Alternative Care Option Specialist at National Child Development Agency : Deadline Jul 22,2021

Job description

I. Job description
a. Ensure an appropriate child protection case management is done for all children in the country that need of alternative care services.
b. Organize and provide training for staff and partners on delivering alternative care services.
c. Collaborate with the Department staff in implementing International Child Rights instruments ratified by Rwanda, Legal and Policy frameworks, Programs and Strategies in favor of the child.
d. Guide the family placement for children in need of alternative care.
e. Lead the implementation of the 1993 Hague Adoption Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
f. Advise on placement needs of children from orphanages and centers.
g. Initiate the strategies to sensitize local leaders, families, stakeholders on alternative care.
h. Assess and support permanent family placements for children in the adoptive process.
i. Complete, document and maintain files for adoption requests,
j. Regularly updating the records of children placed in families from orphanages, centers, streets, and other settings
k. Always ensure the updating of the database of foster families in all Districts of the Country.
l. Support prevention and family support services to ensure appropriate Alternative Care System is in place for immediate response to individuals, families and/or communities and children experiencing crisis, e.g., death of a parent, child abuse, child abandonment etc.
m. Ensure the regular updating of information of adopted children and reporting of the same by NCD Agency to competent organs.
n. Propose changes within NCD Agency that would improve the quality of service to children, families, and communities.
o. Develop and maintain respectful, cooperative working relationships to contribute to the integrated, seamless delivery of services to Rwandan children, families, and communities.