National Consultancy: Capacity Building of MoH’s Social Workers on Prevention of Child Maltreatment in Medical Centers Implementation of the National Protocol on Prevention of Child Maltreat

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BACKGROUND

Child maltreatment is a global public health problem with serious life-long consequences for children’s mental and physical health, academic performance and social life. Beyond the health, social and educational consequences of child maltreatment, there is an economic impact, including costs of hospitalization, mental health treatment, child welfare, and longer-term health costs. From the right-based perspective, child maltreatment is a significant violation of fundamental human rights, including the right to life, right to protection from all forms of violence, and the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.

Child maltreatment is widespread, but often hidden. Only a fraction of child victims of maltreatment ever reports what happened to them and very few of these children receive the support they need. Children and adolescents who are exposed to child maltreatment may refer to health facilities for routine physical examination, or at the emergency department or general practice. Therefore, health professionals including social workers serving in medical centers are in a unique position to prevent, identify and support child survivor of maltreatment. Being equipped with necessary knowledge and tools to identify and provide comprehensive response can mitigate the negative consequences of child maltreatment and prevent its recurrence.

The social service workforce plays a key role in supporting individuals and communities in addressing social and other determinants of health. Given the multidimensional nature of child maltreatment which calls for multifaced response across various sectors, social workers in health settings are in a unique position to coordinate across sectors and facilitate a holistic and integrated health care approach to cases of child maltreatment. They also play important roles in equipping other health professionals, children and their families with knowledge and skills to prevent, identify and response to child maltreatment.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Department of Social Work has developed a national protocol for social workers serving in medical centers on prevention of child maltreatment. At this stage, it is of utmost importance to build the capacity of social workers on quality implementation and supervision of this protocol.

How can you make a difference?

OBJECTIVE / SCOPE OF WORK

This consultancy will contribute to achieving the following key objectives:

• Capacity building of MoHME social workers on implementation and monitoring of the above-mentioned protocol on prevention of child maltreatment in medical centers,

• Establishment of a group of national master trainers/supervisors, equipped with the technical knowledge on provision of care and support to children exposed to child maltreatment. The master trainers are also equipped with necessary knowledge and skills to act as professional supervisors at the provincial level.

METHODOLOGY

In line with the above-mentioned objectives, the key activities and deliverables of the consultancy are:

• Development of training materials: develop the educational materials and guidelines to conduct the training. The training materials should include-but not be limited to- the following topics:

i. detection and prevention of child maltreatment,

ii. insight on case management including observation techniques, home visits, etc.,

iii. ethical standards and values in social work interventions for children exposed to maltreatment,

iv. communication and interviewing techniques with children and families,

v. supervision and coaching techniques,

vi. work tools for provision of social work interventions including referral pathway,

vii. special measures in working with children with disabilities and their families.

• Capacity building of national master trainers/supervisors:

i. Design a criteria and conduct interviews with candidates prior to face-to-face training to select a group of national master trainers with suitable profile/background.

ii. Conduct a series of capacity building trainings using both face-to-face and distance/on-the-job training, supervision and coaching method.

iii. Conduct final evaluation of the trainees.

• Revise the protocol based on the feedback received from the national master trainers

ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES, PLUS BUDGET PER DELIVERABLE

ACTIVITY 1

Activity 1.1: Develop inception report and outline of training materials.

Activity 1.2: Conduct face-to-face training workshop

DELIVERABLE 1: Inception report, Report of workshop

ESTIMATED TIME: 25 working days

PAYMENT: %30

ACTIVITY 2: conduct two on-the-job trainings at:

- Coaching level

- Supervision level

DELIVERABLE2: Reports of two levels trainings.

ESTIMATED TIME: 100 working days

PAYMENT: %60

ACTIVITY 3:

3.1 Conduct final evaluation of the master trainers.

3.2 Finalize the training package based on feedback from master trainers.

3.3 Revise the national protocol based on feedback from provincial master trainers.

DELIVERABLE 3:

Report of final evaluation

Training package

Revised national protocol

ESTIMATED TIME: 20 working days

PAYMENT: %10

Total: 145 working days

CONDITIONS OF WORK

The consultant shall use her/his own facilities to manage the work, but, where circumstances demand otherwise, shall be allowed to make use of available UNICEF office space, computer and internet facilities with prior notification and arrangement with the supervisor and UNICEF Admin/ICT. The provision of these facilities by UNICEF shall be subject to their availability.

Consultancy fees include the costs of travel, inter alia, flight tickets, accommodation, and any other travel expenses, if any.

NOTE FOR CONSULTANTS AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS:

The Consultant should submit a technical proposal including a detailed plan of the training, timeline, and list of technical team members.

Please submit a financial offer along with your technical proposal, which contains the following information:

• Fee for services to be provided – based on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference
• Wherever possible, indicate the itemized cost of the travel (air tickets etc.)

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

The consultant should possess the following qualifications:

• PhD degree in social work or related disciplines,
• Minimum three years of working experience in the field of prevention of child maltreatment,
• Proven experience in conducting trainings,
• Previous working experience with UNICEF/UN and MoHME is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

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.

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