.
Since HAQ s Access to Justice initiative also has a very strong action research and training component, Social Workers are expected to contribute to the creation of data for research, development of training materials and undertaking capacity building programmes for various stakeholders.
Required qualifications and attributes
- Masters of Social Work, Masters of Psychology or related degree
- Minimum 2 years prior work experience in the development or human rights sector preferred, ideally woman and child rights or development
- Demonstrated commitment to securing and promoting human rights of the most vulnerable
- Integrity and demonstrated excellence at work
- Proficient in Microsoft Office or similar software and database systems
- Excellent written and spoken English and Hindi and comprehension skills
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to work in a challenging, and sometimes hostile, environment
- Willingness to respond to sexual assault cases at the police station at all times, including late night
- Persistent, bold, yet diplomatic, when standing up for child s interests
- Willingness to learn and stretch oneself beyond comfort levels
- Ability to adapt to changing environment at work place and in the sector
- Commitment to meeting deadlines and achieving results under pressure
Preference will be given to the following applicants:
- Persons willing to give minimum two years commitment as a Social Worker
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Functional Areas: CSR
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