GBV Case Worker/ Gender - Based Violence

 The GBV worker will work to ensure improved quality of health and psychosocial support for survivors, support development of a functional referral networks that enhance survivors’ ability to receive confidential, safe, and timely services that meets their needs in a timely manner

She/he will oversee Case management and psychosocial support services provided to survivors of gender-based violence and women and girls in general, implementation of basic psychosocial support activities for women and girls at the outreach sites and local partner support.

Specific Responsibilities:

Implementation / Service provision

• Provide direct support and care for adult survivors of GBV and age-appropriate specialized support and care for adolescent, male and girl child survivors of GBV, including counseling and case management.
• Follow GBV guiding principles of respect, confidentiality, and safety/security and non- discrimination while providing services.
• Establish a hotline and proper management to ensure that survivors from more rural and underserved areas can access information about service provision and that action can be taken to facilitate their ability to receive services in a timely fashion
• Ensure proper documentation of reported GBV incidents.
• Ensure all documentations on reported cases and referrals made are updated, accurate, organized and well maintained by case workers.
• Work with stakeholders to develop and strengthen referral networks and monitor the implementation of the  referral pathway to improve survivors access to confidential, safe GBV services in a timely manner to meet their needs
• Ensure adherence to GBV guiding principles and the provision of survivor centered care (respect wishes, decisions of survivors).
• In consultations with women and girls, develop and support to implement a series of age-appropriate and group emotional and social support activities for women and girls, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of survivors of GBV and strengthening support networks among women and girls.
• In consultations with GBV officer, develop and implement/ share monthly response plan and GBV key messages/issues based on case trends to disseminate information on services available and referral pathways

Training and Mentorship

• Provide/facilitate GBV trainings for all relevant community actors, including psychosocial First Aid Volunteers, Community Health Volunteers, women groups, other informal and formal community structures, and any other identified groups on GBV topics, including but not limited to: GBV basic concepts &referral pathways, guiding principles, sexual exploitation and abuse
• In collaboration with the Manager, facilitate other GBV response capacity building trainings for referral pathway actors, including:

1. Caring for Child Survivors
2. GBV referral protocols/principles
3. Guiding principles for working with GBV survivors
4. Clinical Care of Sexual Assault Survivors
5. Coordination, Relationship Building and Advocacy
6. Support fellow Case workers and local partner in all response related aspects, not limited to training, sub-agreements, implementation, reporting, mentoring, supervision, monitoring and evaluation throughout implementation process.
7. Support adherence to GBV referral protocols and guiding principles for working with survivors
8. Assess gaps in GBV prevention and response services, make recommendations/suggestions for improvements to the supervisor and  develop, in consultation with the team and Manager, strategies to address the gaps
9. Contribute to a positive team spirit among all Nabad staff.

Monitoring & Reporting

• Prepare and submit weekly & monthly reports as required and incorporate supervisors’ feedback in a timely manner, including information related to survivor non-identifying data, treatment provided, follow up visits, drugs availability, referrals to other service providers and awareness activities conducted etc.

​Other

• Perform any other duty as directed by the supervisor.