Job Title: Social Worker
Organization: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Duty Station:
Uganda
About US:
Medecins Sans
Frontieres (MSF) is an international independent humanitarian medical
organization that delivers aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics,
natural disasters and exclusion from health care. MSF offers assistance to
people based on need irrespective of race, religion, gender or political
affiliation.
Job Summary: The Social Worker will carry out all
psychosocial-related activities, in order to ease the patient’s situation, to
maximize his/her adherence to treatment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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Carry
out all psychosocial-related activities, in order to ease the patient’s
situation, to maximize his/her adherence to treatment and to improve his/her
psychosocial condition.
·
Identify
social needs of patients through a social assessment. Respond to the patient’s social needs,
according to the scope of the project, by giving direct social support (as
transport, food, legal advice etc.) and/or refer to other social actors, in
order to actively contribute to the improvement of their quality of living.
·
Contact
patients to follow up the evolution of their condition when needed (home
visits, defaulter tracing)
·
Participate
in the creation of any material needed for the activities of social workers.
Take care of social services facilities, materials and equipment in order to
ensure continuity.
·
Map and
regular update of social partners, local authorities, other NGOs, and
governmental social services in order to improve social services scope and
responsiveness.
·
Promote
and maintain confidentiality regarding all patient cases and records.
·
Collect
statistical and monitoring data about mental health activities.
·
Inform
the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise
related to patients’ treatment in order to provide the best possible solution
from a medical perspective.
·
In
addition to general mental health conditions and medical conditions falling
under mental health in Uganda (e.g. epilepsy), provide consultation, diagnosis,
treatment (both medical and psychological) and prevention for the following
specific conditions: reactions to violence and trauma, bereavement and loss,
survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
·
Adapt
consultations and treatments to children to provide child-friendly services.
·
Identify
and assess referral destinations for higher level care and propose ways MSF
could support these destinations if necessary.
·
Liaise
with other actors providing mental health and psychosocial care for good
coordination of activities and appropriate referral networks.
·
Identify
children and adults with special needs and refer accordingly.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The
applicant must hold a degree or diploma in Social Work
·
At least
two years working as a Social worker
·
Desirable
computer literacy (word, excel and internet).
·
Desirable
previous experience with MSF or other NGOs
·
Languages:
English essential. Desirable
local languages: Kakwa (Pojulu Bari), Arabic and Lugbara (Aringa)
Competences: Results
and quality oriented, team work and cooperation, flexible, commitment to MSF
principles, stress management.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver their application packages
(CV, application letter and copies of academic/ work certificates) to:
Field Administrator
Médecins Sans
Frontières –Arua,
Plot 2 Osu Cresent
next to Anyafio Primary School West village.
Arua City
Or by e-mail:
[email protected]
Deadline: 23rd October 2020 by 5:oopm
NOTE: The candidature files will not be
returned. Only photocopies of important
documents should be submitted. Only persons responding to the job profile will
be contacted for a written test and/or interview.
No monetary, goods
or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruiting
process. MSF reserves the right to
refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to
the justice system
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