Protection Assistant

26 Jun 2026 Protection Assistant – GBV Caseworker at Danish Refugee Council

• Provide case management services through high quality and confidential interventions in line with minimum standards for service provision and DRC’s case management SOPs. • Conduct referrals to relevant services when needed, while implementing the action plan and ensuring appropriate follow up and case closure when appropriate; • Provide counselling for all survivors referred to case management service; • Conduct case management in safe spaces identified in collaboration with survivors; • File and store GBV data in the gender-based violence information management systems (GBVIMS) in compliance with the information sharing protocol developed at the inter-agency level; • Provide emotional support group sessions to women and girls at risk of or survivors of gender-based violence in compliance with best-practice and DRC’s guidelines; • Support in delivering basic GBV trainings to community structures, including sessions on the GBV core concepts and guiding principles and the safe identification and referral of GBV cases; • Raise gaps in GBV response services and referral protocols to the GBV Officer and Coordinator; • Ensure regular quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Gender-based violence- related projects and interventions; • Engage with the community and community representatives to understand needs and gaps in Gender-based violence programming; • Incorporate a survivor-centered approach in all GBV case management activities; • Ensure strict adherence to confidentiality for all case-related information; protect the identities of survivors in the design and implementation of all activities • Carry out any additional protection activities as assigned from the protection manger; • Ensure the maintenance and regular update of case management database and other relevant trackers; • Responsible for entering client data on the DRC Case Management IM system or excel forms (as appropriate) in a timely manner