Social Worker

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: 

• Implement community based psychosocial activities 
• Implement awareness campaign activities 
• Implement capacity building activities at community level 

• Meeting with and interviewing people. Assessing needs and social, psycho-social, and/or mental health situations
• Providing immediate PSS response to victims of critical events including psychosocial support visits, PFAs and PSS assessments
• Implement PSS Peer Support Groups at community level with children, teenagers, and adults
• Providing problem management + to affected individuals
• Implementing community-based awareness campaign activities and psychoeducation sessions
• Participating in capacity-building work with partners, peer workers, community relays
• Informing, advising, and referring people towards internal services or partner, public or NGO facilities
• Preparing and monitoring cases
• Reporting hot cases at community based on MdM protocols and formats used 
• Reporting to the Program Manager about the progress and the development of activities, achievements, challenges, and eventual gaps.
• Contributing towards community outreach activities
• Participating in advocacy activities
• Ensure the respect of protection mainstreaming and accountability mechanisms in program implementation.
• Participating in working meetings and coordinate with partner structures
• Represent MdM at community-based events and when needed during meeting and field visits
• Providing a monthly report of activities to the Mental Health manager not later than the 2nd of the following month, with quantitative data, as well as qualitative analysis
• Reporting to the Program Manager about the progress and the development of activities, achievements, challenges, and eventual gaps.
• Provide case study and/or testimony and/or success story as agreed with the Program Manager (Qualitative data collection).
• Give quantitative Data input on MdM database according to timing agreed with the Program Manager (i.e.  PSS ER data sheet in a daily basis, Peer Support Groups on a daily basis)
• Provide technical activities reports not later than one week after the end of each activity or upon the request of the Program Manager   
• Provide other activities planning and reporting based on the format/ language and period requested by the Program Manager

REQUIRMENTS:

• A bachelor's degree in social work, sociology or in any other relevant field/ certified social worker.
• Valid licence /certificate as a Social Worker from MOH 
• Experience in individual and group sessions.
• Experience related to psychosocial assessment.
• Experience in community psychoeducation and community training on MHPSS topics training.
• Previous work experience with international/ national organization.
• Knowledge of PSS international guidelines
• Ability of organizing, planning and prioritizing tasks.
• Reporting and data collection skills, both qualitative and quantitative. 
• Strong commitment to learning new skills and willingness to be accompanied toward the achievement of new competencies.
• Clear commitment to the project thematic.
• Ability to communicate any technical or non-technical topic with clarity and to share any important project information with the team
• Excellent writing skills and Computer skills (Excel, Word, Power Point)
• Arabic and English (both written and spoken)