MHPSS Social Worker

Job Description

Title: MHPSS Social Worker

Company Name: Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

Vacancy: 2

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Bachelor degree in Psychology, sociology, anthropology, Social welfare/social work, or other relevant subjects
∎ Education qualifications may be relaxed for highly experienced applicants in relevant field
∎ Skills Required: Communication skill, Community Mobilization , GBV, MHPSS, Motivating skills

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Child Protection, Counseling, GBV, Humanitarian Response, MHPSS service, psychosocial support area.
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Clinic, NGO

Job Context:
∎ Samaj Kallayan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS) envisions a peaceful, prosperous, and poverty-free society that ensures everyone`s basic needs and rights. SKUS has since the 2017 Rohingya refugee influx worked in Cox`s Bazar district with children adolescents, women, and men. Based on children`s, adolescents`, women, and human rights. SKUS has established quality learning and protection centers with support from different international donors, including UN agencies. SKUS has an agreement with MdM-F for the project of MHPSS services for the Rohingya community at Rohingya Camp in Ukhia Upazila under Cox`s Bazar District. The mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) program aims to ensure that crisis-affected populations have access to high-quality humanitarian services focusing on the promotion and treatment of mental health concerns. The project will address the mental health needs of the refugee population currently residing in Rohingya Camp in Ukhia Upazila under Cox`s Bazar District. SKUS is looking for a suitable candidate for the immediate appointment of MHPSS Social Worker for the project as mentioned above, supported by MdM-F.
∎ Reportable to MHPSS Project Coordinator, SKUS.
∎ Duration of contract: 7 months Up to 31 May 2021 (with the possibility of extension).

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The main tasks & Responsibilities of the MHPSS Social Worker are, but not limited to :
∎ Develop a service mapping and maintain coordination with govt., site management, focal points, other relevant actors, and stakeholders.
∎ Conduct community-level outreach activities like a home visit, community meetings, community orientations, community awareness-raising sessions in the camp related to MHPSS, gender, gender equity, Child development, positive parenting, and also need-base.
∎ Identify people and communities in need of help. Assess beneficiaries' needs, situations, strengths, and support networks to determine their goals. Help beneficiaries adjust to changes and challenges in their lives, such as MHPSS and GBV related issues.
∎ Community mobilization established and maintain a good professional relationship with the community people, duty bearers, and other stakeholders.
∎ Participating in multidisciplinary teams, case conferences, working groups, and related workshops and training when required; also weekly supervision and team meetings.
∎ Offering information, support, and advocacy to individuals, families, and community, including escorting them if necessary to relevant services;
∎ Support the provision of participatory, comprehensive, goal-based, and individualized/community-based support and guidance, as well as care planning through the joint development of a care plan that matches needs, resources, and goals to available assistance, support systems, and mental health and psychosocial support services, aimed at ensuring basic needs are met and to enter at the lowest possible MHPSS service.
∎ Maintains beneficiaries'/events/sessions records by reviewing feedback, events notes; logging events, and progress.
∎ To participate in the training, workshop, meeting provided by SKUS or other partner organizations.
∎ To perform other duties as may be needed, agreed and close collaboration with the MHPSS team

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 23 to 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience in community outreach, and psychosocial support activities in emergencies or protection-related activities
∎ Previous experience in MHPSS in the Rohingya Response is highly desirable as well as sound knowledge of developing PSS activities and group facilitation skills
∎ A strong commitment to gender-sensitive, inclusive and humanitarian works
∎ Ability to work with the multi-disciplinary team
∎ Consultative, initiative and empowering working style and willingness to learn from others
∎ Working Condition:
∎ S/he will spend approximately 80% of his/her time in the field.
∎ S/he may have contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals.
∎ S/he has to work to ensure a conducive participatory approach in the center.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary:
∎ Tk. 40000 - 50000 (Monthly)
∎ Salary negotiable based on experience and qualification

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other benefits as per project

Application Deadline: 28 Oct 2020

Company Information:
∎ 20 Oct 2020
∎ Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)
∎ Address : 110 Shantinagar, Nilufar Building (1st floor), Dhaka-1217.
∎ Web : www.skus-bd.org
∎ Business : SKUS is a non-profit, non-government voluntary organization working since 1995 to improve socio-economic condition of poor and marginalized people to improve socio-economic conditions and remove discrimination and exploitations. SKUS has implementing multidimensional projects on Education, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Health, Nutrition and family planning, Life skills Education, Women empowerment, Water, Sanitation and hygiene, Safe Motherhood, Vulnerable Group Development, EPI and Primary Health Care Project, Safe migration, Emergency relief, early recovery and livelihood support on various disasters, Emergency Rohingya Response, MHPSS, GBV, Technical and vocational training in different part of Bangladesh with assistance from the government, national and international donor agencies.


Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Person fulfilling the above criteria should send their Resume/ CV along with scan copy of last educational qualification certificate and recent passport size color photograph to [email protected] by October 28, 2020. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted for an interview. Female are encouraged to apply.