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Consultant, Social Work Review, West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal (SSA)

Purpose:
To document and map social work practice, traditions and resources in West and Central Africa Region to inform the development of UNICEF WCARO’s regional strategy to strengthen country-level child protection systems and social work practice.

Tasks:
With the support of the regional office, UNICEF country offices and select NGO partners,
1) In consultation with WCARO, draft, review and finalize the proposed report outline and methodology (see Section 3). (1 day)
• Provide recommendations on proposed report format, including suggestions for the format and content of possible charts, tables and case studies;
• Draft and finalize a semi-structure interview checklist for key informants.
2) Review general social work practice in the region:
• Conduct a desk review and interview key informants to identify key social work theories, orientations and practice in WCAR. Compare and contrast different approaches used in Francophone, Anglophone, Spanish speaking and Portuguese speaking countries; (4 days)
3) Review of social work programming and available resources in the region
• Collect and review UNICEF annual reports and other UNICEF documents documenting UNICEF programming to strengthen social work practice in the region (3 days)
• Collect and review documents describing non-UNICEF initiatives to strengthen social work practice in the region; (2 days)
• Collect and review UNICEF and non-UNICEF evaluations of social work programming in the region (3 days)
• Collect and review documents and interview key informants to identify available resources to support social work in the region, with a special focus on national resources and major international donors. Priority areas for review include funding to support government social workers, academic and non-academic learning opportunities and the development of a para-professional workforce. (5 days)
4) Review social work learning programs:
• Collect, review and catalogue post-secondary social work curricula, ; (3 days)
• Collect, review and catalogue major non-university learning opportunities (The following non-university training programs should be prioritized: 1) training programs targeting government social workers in social welfare, as well as different sectors (justice, law enforcement, health), training programs targeting NGO workers involved in direct service delivery; and, 3) training programs targeting paraprofessional or volunteer social workers are the community level); (4 days)
• Interview key informants about the content, orientation and quality of university and non-university learning programs. Solicit recommendations about strategic actions to improve national social work training and practice (2 day)
5) Review social work profiles, working conditions, oversight mechanisms, resources and quality:
• Collect and review UNICEF reports, NGO documents and government policy documents to gather statistics related to numbers, employment and education profiles; identify oversight mechanism; and, review basic policy information (including national budgeting for social worker and legal frameworks). Conduct phone interview with key informants to complement missing information (5 days)
6) Prepare a final report on key findings
• Following the structure outlined in Annex x, prepare a first draft report to circulate to WCARO, UNICEF CO and select partners for comments. The report should include case examples, statistics and charts to communicate key information; (5 days)
• Revise and finalize the report (3 days)

Methodology:
Desk review, case study, semi-structure interviews with key informant

Budget:
Item/Cost per Unit/Total
Consultancy Fee/ 40 days x $400/ $16,000
Authorized travel paid for by organization with applicable DSA.

Time line:
Review report outline – week of 11 May
Review general social work practices – weeks of 11 May to 1 June
Review social work programming – weeks of 18 May to 15 June
Review social work learning opportunities – weeks of 18 May to 22 June
Review social work profiles, employment conditions, oversight and regulations mechanisms – weeks of 18 May to 22 June
Draft report – weeks of 8 June to 22 June
Comments on report – week of 22 June
Finalize report – weeks of 29 June to 6 July

Deliverables:
Final report in French on Social Work Practice, Traditions and Resources in West and Central Africa submitted to UNICEF on July 6, 2009. The report will include the following sections:
I. Executive Summary
II. Overview of Social Work Practice and Programming in the Region
a. Historical overview of social work in West and Central Africa
b. Overview of current social work theories, orientations and practice in WCAR
i. Common theoretical approaches, orientations
ii. Common practice goals and objectives
iii. Common practice approaches
c. Major initiatives to strengthen social work practice in the region
i. Overview of UNICEF programs
ii. Overview of non-UNICEF programs
d. Quality of practice
i. Overview of available social work evaluations in the region
ii. What the data tell us – and does not tell us
iii. Key informant perceptions of the quality of practice
e. Available resources to strengthen social work practice in the region
i. Government investments
ii. UNICEF investments
iii. Other major actors
iv. Table: Donor profile and priorities
v. Levels and trends of funding
III. Overview of the Social Work Workforce
a. Profile and statistics
i. Common definitions of who is considered a social worker
ii. Employment Conditions
1. Average salaries/benefits (in relation to other professionals and by sector)
2. Information related to job security, unemployment rates and turnover
3. Common motivations to study social work
iii. Employment and Deployment patterns (including numbers)
1. Educational background (ie. university trained verses non-university trained)
2. Employers profile (i.e. government, non-government, other)
3. main areas of work - sectors (i.e. justice, social welfare, health)
4. urban verse rural
IV. Overview of Social Work Learning Programs
a. Postgraduate (Masters)
b. Postsecondary (University)
c. Non-academic programs
d. Government training programs
V. Overview of Social Work Oversight and Regulation Mechanisms
a. Licensing and accreditation
b. Discipline
c. Practice Standards
VI. Key Findings and Recommendations for further study
Annexes
a. Addresses of institutes in the region
b. Names and contacts of people interviewed
c. Documents and resources

Qualifications:
The applicant must be hold a post-graduate degree in social work and have at least 8 years work experience in international social work, including social work experience in West and Central Africa. Fluency in French and English is required.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with duly completed UN Personal History Form (available at www.unicef.org/employ), a detailed curriculum vitae in English and a Candidate Self Assessment form to scisse@unicef.org, by 8 May 2009.
Source ;www.unicef.org/about/employ/

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The need to introduce election management in college of Education
Related to country: Ghana

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In Ghana when it comes to elections teachers play an important
role before ,during and after the elections.Starting the registration of the voters,casting of votes, counting of ballots etc for a successful election.In view of this some people are of the view that a course should be introduce in the college of education where teachers are trained on the election management to help cut cost of the election commission in training staff when it come to elections and to ensure peaceful and violence free election.I think it is a nice opinion that the government must look it.