{"id":3369774,"date":"2026-10-21T11:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/?p=3369774"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:03:14","slug":"international-expert-development-of-a-mentoring-programme-for-social-service-professionals-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/international-expert-development-of-a-mentoring-programme-for-social-service-professionals-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"International Expert: Development of a Mentoring Programme for Social Service Professionals in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Contracting organisation<\/strong><\/td>East-West Management Institute (EWMI), ewmi.org<\/td><\/tr>
Duty station<\/strong><\/td>Kosovo and remote<\/td><\/tr>
Duration<\/strong><\/td>Up to 20 working days<\/td><\/tr>
Expected period<\/strong><\/td>November 9, 2026 to 28 February 2027<\/td><\/tr>
Reporting to<\/strong><\/td>EWMI Director of Civil Society Programmes and KWN GBV Project Manager<\/td><\/tr>
Application deadline<\/strong><\/td>29 October 2026, 12:00 noon, US Eastern Time<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Social service professionals in Kosovo handle a wide range of cases requiring specialised knowledge, professional judgement, and interdisciplinary and interinstitutional cooperation. In addition to training and professional development, they need continuous practical support to apply their knowledge in day-to-day work. Such support is particularly important given the high volume and complexity of cases, as well as the broad range of categories and needs addressed by these professionals. In this context, mentoring can provide additional professional support and specialised expertise to social service professionals, helping them address complex cases more effectively, particularly where available human resources are not always sufficient to respond adequately to growing demand for services. A structured mentoring programme can contribute to their professional development and empowerment and to improving the quality of social and family services.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legal framework for developing and implementing the Professional Mentoring Programme for social service professionals includes Law No. 08\/L-255 on Social and Family Services; Law No. 08\/L-185 on the Prevention of and Protection from Domestic Violence, Violence against Women and Gender-Based Violence; Law No. 06\/L-084 on Child Protection; and Law No. 04\/L-128 on the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Human Beings and Protection of Victims of Trafficking. These laws and the bylaws adopted to facilitate their implementation provide the basis for developing a general mentoring programme for social service professionals, which may include specialised subprogrammes tailored to different areas of professional practice. These may include, among others, response to and case management of gender-based violence, including violence against women and domestic violence; mentoring on measures for the care, protection and case management of children in need of protection; and other priority categories and areas determined on the basis of the needs of the Ministry and Centres for Social Work (CSWs). The Programme would allow mentoring to be adapted to the specific characteristics of cases and the professional needs of social service professionals, helping strengthen capacities for identification, assessment, case management, referral and follow-up\/supervision.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this context, the Ministry of Labour, Family and the Values of the Liberation War (the \u201cMinistry\u201d), in cooperation with the East-West Management Institute (EWMI), the Kosovo Women\u2019s Network (KWN), Terre des hommes Kosovo, other partners and members of the working group, aims to develop a general Professional Mentoring Programme for social service professionals. The Programme should define how mentoring will be organised and managed, the criteria and procedures for selecting, engaging and qualifying mentors, and tools for monitoring, evaluating and assuring the quality of the mentoring process. This common framework will enable the development of specialised subprogrammes for different categories of cases and priority areas of social work practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social service professionals work with diverse categories of beneficiaries whose cases require management tailored to their needs. The Mentoring Programme is envisaged as including subprogrammes that provide mentoring adapted to those needs. Initially, two such subprogrammes will be developed. Given the sensitive nature and prevalence of difficult cases requiring mentoring, the two areas selected are response to gender-based violence, including violence against women and domestic violence, and mentoring on measures for the care, protection and case management of children in need of protection. The gender-based violence subprogramme will build on experience gained through the project \u201cStrengthening Capacities and Mechanisms to Address Gender-Based Violence in Kosovo\u201d (the \u201cProject\u201d), implemented by EWMI and its partner KWN. The child-related subprogramme will be developed in close cooperation with consultants and the relevant institutions working in this field engaged by Terre des hommes Kosovo, using the common mentoring structure while taking into account specific child protection requirements. The expert\u2019s work on the child-related subprogramme will be funded through a separate programme supporting the Ministry, financed by Terre des hommes Kosovo. Separate Terms of Reference (ToR) will be developed for the child-case mentoring subprogramme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, under the Project, KWN has supported Municipal Coordination Mechanisms for Domestic Violence in ten municipalities through needs assessments, development of work plans, capacity building and mentoring. KWN has also developed a curriculum and delivered training for social service professionals on handling and referring cases of violence against women, in cooperation with the Ministry. This experience provides a practical foundation for the gender-based violence mentoring subprogramme and for developing the general mentoring model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Terre des hommes Kosovo, in cooperation with the Professional Council for Social and Family Services, has certified trainers on the Principles of Supervision and built the capacities of social service providers in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on these experiences, the Project will support the Ministry in developing a functional and sustainable mentoring programme for social workers that can be piloted, evaluated, and gradually scaled up nationally at a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Application Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Interested candidates must submit: (i) a CV highlighting relevant experience; (ii) a short technical proposal outlining the proposed approach and work plan for 20 working days; (iii) a sample of similar work, where available; and (iv) a financial offer specifying a daily professional fee and any anticipated reimbursable costs separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please submit the above documents to info@EWMI.org<\/a> no later than 29 October 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIND THE PDF VERSION HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contracting organisation East-West Management Institute (EWMI), ewmi.org Duty station Kosovo and remote Duration Up to 20 working days Expected period November 9, 2026 to 28 February 2027 Reporting to EWMI Director of Civil Society Programmes and KWN GBV Project Manager Application deadline 29 October 2026, 12:00 noon, US Eastern Time Social service professionals in Kosovo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3369806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[201,145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3369774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-calls","category-vacancies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3369774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3369817,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369774\/revisions\/3369817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3369806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3369774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3369774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensnetwork.org\/sr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3369774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}