Child in Need Institute, Jharkhand
Job Profile
Job Title: Creche Supervisor
Place of Work: Baisi Block, Purnia, (Bihar)
Reporting to: Cluster Coordinator
No. of vacancies: 04 (Four)
Project or Program: Rural Creche Initiative
Period: 1 October 2026 – 30 September 2027
(Extendable based on performance and organizational requirements.)
Introduction
Child in Need Institute (CINI) has been implementing/facilitating different programs to demonstrate models in improving quality of lives of children, adolescent and women in need. CINI also provides technical support to different State Governments and at National level for strengthening existing services and build up capacities of personnel working at different layers. CINI’s core model is based on CINI method that promotes a rights-based convergence approach which has so far attracted the attention of policy makers and other different actors of development sector, and which has proven to be an effective design to promote local level solutions for improving care and protection of Children.
About the Project:
The creches being established under this initiative are called “Sishu Ghar” in Jharkhand & Odisha and “Laika Ghar” in Chhattisgarh. Which means “children’s home” in Hindi.
The Crèche Initiative aims to improve the nutritional status and early childhood development of children aged between 7 months and 3 years. The objectives of the Crèche Initiative are-
a) To enable access to crèches by all children between 7 months and 3 years in a selected geography.
b) To ensure supplementary feeding, early childhood development, and facilitation of access to government entitlements.
c) To identify growth faltering, underweight, and wasted children (7 months to 3 years), refer them to a health facility and follow up.
In rural areas, especially in remote villages inhabited by Adivasis, children between 7 months to 3 years of age are highly vulnerable to malnutrition.
As per the provisioning, these children are entitled to Take Home Ration (THR), immunisation, and other services during Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) and referral to health facilities in case of illnesses. However, many of these children have poor access to these services due to geographical barriers and sub-optimal health-seeking behaviour. Further, these children are left behind by parents with older siblings and grandparents when they go out for work. This hinders the child’s access to proper nutrition and overall development. The first two to three years of the child’s life have the maximum potentiality to reduce malnutrition and promote cognitive development. If proper nutrition and care are not provided to children in these years, the damage could be irreversible.
In this context, the Rural Crèche Initiative (RCI) has been visualised as a platform for children under 3 years, in order to improve their access to proper nutrition, health and Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions. The crèche would be a community-based centre run by Civil Society Organisation (CSO) partners supported by Azim Premji Foundation, where parents can leave their children when they go out for work. It would provide day care services for children for six hours a day for six days a week
Activities to be performed:
A. Pre-Setup and Setup Phases:
i. Based on the ICDS data, identifies villages for interventions.
ii. Visits villages, meets stakeholders (PRI Members, Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, and community
members, etc.) to understand the village, community and explore possibilities of a creche there.
iii. Conducts various community meetings, including Gram Sabha, to introduce the idea of creche and check feasibility. Participates in caregivers’ selection.
iv. Identifies a suitable space and conducts Line Listing.
v. Involves community members in getting the space ready.
vi. Coordinates with the team members for various support needed.
vii. Ensures setting up of the creches with all necessary materials and facilities.
viii. Attends and participates in caregiver's pre-service training.
B.Operational Phase:
i. Enrolls and measures the children within a week of opening of a creche.
ii. Handholds, support caregivers and demonstrate practices regularly at the creches.
iii. Marks and enters all necessary information in the application and registers.
iv. Measures children as per the Anthro Protocol and enters them in the app
v. Uses app for data insights and makes weekly plan of interventions
vi. Regularly visits houses of children and follows up on health status and regularity.
vii. Captures creche visit observations, documents and use them for caregivers' capacity building and support mechanism.
viii. Conducts, attends and facilitates regular meetings, including CMC, Gram Sabhas, etc.
ix. Attends VHSND regularly and refers children and parents as per the need.
x. Identifies children with severe health conditions and SAM and follows referral procedures.
xi. Ensure regular calibration and upkeep of the Anthro Equipment.
xii. Records and maintains documentation including attendance registers, child cards, stock registers, cashbooks, visitor’s registers, etc.
Qualification: Graduate in any discipline
Experience: 1-2 years of experience in any community-based interventions
Age: 25 – 45 years
Competencies:
Communication Skills: Good communication skills. He /She must have Proficiency in Hindi and local dialects of the intervention area. The knowledge/ basic understanding of English will be an added advantage.
Other Consideration:
Must be from the same geography (village, block, or district)
Expected travel: Need Based to CINI State Office and other location as per project need. Regularly to project locations and creches.
Remuneration / CTC: - Rs.22,000/- per Month
How to Apply:
• Interested candidates must also fill the following google form: -
https://forms.gle/jPLgfmakXnjhquZA8
"CINI is an equal opportunity employer. Eligible female / third gender candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. "
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