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• Carry out interviews with refugee children
  and other members of the family to determine the best interest of the
  child and complete Best Interest Determination (BID) and, when
  appropriate, Best Interest Assessment (BIA) reports.
• Conduct home visits with refugee families
  as part of the BID process.
• Provide counselling to refugees and
  refugee children, explaining the BID and BIA processes, prospects, and
  problems involved in the processes.
• Support the child protection team in the
  execution of child protection roles.
• Ensure proper monitoring and follow-up of
  cases including updating RIMS database and any internal monitoring and
  tracking systems are regularly updated with the necessary events.
• Implement Child Protection policies, BID
  and BIA procedures, and existing SOPs (including fraud prevention SOPs)
  with guidance from respective Community Service, Protection and
  Resettlement colleagues.
• Work closely with relevant child
  protection partners to include all the information available on the child
  in the BID report.
• Ensure that BID reports are in compliance
  with UNHCR protection principles as well as best international practice.
• Oversee the BIA and BID tools for
  assessing children
• Follow up on BIA and BID recommendations.
• Conduct and organize BID panels on a
  monthly basis and present BIDs.
• Conduct additional assessment on BID cases
  as per recommendation by the BID panel.
• Prepare and submit monthly progress
  reports.

• The
  ideal candidate for the HIJRA Best Interest Determination (BID)
  Assistant job opportunity must
  hold a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area (e.g. social work,
  child development, social science, education, public administration etc.)
• At least two years’ work experience in
  relevant work area (e.g. as a social worker, child counsellor, community
  development worker, educator, conducting social assessments, individual
  case advocacy, assisting with family reunification, working with refugees
  in a resettlement context etc.)
• Knowledge of the international legal
  framework governing refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons
  and statelessness;
• Awareness of gender issues and how to
  apply a rightsand community-based approach to identify and respond to
  specific needs;
• Excellent interviewing and counselling
  skills especially child interviewing skills-highly desirable.
• Ability to conduct assessments and
  identify protection risks of individuals and groups;
• Understanding of mental and physical
  development of children as well as International Convention on Child
  Rights.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to
  work effectively in teams;
• Ability to work in stressful situations
  and in hardship locations;
• Previous experience giving advice on
  resettlement guidelines / policy – highly desirable;
• Previous experience in the area of refugee
  resettlement – conducting refugee resettlement assessments and submissions
  – highly desirable.

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