Apply for Technical assistance to support the integration of Child Protection interventions within the Health System in selected Pacific Island Countries Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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Background

The charges of violence in opposition to youngsters (VAC) in Pacific Island Countries rank amongst the highest globally, spanning numerous kinds equivalent to bodily and emotional abuse at home and in colleges, peer bullying, combating, and sexual abuse. Given that healthcare services, notably hospitals, typically function the main level of contact for youngsters experiencing violence and abuse, the implementation of a child safety service mannequin within healthcare settings is pivotal to safeguarding the well-being and security of weak youngsters who could also be inclined to abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

Notably, present knowledge reveals that teenage women represent the most typical victims of reported circumstances of sexual assault in Pacific international locations. However, out there companies predominantly cater to grownup ladies, missing child-specific provisions, notably within the well being sector. Recognizing this hole, sure Pacific international locations have initiated insurance policies aimed toward bolstering the well being sector’s position in combating VAC. For occasion, the Child Protection Guidelines for Health Workers in Fiji and the Vanuatu National Policy on Child Protection emphasize integrating child safety measures into the healthcare sector. There are on-going initiatives associated to child pleasant or protected areas in hospitals equivalent to Child and Family Space at Vila Central Hospital in Vanuatu; and Child pleasant house in CWM Hospital in Suva, Fiji.

In Pacific international locations in basic and Fiji in explicit, psychological well being support is especially essential throughout all age teams, evident in the rising suicide charges, signifying the urgent want for enhanced psychological well being companies. The prevalence of preventable well being points amongst ladies and kids in the Pacific underscores the significance of efficient main healthcare (PHC) that addresses holistic well being wants all through people’ lifetimes.

To tackle these challenges, a consultancy goals to assist Ministry of Health (MoH) of selected international locations to develop complete a Child Protection capability constructing bundle which embody MHPSS coaching packages for numerous classes of healthcare employees, guaranteeing the supply of high quality companies that promote youngsters’s safety, security, well-being and that of their caregivers. The Child Protection coaching bundle will assist to tackle gaps in child safety and MHPSS expertise, fostering a extra child protection-sensitive healthcare strategy. The consultancy will assist to construct a bunch of regional trainers by facilitating a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) to equip skilled trainers with the needed instruments to disseminate the coaching bundle. Additionally, the consultancy may even assist to present technical assistance to selected hospitals in Fiji, Vanuatu and FSM for the institution/strengthening child safety service mannequin to higher safeguarding the well-being and security of weak youngsters who could also be inclined to abuse, neglect, or exploitation. It additionally helps supervise the operation of the child safety service mannequin in selected hospitals to guarantee classes realized captured for the clean operation of the mannequin.

How are you able to make a difference? 

The objective of the consultancy is to contribute to enhance the capability of the well being system in offering high quality child protection-sensitive healthcare companies in their day-to-day capabilities together with in emergencies, and that helps guarantee a protected, equitable, protecting and inclusive well being care surroundings for all youngsters together with youngsters with particular wants.

The aims of this consultancy embody:

1. To support the MOH of selected international locations (together with Fiji, Vanuatu and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and its companions/collaborating ministries to develop a complete Child safety and MHPSS capability constructing bundle for well being employees, para well being employees and well being service suppliers at totally different ranges.
2. To support the MOH of selected international locations to set up a robust group of trainers for additional roll-out of coaching programs for enhancing the capability of well being employees and well being service suppliers to ship high quality child protection-sensitive healthcare companies together with MHPSS for youngsters and their households.
3. To support selected hospitals in Fiji and Vanuatu in enhancing the Child Protection (CP) service mannequin, together with establishing protected areas. Additionally, to help a selected hospital in FSM in organising and working the mannequin, and to doc classes realized for potential replication throughout the area.

