One Sky Foundation is seeking an exceptional candidate to lead our Child Protection and Family Support work. We are looking for an independent thinker who is excited to work outside of the box. You must be a dedicated champion of Child rights. Your reward will be the chance to make a permanent positive change for vulnerable children in Thailand.
Job title |
Child Protection and Family Support Project Coordinator |
Contract |
Permanent (6 month probation) |
Reports to |
One Sky Director and Social Work technical adviser. |
Liaises with |
One Sky team, Sangkhlaburi Child Protection Working Group (under formation), Police, Village leaders, 1300 Kanchanaburi, Convention on the Rights of the Child Coalition Thaialnd (CRCCT). |
Location |
Sangkhlaburi, Kanchanaburi Province |
Start Date |
January 2018 |
Job purpose
The Child Protection and Family Support Project Coordinator will work closely with the One Sky team using their proven experience to provide case management support to the team and also leadership for more complex cases.
The official Sangkhlaburi child protection working group is currently forming with support from UNICEF. The Child Protection and family support coordinator will have a key role to play in the group and must be confident to liaise with senior government officials locally, provincially and in Bangkok while maintaining a clear NGO perspective about the best interest of each child.
Duties and responsibilities
1) The Child Protection and Family Support Project Coordinator will work closely with the One Sky team and other local and national partners to ensure a high quality holistic response to the needs of vulnerable and at risk children.
2) Provide prompt and appropriate responses to children with the Best Interest of those Children paramount in all decision making.
3) Be a confident and knowledgeable advocate of children’s rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Alternative Care Guidelines and the 2003 Thailand Child Protection Act.
4) Oversee the Case Management of the One Sky team including quality assessments, care plan development and timely implementation and follow up.
5) Provide technical support and guidance to the Sangkhlaburi Child Protection Working group.
6) Design and Facilitate trainings on child protection to be delivered to school teachers and village leaders under the banner of the Sangkhlaburi Child Protection Working group.
7) Supervise the continuation and further development of One Sky’s “The World Starts with me” program facilitating the self-protection skills of local kindergarten children using a 12 week schedule of workshops.
8) Participate in and when necessary lead case management meetings and case conferences with the One Sky team.
9) Make professional presentation of child protection assessments to the newly forming Sangkhlaburi child protection working group.
10) Work alongside the One Sky director, social work technical adviser and provincial social services to develop a gatekeeping assessment system controlling the flow of children into the local unregistered children’s homes. (This project is backed by the Department of Children and Youth)
Qualifications
Qualified candidates should submit:
A copy of your CV, a cover letter with salary expectations (all documents in Thai or English) as well as 3 references (including email address and phone number)
to watjai@gmail.com by 30th November 2017
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