فرص عمل: مطلوب عاملين اجتماعيين (Social Worker) للعمل مع منظمة أطباء بلا حدود
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their CV, cover letter and your certificate to the email address: msfocb-mw-recruitment@msf.org before 16 August 2023. The title of the e-mail should include the “Candidate's Name + Position he/she is applying for (Social Worker)”. Kindly adhere to this title. If you miss any of the requested documents above, your application will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people in 70 countries who are affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation and our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.
Our project focuses on providing medical and mental health care to Migrant Workers in the country.
Main Objective of the position:
Carrying out all activities involving social support to individual patients/survivors and linking them with other relevant support services and communities at large, according to MSF principles and guidelines. Enhancing the target population’s social condition to have an impact on health-related outcomes.
Accountabilities:
- Conducting social assessments, identifying the social support needs of patients/survivors, including legal, protection, shelter/housing, financial/vocational, food security, and access to medical and psychosocial support services beyond the project intervention scope.
- Supporting the provision of comprehensive care to patients and their families, by actively coordinating their work with the other members of the MSF multidisciplinary team (eg. medical, MHPSS) and linking with multi-sectoral services such as protection, safety, security, legal, justice, education, and livelihood.
- Providing direct social support based on social assessments and facilitating referrals to evaluated external re-sources. Provide systematic follow up care regarding attendance of clinical appointments and following up on referrals made to relevant multi-sectoral services aimed at improving the quality of life of patients/survivors.
- Participating in the creation and maintenance of any material needed for the activities of social workers, including facilities and equipment in order to ensure continuity.
- Mapping and regular updating of formal and informal support services (incl.existing community resources). Assess quality of existing support services, with identification of gaps and advocacy for an improved culturally appropriate social response.
- Maintaining records, statistics, files, and reports on all social work activities and follow up care either provided by MSF or other support services. Identifying gaps in the available services and with the team prioritizing and developing plans following the objectives of MSF.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Essential: Bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) or similar relevant degree
Experience:
- Essential: Minimum two years’ experience in a similar social job
- Desirable: Experience with MSF or other medical/NGOs.
Languages:
- Essential: Arabic language (fluent) and English (good)
- Desirable: French (intermediate)
Flexibility in working on weekends is needed.
Competencies:
- Results and quality orientation L1
- Teamwork and cooperation L1
- Behavioural flexibility L1
- Commitment to MSF’s principles L1
- Service orientation L1
- Stress Management L2
