Lead Consultant for International Child Protection
Vor 5 Tagen
**Job no**: 578405
**Contract type**: Consultant
**Duty Station**: Geneva
**Level**: Consultancy
**Location**: Switzerland
**Categories**: Child Protection
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
**For every child, opportunity**
Portugal has one of the highest rates of children in residential care in Europe, with 72% living in such facilities. Institutional care harms children's development, increases attachment issues, and limits life chances, especially for children with disabilities who face higher risks of violence and early death. International frameworks, including the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care and the EU Child Rights Strategy 2021-2024, call for deinstitutionalization. Portugal has responded by prioritizing deinstitutionalization in its Child Guarantee Plan and Child Rights Strategy 2021-2024, focusing on foster care and care-leaving services. However, its legal framework still emphasizes residential care. Portugal seeks support to reform its care system, develop foster care standards, and support and guide its workforce to transition to family
- and community-based care.
The Government of Portugal has sought support from the European Commission under Regulation (EU) 2021/240, known as the Technical Support Instrument, which serves as a vehicle for providing targeted assistance to regions facing specific challenges. The Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) of the European Commission has contracted UNICEF’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF ECARO) to provide technical support to Portugal. The goal is to reduce the number of children in residential care by strengthening family support, reintegration, foster care, and care-leaving services. The Social Security Institute, under the Ministry of Labour, leads the initiative, promoting social inclusion and support for vulnerable groups.
To successfully achieve the objective of the EU funded project (the “Action”), UNICEF ECARO is responsible for carrying out the following:
(i) An assessment of the childcare system in Portugal particular focus on residential care, family support and reintegration, foster care and care leaving services.
(ii) Research and learning on best practice and lessons learned in EU and non-EU countries regarding family support and reunification, foster care and leaving care services.
(iii) A set of recommendations for childcare system reform in Portugal, with particular focus on family support and reintegration, foster care and care leaving services.
(iv) The establishment of thematic working groups to lead the design of standards and procedures and/or guidance and toolkits on family support and reintegration, leaving care services and foster care.
(v) The development and dissemination of foster care quality standards, procedures, tools and monitoring indicators, as well as a capacity building programme and the revision of the existing foster care training programme, to assist the new standards and procedures being effectively implemented.
(vi) The development of comprehensive guidance and toolkits for stakeholders in the provision of family support and reintegration and care leaving services.
A UNICEF project team, supported by experts in child protection, foster care, and care-leaving, will implement the project. A Steering Committee, including DG REFORM, UNICEF ECARO, and the Social Security Institute, will oversee activities, while an Advisory Committee will provide guidance.
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Project team, the Lead Consultant will assist with overseeing technical implementation, supporting other consultants/experts, and ensuring alignment with UNICEF standards. The consultancy requires a child protection expert with good knowledge and experience of statutory family support services and reintegration services, social service workforce reform and child care reform in EU and non-EU countries.
**How can you make a difference?**
Scope of Work:
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Project team, the LeadConsultant will serve as a technical lead in planning, designing and overseeing the implementation of the Action. More specifically, and with support from other international and/or national consultants, the LeadConsultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Inception report: Develop the inception report for the Action, outlining the context, workplan, timeline, methodology, etc. The Inception Report should also identify where and how any other experts/consultants, such as data gatherers, may be required to support the implementation of the Action.
2. Assessment of the childcare system in Portugal particular focus on residential care, family support and reintegra
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