MHPSS Social Worker

Job Description

Title: MHPSS Social Worker

Company Name: Enroute International Limited

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar

Maximum Salary: Tk. 61880 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 7 Feb 2024

Education:
∎ Bachelor or master’s degree in psychology/social work.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 2 years of previous experiences in MHPSS/Social Work
∎ At least 1 year of previous experiences in providing services to displaced populations, migrants, refugees, or conflict affected populations
∎ Significant experience in referral system
∎ Experience in capacity building activities is an advantage.
∎ Skills Requirements:
∎ Accountability
∎ Accepts and gives constructive criticism
∎ Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
∎ Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
∎ Monitors own work to correct errors
∎ Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings
∎ Client Orientation
∎ Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
∎ Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
∎ Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, and project beneficiaries
∎ Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks
∎ Continuous Learning
∎ Contributes to colleagues' learning
∎ Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
∎ Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
∎ Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area
∎ Communication
∎ Actively shares relevant information
∎ Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
∎ Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
∎ Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience
∎ Creativity and Initiative
∎ Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
∎ Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
∎ Persuades others to consider new ideas
∎ Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems
∎ Leadership and Negotiation
∎ Convinces others to share resources
∎ Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
∎ Presents goals as shared interests
∎ Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments
∎ Competencies:
∎ The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following values and competencies:
∎ Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
∎ Integrity and transparency: maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
∎ Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
∎ Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
∎ Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
∎ Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
∎ Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work.
∎ Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Provide case management services to persons of concern at health facility and community level. Identify vulnerable cases and ensure their access to available services.
∎ Prioritize the registered cases, based on a risk assessment, taking in consideration the harm and vulnerability but also protective and resilience factors.
∎ Refer people in need to services accordingly and work on an action plan for their overall wellbeing.
∎ Follow-up on referrals on a regular base with other actors and with the beneficiaries to ensure that their basic needs are met, and they receive essential services.
∎ Be in constant contact with other MHPSS staff to ensure holistic care and refer accordingly to the team for individual or family counselling, psychoeducation, awareness sessions, etc.
∎ Keep on mapping the provision of basic services and protection activities at area of operation level and disseminate information on how to reach those services resources.
∎ Provide direct assistance to the most vulnerable individuals and families of the affected populations such as women, children, older adults, persons with disabilities, survivors of violence, and socially marginalized persons.
∎ Provide support in conducting group sessions, whenever needed.
∎ Strengthen existing social networks and promote participatory initiatives aimed at activating protective, restorative and transformative psychosocial factors at community level.
∎ Coordinate with the team the inclusion of vulnerable cases in community-based activities along the full spectrum of the MHPSS IASC intervention pyramid.
∎ Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys, researches in the concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community based psychosocial and protection services, whenever needed.
∎ Maintain clients' records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress and respect confidentiality during the whole process of case management.
∎ Maintain appropriate records/database of all case management cases.
∎ To perform and other duties as may be needed and agreed with the MHPSS Project Assistant.
∎ Provide case management services to persons of concern at health facility and community level. Identify vulnerable cases and ensure their access to available services.
∎ Prioritize the registered cases, based on a risk assessment, taking in consideration the harm and vulnerability but also protective and resilience factors.
∎ Refer people in need to services accordingly and work on an action plan for their overall wellbeing.
∎ Follow-up on referrals on a regular base with other actors and with the beneficiaries to ensure that their basic needs are met, and they receive essential services.
∎ Be in constant contact with other MHPSS staff to ensure holistic care and refer accordingly to the team for individual or family counselling, psychoeducation, awareness sessions, etc.
∎ Keep on mapping the provision of basic services and protection activities at area of operation level and disseminate information on how to reach those services resources.
∎ Provide direct assistance to the most vulnerable individuals and families of the affected populations such as women, children, older adults, persons with disabilities, survivors of violence, and socially marginalized persons.
∎ Provide support in conducting group sessions, whenever needed.
∎ Strengthen existing social networks and promote participatory initiatives aimed at activating protective, restorative and transformative psychosocial factors at community level.
∎ Coordinate with the team the inclusion of vulnerable cases in community-based activities along the full spectrum of the MHPSS IASC intervention pyramid.
∎ Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys, researches in the concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community based psychosocial and protection services, whenever needed.
∎ Maintain clients' records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress and respect confidentiality during the whole process of case management.
∎ Maintain appropriate records/database of all case management cases.
∎ To perform and other duties as may be needed and agreed with the MHPSS Project Assistant.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Monthly gross salary for this position is BDT 61,880.33.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Read Before Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to apply within February 20, 2024 with a complete CV including contact number and recent passport size photograph. The applications for this position will only be accepted via BDjobs

(Selection will be based on early application and only short-listed candidates shall be contacted.)

Special Note/Mention:

Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. No intermediary is allowed to expedite or facilitate such process.

Enroute have a Zero-Tolerance Policy for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). The ideal candidate is committed to upholding the organization's PSEA Policy and to reporting any incidents of suspected or actual PSEA.

There is no cost involved with applying for any positions at Enroute International Limited. Enroute never asks for or accept any kind fees through different Mobile Banking options or in person. Any solicitation of fund/money/favor from job applicant should be regarded as fraudulent activities.

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Company Information:
∎ Enroute International Limited
∎ ranks business center | house # ka-218/1 (4th floor) pragati sarani | kuril | dhaka-1229
∎ A leading consulting firm with certified and an experienced business team working closely with national and international strategic partners. emc is unique to provide a complete solution through managing business growth.

Address::
∎ ranks business center | house # ka-218/1 (4th floor) pragati sarani | kuril | dhaka-1229
∎ A leading consulting firm with certified and an experienced business team working closely with national and international strategic partners. emc is unique to provide a complete solution through managing business growth.

Application Deadline: 20 Feb 2024

Category: NGO/Development