Specialist on protection rights of children and adolescents with disabilities

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

UNICEF’s vision is that by 2030 children and adolescents/youth with disabilities, live in inclusive communities where get the support and services to help meet their basic needs, and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential and effective participation. There are following goals were targeted: • Government and other stakeholders invest in strengthened enabling environment where children and youth with disabilities have opportunities to realize their full potential (policies, coordination, etc • Children/Youth with disabilities, their families and caregivers are supported by inclusive services at local level (health, education, social protection) • Children and Youth with Disabilities build their skills, participate fully in their communities and influence a decision-making process • System Strengthened by cross-sectoral programme coordination and policy frame-work development

Specifically, UNICEF aims to follow twin track approach in the disability programming including: 1. System strengthening and enabling environement • Support the development of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • advocacy for an inclusive society and institutions (including the cost of exclusion) • Intersectoral Working Group on Realizing the Rights of Children and Young people with Disabilities (for cross sectoral coordination and service continuity) • Revision of the concept on inclusive education in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international standards • Assessment of the social protection system including the effectiveness of services and benefits for children and young people with disabilities • Support for reform of the disability assessment system (ICF-PMPC-MSEC?) 2. Integrated pilot at the district level to demonstrate the transformative approach of transdis-ciplinary approach • Early identification and early intervention implemented in the sectors: health, early development, education, social protection, with the participation of local authorities and community members • All children, including those with disabilities, are in kindergartens and schools and learn together. • Community leaders, service providers, media, communities and families are capaci-tated and support inclusion • Children and young people with disabilities are skilled and actively involved in com-munity and school life and decision-making • Community-based family support services and a child protection system established to enable families to develop children in the family (vs. placing them in residential in-stitutions) • Parents of children with disabilities have the knowledge, skills and confidence to sup-port child development.

Under the direct supervision of Early Childhood Development Officer/CwD Focal point as well as in consultation with Child Protection, Health, Social Policy Unit, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Support the conceptualization and development of the workplan for 2023-2024 for the cross-sectoral programme on realizing the rights of children with disabilities, including overall system strengthening as well as integrated pilot at the district level. • Support the implementation of the cross-sectoral programme on realizing the rights of children with disabilities • Contribute to the revision of the concept on inclusive education in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international standards • Review the existing tools, mechanisms, experiences on the assessment of CwD and provide recommendations on further reform of the disability assessment system in line with the International Classification of Functioning. • Support advocacy efforts and strengthening of broad coalition on improving the situa-tion of children with young people with disability • Documentation – interviews with office staff and implementing partners to draft docu-mentation of successful practices on disability programming. • Review UNICEF literature and strategies, conduct online research beyond UNICEF to support and prepare briefings / presentations to facilitate discussions during consulta-tions/meetings. • Meetings – support organisation of meetings including preparing agenda, taking minutes during meetings and preparing notes for sharing with participants • Support knowledge management activities on disability and other child rights-related thematic issues

Accountability Adaptability and Flexibility Building Trust Commitment and Motivation Communication Creativity Empowering Others Ethics and Values Integrity Knowledge Sharing Planning and Organizing Professionalism Respect for Diversity Self-Management Technological Awareness Vision Working in Teams

social sciences, social work, education/inclusive education

•Excellent communication and writing skills •Proven research skills •Experience in supporting development/planning of programmes; implementation; moni-toring in social work, education/inclusive education and non-discrimination, protection or social science interventions

Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan. Osh, is administrative centre of the southwestern Kyrgyzstan and capital of the Osh province, near the border with Uzbekistan. Osh is located in heart of the historically famous Ferghana valley.

REASONABLE ACCOMODATION

The UN system wishes to create an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access and benefit equally from employment and other engagement opportunities such as volunteering, by providing reasonable accommodation. In this context, “reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2].