Child Development Officer x 6

Job Details

Job Purpose:

The Child Development Specialist shall identify, assess, and monitor children and provide interventions and referrals as appropriate while working as part of a field team

Key Activities/Tasks/Duties:

– Running the SENED’s Action Plan specific to the project according to the capacity of the region.

– Evaluate child’s responses to determine levels of child’s physical and mental development. Follow-up and evaluation of child safety issues.

– To determine parents’ ability to comprehend for applying behavior modification techniques to the family.

– Develops group and individual teaching plan covering self-help, motor, social, cognitive, and language skills development.

– Instruct parents individually or in groups in behavior modification, physical development, language development, and conceptual learning exercises and activities.

– Counsel parents and organizes groups of parents in similar situations to provide social and emotional support for parents.

– Prepares regular statistical and narrative reports and reporting on a subject-specific basis and weekly/monthly.

Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Other future responsibilities /accountability may be assigned to the job depending on the department’s organizational chart.

**Required Qualifications (Education/Languages/Work Experience)**Identify training and Essential:

A. Essential:

– Bachelor’s degree in child development, psychological counseling and guidance or related department in either social studies or health programs.

– Evaluating and monitoring children to determine physical and mental development, including social, motor development, self-help, cognitive and language skills.

– Documenting activities, tracking progress, and formulating activity plans, including exercises and activities for parents

– Interacting with parents individually or in group settings, Consulting with other professionals, organizations, and providers, such as social service agencies

– Interact effectively and positively with diverse and multi-cultural individuals including young children.

– Fluent in the Turkish language

– Intermediate level in the English language

– Minimum of 1 year of proven experience in a similar position.

B. Desirable

– Advanced skills in report writing.

– Advanced level in Arabic language

– Experience in humanitarian work and principles.

– Experience in working with PwDs (People with Disabilities)

– Experience in working in safeguarding sector with Emergency response.

Required Competencies

A. Technical Competencies (TC):

– Advanced knowledge of Child Safety.

– Advanced knowledge in report writing.

– Advanced knowledge of facilitation skills.

– Good knowledge of MS Office programs.

B. Core Competencies (CC):

Accountability

· Communication

· Planning and organizing

· Creativity

· Accountability

· Stakeholder Orientation.

· Teamwork

· Commitment to Continuous Learning

· Technological awareness