National consultant to establish a regulatory framework for social workers in Rwanda, Kigali Rwanda, 45 days ( Remote) at United Nations Children’s Fund: (Deadline 3 June 2025)
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- PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Social work is a critical profession in Rwanda, providing essential services to vulnerable populations, including children, families, older persons, persons with disabilities and individuals facing social, economic, and psychological challenges. Despite the significant contributions of social workers in Rwanda, the profession currently lacks a recognized regulatory council that would establish standards of practice, provide licensing, and ensure accountability and coordination of social services. This absence has led to a lack of proper recognition of the profession, inconsistencies in practice, limited quality control, and a lack of structured professional development pathways for social workers. There are various workforces, both salaried, para-social workers and volunteers, within Rwanda, but there is no regulatory body with oversight.
In this context, it is important to support the Government of Rwanda to establish a social work council in Rwanda. This council, to be established under a law on social work practitioners, would hold the following key functions: Promote high standards in social work qualifications and professional practice in Rwanda; Protect the public and the profession by ensuring social work services are delivered competently and ethically; and Formalize social work as a respected profession governed by a regulatory framework, code of ethics, disciplinary procedures, and mandatory licensing requirements.
The Rwanda National Organization of Social Workers (RWANOSW) is emerging as a strong advocacy and development oriented membership board for the social work profession in Rwanda, with UNICEF Rwanda’s support. In addition, UNICEF Rwanda supports the National Child Development Agency (NCDA) to provide child protection services to children and families at risk of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect at the sub-national level through a dedicated child protection workforce.
In this context, UNICEF Rwanda is seeking a qualified consultant to facilitate a participatory process for the development of a law governing social work and establishment of a social work council. The consultant will lead this initiative by facilitating development of the legal, operational, and organizational frameworks necessary to establish a fully functional Social Workers Council.
WORK ASSIGNMENT
Tasks
- Draft framework and roadmap for social work regulation in Rwanda
- Stakeholder Engagement and Consensus Building
- Policy and Procedure Development
- Draft Social Work Council Law
Deliverable
Payment 1: 50%
- Inception report outlining methodology, work plan, and timeline
- Review report analyzing existing national and international legal and policy frameworks relevant to social work regulation
- Preliminary draft of the legal framework for the establishment of the Social Work Council in collaboration with MINIJUST
- Minutes of technical consultations with key ministries (MINIJUST, MINALOC, MoH, etc.)
- Consolidated and finalized draft regulatory framework aligned with stakeholder inputs
- Stakeholder mapping and engagement plan
- Facilitation plan and materials for consultative workshops
- At least 2 stakeholder consultative workshops are conducted
- Stakeholder feedback report summarizing input on the policy, procedures, and legal framework
- Stakeholder validation workshop conducted for the draft law (report and list of participants)
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