General Assignment: Ensure the proper implementation of care practices integrated in Nutrition, WaSH, FSL and DRM and psychosocial/nutritional support be provided to the beneficiaries as needed.
Responsibilities: 1: Ensure proper implementation of the care practices approach in the DRM integrated project:
Assist the CDAs to implement and integrate as much and good as possible the care practices (all 6 components: Care for Women, IYCF, Psychosocial Care, Food Preparation, Hygiene Practices, Home Health Practices) through advices and explanations during their activities,
Work with the team to define how and why to integrate the care practices in implementation of community-based activities such as disaster preparedness, sanitation and hygiene promotion, and nutrition,
Train then supervise the CDAs in conducting group discussions on 6 components of care practices and demonstrations (practical activities e.g. baby massage, baby bathing, cooking demonstrations, play/toy-making, hand washing), and
Guarantee the follow-up of the beneficiaries and the defined objectives.
2: Facilitate the understanding and implementation of the program's care practices components among the CDAs:
Provide training on care practices for the team while taking into consideration the integration of other technical inputs from other departments:
Provide training for the various team members in relation to their activities and needs, to improve understanding and the implementation of basic care practices;
Observe activities in the field to determine the team's specific training requirements to improve understanding of care practices and organize the appropriate training in response (child development, psychological impact of malnutrition and other psychosocial issues (poverty, etc.), communication with parents/guardians, play sessions, etc.).
Supervise the implementation of care practices:
Contribute in the definition of how and why care practices should be implemented in their activities (WaSH, FSL/DRM, Nutrition),
Organize and conduct team meetings with the CDAs to analyse and evaluate each situation and,
Conduct individual supervision meetings to follow the progress in activities of each CDA.
3:Facilitate the integration of DRM, FSL, WaSH and Care Practices
Coordinate with Care Practices Officer regarding technical inputs from programs to be able to do planning as well as to disseminate expected outputs to the CDAs,
Prepare and submit weekly work plan with integrated technical inputs and,
Work in close collaboration with the teams and facilitate exchange information concerning the project.
4: Work jointly with CDAs in identifying BNFs requiring specific monitoring and look for solutions to support the team and the families, in accordance with the situation:
Assist the team in identifying BNFs such as families (HHs), mother/caregivers, children with potential vulnerability and problems, those experiencing difficulties linked to care practices, and be able to assist these families in a more specific manner,
Help the CDAs organise committee/s and clubs(WaSH/SSHC, VSLA/IGA/CMDRR/PFS, Care Practices e.g. Kebele Disaster Management Committees (KDMC), WaSH Committees and Care Support Groups) in all levels of facilities, schools and institutions and also in organising regular community meetings,
Lead the CDAs through weekly planning and regular briefing/debriefing of activities as much as possible in conducting different dialogues, home visits and group discussions, and make counselling available as needed to these families to better understand the situation which may explain their vulnerability (e.g. child's malnutrition, stagnation in development or worsening condition, food insecurity status, coping strategy) and assist the family resolve any problems (work on the mother/child relationship, person taking care of the child in the home, time management, involvement in IGA activities, etc.).
5: Logistics and administrative management for the program
Coordinate with the Care Practices Officer required items.
Ensure, with the Care Practices Officer the weekly programming, daily if necessary, of all of the logistics resources for the program (vehicles, items etc.)
Facilitate inventory management and "quality control" of inputs (equipment for the care practices activities, etc...)at field level
Perform appraisal of program personnel (CDAs) in collaboration with the Care Practices Officer.
Anticipate and manage, in collaboration with the HR and Care Practices Officer, any potential conflicts internal to the team through mediation, communication, assessment, individual interviews, or any other method appropriate to the situation.
6: Reporting on activities and achievements on a timely basis.
Utilise tools to facilitate the identification of families by the team;
Participate in data collection and contribute on data analysis;
Report strengths and weaknesses of the team regarding project’s orientation to the Care Practices Expert;
Contribute to the monthly program reports (statistical data collection and analysis and narrative reports);
Participate in various organized meetings, briefings on the operation of the base and the ACF mission, relations with support services (log/admin) as well as other internal and external coordination meetings.
7: Respect a strict confidentiality
Strictly respect the confidentiality of data, being the property of the project’s beneficiaries and ACF;
Respect confidentiality regarding the content of interviews during assessments.
Job Requirement
Qualifications and skills: Educational/Professional Background: Preferably with Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social work, sociology or related field of study. Relevant training and/or work experience in field of Child Care Practices, familiarity with participatory methods, knowledge in child development, nutrition issues, and hygiene practices. Minimum of 2 years work-related experience and NGO work experience (in the fields of early childhood development, education, gender, social work) is an asset.
Required Competence & Skills: Communication (listening and observation skills), experience in team management, project management and training aptitudes, coordination skills, ability to establish good relations with other people, organization and activity supervision skills, capacity to manage priorities, precision, autonomy, creativity, flexibility,good knowledge of the area and local custom, knowledge of the local languages (Orromiffa and Amharic) of the working areas (fluent) and English language (fluent), sense of confidentiality. Driving Licence highly preferable.