Counselor - Matn
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Caritas Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any Kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
POSITION OBJECTIVE:
The counselor will provide counseling and assistance in response to the needs of migrants in Lebanon.
DUTIES:
- Receive migrants and provide moral support
- Assist the social workers in translation, and during interviews for special cases
- Attend investigation/ hearings and fill in social forms if required
- Coordinate with Social Workers to inform migrants of their choices and guide them through their own problem-solving process in a participatory way
- Act as a mediator between migrants and Social Workers in order to resolve conflicts, when required
- Provide information on cases when requested by partners in country of origin
- Help contacting migrants' families
- Accompany migrants to hospitals or to complete legal papers in their embassies
- Conduct orientation sessions in migrants 'language, in shelters and communities, even after working hours and during weekends when needed, in coordination with the head of migrants program
- Submit monthly report
- Work occasionally on weekends or after working hours for very urgent cases (investigations, medical issues, …) in coordination with the head of migrants program
SKILL:
Business Skills
- Active Listening : giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, and asking questions as appropriate
- Good technical knowledge and skill of counseling
- Excellent communication skills
- Good interpersonal relationship skills
- Proficiency in Speaking/Reading/Writing English is required
Computer Skills
- Microsoft office
- Software applications required for daily operations
EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE:
- 2 to 3 years relevant experience
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
- Lebanon
- Mount Lebanon
- Matn