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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

ROLE PROFILE

TITLE: Child Protection Psychologist

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Child 

Protection 

LOCATION: Kigoma Region Refugee Camp –

Nyarugusu 

GRADE: 4 POST TYPE: National 

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or 

access to children or young people.

Background

Due to political unrest in Burundi high numbers of refugees escaping into neighbouring countries of DRC, 

Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania. The current Burundian refugee population in Tanzania is over 172,000 of 

which over 50% are children. SCI is implementing a child protection and education programme in refugee 

camps and wishes to scale up the response in refugee camps. 

ROLE PURPOSE: The physiologist is responsible for field level implementation, inter-camp 

coordination and monitoring and evaluation of activities as well as providing leadership and guidance 

to Child Protection community workers. Provides direct counselling services for children 

identified/referred/or other partners, deliver capacity building training for incentive workers and 

programme staff and staff from partner

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Dimensions: Due to political unrest in Burundi high numbers of refugees escaping into neighbouring 

countries of DRC, Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania. The current Burundian refugee population in Tanzania is 

over 175,000 of which over 50% are children. SCI is implementing a child protection, education and youth 

empowerment/ livelihoods programme in refugee camps and wishes to scale up the response

Reports to: Child Protection Coordinator

Staff directly reporting to this post: partner staff and Community workers 

Working Contacts

External 

The jobholder is required to have regular contact with the donor partners, other child protection 

organization, children, Host community, and Government organization.

Internal

The job requires the jobholder to have direct relationship with all staff and management at all levels in 

ensuring the organizational policies and procedures.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

 The Child protection psychologist will assist the Child Protection Programme Coordinator in 

the overall management of in the field offices and refugee camps and the immediate host 

communities.

 Facilitate and coordinate direct professional counselling services for Refugee children including 

orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC)

 Support the development and implementation of a programme of training and capacity building 

for Child Protection Community workers (CPCWs) and CPOs, ensuring that training needs are 

proactively assessed and built within ongoing design.

 Document programme learning, ensuring it contributes to organisational advocacy.

 Participate in the development of emergency strategies for the wider child protection programme 

in Kenya.

 Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child 

protection, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies

Preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly and annual reports as required

 Conduct debriefing sessions in the occurrence of a critical incidence

 Conduct/ensure regular follow-up visits to monitor the rehabilitation and reintegration of clients, 

and document changes identified.

 Conduct community sensitization campaigns on services available at the Child Friendly spaces 

and the general refugee operations.

 Maintain an up to date database on counselling clients.

 Ensure timely implementation of budgeted activities in addition to budget tracking and control.

 Ensure strong links with the overall child protection work that SC is undertaking in the refugee 

camps.

 Refer psychiatric cases as soon as they are being identified to mental health Agency in the camp. 

 Identify and put clear follow up plan on how to address the cases. 

 Clear documentation and reporting of all cases attending counselling sessions. 

 Should understand behaviour, emotions and feelings to help children deal with problems.

 Provide capacity building for incentives psychosocial workers. 

 Serving children with severe psychosocial distress at psychosocial support room in the CFS in the camp. 

 Working closely with incentive workers by identifying the tasks and skills necessary for them to learn 

productive work roles while reinforcing strengths and providing training to minimize areas of weakness.

 Providing outreach to assess the situation of children been identifying and provide community based 

psychosocial for children and families.

 Assist individual in developing and practicing the skills defined on their psychosocial support plans. 

 Link individuals to community resources and peer supports to promote community integration.

 Actively engage individuals in services including outreach visits at the individual's home.

 Carry individual caseload under supervision of Program Manager.

 Ensure all required documentation is completed in a timely, comprehensive and legible manner.

 Consult and collaborate with all team members including incentive PSS worker on a regular basis.

 Be aware of and follow PATH policies and procedures including those regarding confidentiality.

Participate in quality improvement and data gathering as assigned.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

 Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role 

modelling Save the Children values

 Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the 

freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to 

improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

 Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for 

their own personal development and encourages others to do the same

 Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others

 Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

 Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external 

partners and supporters

 Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

 Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

 Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

 Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

 Honest, encourages openness and transparency

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

 Graduate degree in Psychology, equivalent

 Minimum of 2 year work experience in counselling, social work or with development-related 

organisations.

 Good communication skill in communication with children. 

 Knowledge of community based child protection approaches, preferably including experience in 

participatory approaches (PRA/PLA) and child participation methodologies.

 Good IT skills including the use of Word and database software

 Demonstrable ability to adapt to changing programme priorities and emergency priorities that may 

arise

 Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities

 Positive attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from communities 

and support innovative approaches to problem solving

 Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.

Competencies:

• Has high-level communication skills’, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.

• Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken and written). Working knowledge of local language 

strongly preferred

• Knowledge of Burundi crisis

• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.

• Sets high standards for quality and consistently achieves project goals.

• Maintains and extends an effective network of individuals within the organisation and with 

government and development partner

• Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.

• Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.

• Proven ability to work as a team.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required 

to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities 

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and 

Diversity policies and procedures.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and pocedures.