The Consultant is predicted to undertake the following:

• Review present CP & MHPSS associated interventions for identification of areas for enchancment; conduct consultations with key stakeholders in focused international locations (Fiji, Vanuatu and & FSM), together with MOH, UNICEF, and different companions; and suggest key components for a capability constructing plan for the well being sector in enhancing child protection-sensitive healthcare companies together with MHPSS to youngsters and their households.
• Conduct an evaluation of the CP & MHPSS coaching wants of well being employees, auxiliary well being employees and well being practitioners, and mapping of present CP and MHPSS coaching packages (figuring out good practices, challenges and classes realized encountered throughout the implementation) in the focused international locations.
• Based on coaching wants and gaps recognized, support the MOH in the 3 focused international locations to develop and pretest the complete CP and MHPSS coaching bundle/program that helps enhance expertise of healthcare employees in offering high quality CP & MHPSS for youngsters and their households.
• Support MOH in 3 focused international locations to set up a pool of trainers by facilitating a T.o.T on the use of the CP & MHPSS coaching bundle/program for well being employees. The ToT goals at equipping individuals with needed data and expertise to function grasp trainers to roll out the coaching bundle/program in their respective international locations.
• Support selected MOH to develop Implementation & M&E plans for the roll-out of the CP & MHPSS capability constructing bundle.
• Support the Pediatric Department of the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) hospital in Fiji and Vila Central hospital in Vanuatu to evaluation and enhance the present Child Protection (CP) service mannequin, together with establishing protected areas; and support a selected hospital in FSM to setup and pilot child safety service mannequin. This consists of finalization of associated insurance policies, pointers and coaching program for the CP service fashions in Fiji and Vanuatu, and institution of service SOP, identification of staffing wants, improvement of operational handbook, pointers and coaching plan; identification of facility necessities together with IT/infrastructure wants; institution of coordination/collaboration mechanism with key stakeholders for the CP service mannequin in the selected hospital in FSM.
• Provide teaching and supervision for the pilot of CP service mannequin in 3 focused international locations and doc classes realized for additional enchancment and replication of the mannequin.

The marketing consultant will work remotely with two in-country subject missions to every goal nation (indicative checklist: Fiji, Vanuatu, and FSM), making the whole of 3-month work on the floor out of the whole contract interval. All prices associated to the work shall be included in the monetary proposal and subsequent contract. Monitoring and supervision shall be offered by the Chief of Child Protection in shut collaboration with Chiefs of Health, CP specialist-Services and Health Specialist. While in-country, day-to-day supervision can be offered by the related UNICEF workers in-country.

Please refer to the ToR  ( 

 TOR for Child Protection – Hospital Health.pdf) for additional data on the deliverables and the timelines. 

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS:  

 Please submit a separate monetary proposal alongside together with your application and technical proposal. The monetary proposal ought to be a lump sum quantity for all the deliverables however ought to present a break down for the following:

• Daily charges– based mostly on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference
• Travel (economic system air ticket the place relevant to take up task if in nation support is required, in addition to any in nation journey)
• Living allowance for worldwide marketing consultant that may want to relocate to Pacific Island Countries, for the period of in-country task.
• Miscellaneous- to cowl visa, medical health insurance (together with medical evacuation for worldwide consultants), communications, and different prices.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have… 

Education:

• An superior University diploma in worldwide improvement, public well being, training, sociology, economics, and different associated disciplines.

Experience & Skills:

• A minimal of 5 years of skilled expertise in social improvement planning and administration in social work, child safety or different associated health-based packages 
• Experience in designing and implementing participatory processes participating a various vary of stakeholders, together with governments.
• Experience in coordination, improvement of coaching packages, supply of ToT, teaching and supervision of child safety work.
• Work expertise serving in a creating nation is required. Work expertise in the Pacific Islands area is an asset.
• Experience working in UNICEF or a UN system company is an asset.
• Able to work successfully with folks inner and exterior events 
• Communicates clearly and concisely
• Excellent analytical and conceptual expertise
• Strong coaching and facilitation expertise
• Proven potential to work independently below troublesome circumstances

Knowledge:

• Child Rights, Child safety, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Gender mainstreaming, Life expertise, Health programs, Curriculum Development, Facilitation expertise

Language:

• Fluency in English is required, and data of a neighborhood language of Fiji, Vanuatu and FSM can be an asset.

For each Child, you display… 

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

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding ideas. All selected candidates shall be anticipated to adhere to these requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to present further data to conduct a background check.  

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

Individuals engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “staff members” below the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (equivalent to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service shall be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The selected candidate is solely accountable to be certain that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met prior to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.