Social Worker - Emergency Project

Base: Beirut Office and Tripoli Office

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

• Conduct assessments in area of intervention.
• Conduct community outreach, sites and home visits.
• Participate in distribution of items.
• Provide Psychosocial support and Psychological First Aid to Internal Displaced Persons during the field visits.
• Conduct phone verifications of beneficiaries.
• Report directly to the Surge Project Manager.
• Identify new Internal Displaced Persons within the community to be assessed and included in the emergency response.
• Collect information about visited vulnerable families through interviews, observation, and assessment carried out via outreach home or sites visits.
• Complete intake assessments, evaluations, reviews, and other documentation as necessary.
• Raise awareness on the services available in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and North.
• Refer cases to the needed service.
• Data Entry.
• Develop and implement and monitor age-appropriate psychosocial support activities.
• Any other related tasks defined by the line manager.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Education: Completion of secondary school education. An additional first University degree in Social Work would be a plus.
• Experience: A minimum of 2 year of experience in Child Protection, General protection or Emergency response.
• Languages: Intermediate level in both oral and written communication in English.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Openness to work in a humanitarian concept  
• Respect and promote SIF’s Policies and procedures
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Strong observation, analytical and listening skills
• Capacity to absorb legal/procedural information
• The ability to negotiate/mediate/interpret on behalf of service users
• Must be an excellent communicator
• Must have the capacity to work within a team
• Taking Initiatives