Individual Consultancy: Development of the Induction Package for Social Workers

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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

To support effective and efficient integration of newly recruited social workers

Scope of Work:

The consultant will be tasked with the development of an induction package to enable quick integration of newly recruited staff members and refreshment to already existing staff. This will enable both groups to familiarize themselves with the guiding instruments and methods used by the social welfare sector to pursue it objectives. Ultimately, this will be key to enable them to best perform their professional duties.

The work will combine desk review of critical policies, programmes and guidelines pertaining to the social welfare sector, meetings and consultations with relevant authorities to understand what good practices are out there regarding induction and staff integration in social sectors. Furthermore, it will include revision of guiding documents pertaining to the organic and programmatic units of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare (MGCAS) to identify the relevant content to be reflected in the induction package.

It is expected that the consultant will work under the guidance of the Human Resource Department of the MGCAS with assistance provided by a team composed by organic units of MGCAS, UNICEF and AASMO. The outputs will be subject to discussion and validation by the team. In summary, the consultant will perform the following tasks:

• Develop and submit a workplan for validation by the Human Resource Department of MGCAS and UNICEF Child Protection section.
• Review relevant national and international experiences pertaining to processes and packages for induction and integration of staff within the social welfare sector
• Conduct national level consultation to identify key factors (by social workers) that could support effective and efficient induction and integration of social workers
• Develop the skeleton of the induction package and share with MGCAS and UNICEF
• Develop the content of the module of the induction package and share with MGCAS and UNICEF
• Put together the draft induction package and share with MGCAS and UNICEF
• Based on the feedback, finalize the induction package and submit for endorsement by MGCAS

Deliverables and payments

Consultants will be asked to stipulate all-inclusive fees, including lump sum travel and subsistence costs, as applicable.

Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Develop and submit a workplan for validation by the Human Resource Department of MGCAS and UNICEF Child Protection section.

Deliverables/Outputs: Detailed workplan

Timeline: 5 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Review relevant national and international experiences pertaining to processes and packages for induction and integration of staff in the social welfare sector

Deliverables/Outputs: Summary document outlining relevant national and international processes and packages for induction and integration of staff in the social welfare sector

Timeline: 5 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Conduct national and decentralized consultations within the social welfare sector (interview/FGDs to be considered and content to be discussed with MGCAS and UNICEF beforehand)

Deliverables/Outputs: Summary document outlining views/recommendations by social workers across the country with regards to processes and procedures for effective and efficient induction and rapid integration of newly recruited social workers

Timeline: 10 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Develop the skeleton of the induction package

Deliverables/Outputs: A skeleton of the induction package (chapters, modules, themes etc.)

Timeline: 5 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Develop the content for each module based on national and international experiences, insights from the social workers, guiding policies and legislation, programmes, implementation instruments and procedures guiding the social work in the country

Deliverables/Outputs: Summary document outlining the proposed content for each module

Timeline: 20 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Based on the approved skeleton and the content for each module, put together the first draft of the induction package for review by MGCAS Human Resources, organic units, technical and consultative committees and UNICEF

Deliverables/Outputs: Draft of the induction package

Timeline: 10 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Based on the feedback, comments and inputs provided by MGCAS Human Resources, the organic units, technical and consultative committees, and UNICEF, finalize and share the induction package

Deliverables/Outputs: Final version of the induction package

Timeline: 5 days

Tasks/Milestone:

Get the endorsement of the induction package by MGCAS

Deliverables/Outputs: Induction package approved by MGCAS.

Timeline: 10 days

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree Master’s in Social Work and Social Sciences
• At least 5 years of experience on social work in Mozambique or abroad (in the African southern region, particularly)
• Knowledge about the legislation, policy framework guiding social work in Mozambique, major issues of concern
• Expertise and skills regarding methodologies pertaining to adult education
• Knowledge about Mozambique social welfare national programmes, instruments, and guidelines

For more information, the detailed TOR is available via this link Terms of Reference for Individual Consultants_induction package_Adv.pdf

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Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.