SOCIAL WORKER - MENATL HEALTH
Job Description
Title: SOCIAL WORKER - MENATL HEALTH
Company Name: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Vacancy: 1
Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 56000 (Monthly)
Published: 14 Mar 2024
Education:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS)
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years in a similar job experience with MSF or other NGOs (desirable)Essential, Bangla and Chittagonian dialect Desirable, English language.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ • Conducting social assessments, identifying the social support needs of patients/survivors, including legal, protection, shelter/housing, financial/vocational, food security, and access to medical and psy-chosocial support services beyond the project intervention scope.
∎ • Supporting the provision of comprehensive care to patients and their families, by actively coordinating their work with the other members of the MSF multidisciplinary team (eg. medical, MHPSS) and linking with multi-sectoral services such as protection, safety, security, legal, justice, education, and livelihood.
∎ • Providing direct social support based on social assessments and facilitating referrals to evaluated external re-sources. Provide systematic follow up care regarding attendance of clinical appointments, and following up on referrals made to relevant multi-sectoral services aimed at improving the quality of life of patients/survivors.
∎ • Participating in the creation and maintenance of any material needed for the activities of social workers, including facilities and equipment in order to ensure continuity.
∎ • Mapping and regular updating of formal and informal support services (incl. existing community re-sources). Assess quality of existing support services, with identification of gaps and advocacy for an improved culturally appropriate social response.
∎ • Maintaining records, statistics, files, and reports on all social work activities and follow up care either provided by MSF or other support services. Identifying gaps in the available services and with the team prioritizing and developing plans following the objectives of MSF.
∎ • Collects factual information from the patient , family, community agencies, and others to be used by treatment team staff
∎ • Coordinates with staff in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the patients individual plan of service.
∎ • Provides education to patients and families.
∎ • Obtains information regarding the services available to the patient and family
∎ • Meets with representatives of community agencies to assist in the development of community support services.
∎ • Supports protection issues identified in correspondence with the HA team.
∎ • Represents the patient in obtaining social, medical and legal services.
∎ • Monitors services delivered to patient to ensure that individual needs are met.
∎ • Interviews patients and prepares statements summarizing the client's perception of the problem.
∎ • Prepares applications for assistance for the patient/family.
∎ • Provides patients family with information regarding patients progress and treatment options.
∎ • Maintains records and prepares reports and correspondence related to the work.
∎ • Performs related work as assigned.
∎ • Provides a focus on PCC
∎ • Participates in QoC centred activities for the MH department.
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ 12 month- contract renewable based on performance and operational needs. Salary according to level 05 (five) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT 56000 Gross). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary based on current income tax rule. 2 annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Recruited Staff.There is no provisions for relocation. 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted continuous service.
Workplace:
∎ Work at office
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Read Before Apply:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Only Bangladeshi citizens will be considered for this position.
No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process.
Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system.
MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.Médecins Sans Frontières is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity, equity and inclusion.
Apply Procedure:
Hard Copy:
∎ Please send your CV, letter of motivation, scanned copy of all the academic certificates, NID, experience certificate to
∎ [email protected]
∎ by 20/03/2024. Mention “application for Social Worker” in the subject line. No hard copies are accepted.
∎ 2nd Step: Go to this link to apply (this is a MANDATORY step): https://forms.office.com/e/hGr3VvxJwR and answer all the questions
Company Information:
∎ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Application Deadline: 20 Mar 2024
Category: NGO/Development
