I believe that working for a federal and national agency is great in accomplish many of the goals any agent of social change. One of the agencies that i chose is Us department of health and human services section of child welfare information getaway and their mission”Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more.” Additionally they provide access to electronic websites, electronic publications, websites, databases, and online learning tools for improving child welfare practice, including resources that can be shared with families. The agency offers a wide range of Job opportunities in the us department of health and human services such as administration for families and child each job opportunity has it own requirements but the cite offers a general job qualification which is applicable to me as i would be able to apply:
- reliability and dependability.
- ability to follow simple directions.
- ability to work safely.
- possession of some degree of dexterity.
- ability to do strenuous work
My second choice is our local Bergen county human services division of office of child as their mission is to provide children with affordable quality child care programs and professional development opportunities and technical assistance for the child care community which one of the important goal f early childhood deduction version.they also offer another program fro children called NJ kids grow which is designed to create universal standards of quality for all early care and education programs throughout New Jersey. Unfortunately there was no job opening available that was in my filed of interest but i believe that working for the child care office is a great opportunity to help families and children in having a quality affordable child care is a great experience.
The third choice is UNICEF they believe that All children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential to the benefit of a better world they work with children and adolescent understanding the globe concern fro children they work with governments, cooperates, the public sector , and they work from three office branches the head quarters where global policy on children is shaped. Specialized offices include the Supply Division, based in Copenhagen, which provides such essential items as the majority of life-saving vaccine doses for children in developing countries. The second the regional office it helps in guiding work and provide technical assistance to country offices as needed UNICEF’s work is fully part of other United Nations activities in a country. Third office is the national committee were these on-governmental organizations promote children’s rights, raise funds, sell UNICEF greeting cards and products, create key corporate and civil society partnerships, and provide other invaluable support. The committees raise a third of UNICEF’s resources.
UNICEF offers multiple job opportunities in different countries as a team members on job that interested me was a child protection officer (violence prevention) skills needed in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection Program within the Country Program, which might require from me to become families with these regulation and procedures other than that i most likely would be able to apply fro this position.
Another job opportunity is Social Policy and Finance officer for Children will address actions related to political advocacy and technical assistance with political actors and state officials nationwide and at sub-national levels (regional and local), as well as civil society organizations, to generate information and evidence about the public budget allocated to children and adolescents. This task will include actions for promoting the use of information and decision making to prioritize the allocation of public resources to children and adolescents, making it more efficient in order to help reduce inequities. both job opportunity are most likely very in my interest and i would be able have the job requirement.
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