Social Worker
Job Description
Title: Social Worker
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor Degree in Social Welfare/Sociology/any other relevant subject
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
∎ Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in person’s project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, child protection, SGBV. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR.
∎ Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Share appropriate information about MHPSS services with the patients and other stakeholders.
∎ Visit households regularly (day-to-day) to find out the patients who need MHPSS IPD services and to ensure the well-being and regular follow-up of discharged MHPSS IPD patients.
∎ Ensure medication assistance to patient’s family for the discharged MHPSS Patients.
∎ Receive the patients through referral system or any other relevant ways, assist the patients to get admitted in MHPSS IPD, and maintain proper records/documentations.
∎ Ensure follow-up with relevant stakeholders for the referral of patients.
∎ Conduct household visits of MHPSS patients and provide information and counselling to the family of the patients.
∎ Accompany MHPSS IPD patients and provide necessary supports to ensure their well-being.
∎ Accompany referral patients to reach the referral service centers for better treatment.
∎ Conduct patient satisfaction survey/exit interview at the MHPSS IPD to know their opinion and submit to MHPSS IPD for data analysis and further improvement of service delivery.
∎ Use and fill up different monitoring tools which is applicable for this position.
∎ Conduct Psychological First aid to the patient’s when needed.
∎ Assist clinic staff in queuing patients/clients inside the clinic and deliver MHPSS related messages at the waiting areas.
∎ Respond to any emergency call by the camp in charge (CIC) as and when required.
∎ Assist Psychologist to provide any kind of MHPSS services.
∎ Work collaborately with CPVs and CPCs and ensure a proper plan for the well-being of MHPSS patients.
∎ Attend different trainings and meetings as required or assigned by supervisor/program.
∎ Maintain liaison with other NGOs/camp volunteers and disseminate necessary messages/information.
∎ Prepare weekly/fortnightly/monthly report with necessary quantitative data and submit to Psychologists.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Good knowledge on MHPSS (Basic Counselling skills are required)
∎ Good communication Skills
∎ Flexibility, hardworking and honesty
∎ Willing to work in community level with regular households visits
∎ Ability to read and understand different flip leaflets, charts, office instructions writing/filing up monitoring forms/formats, daily/weekly reports, etc. in English and Bengali
∎ Basic numerical analysis skill for reporting
∎ Basic knowledge on general health/ mental health, hygiene, family planning and nutrition issues and message deliveries to camp population
∎ Skilled on counseling and conduction with patients
∎ Ability to understand and speak local language (Fluency in Rohingya/Chittagongian dialect and good understanding in English and Bangla)
∎ Ability to make harmony with Rohingya community
∎ Ability to represent RI with other stakeholders
∎ Ability to strictly adhere to Relief International office rules and regulations
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Severance Benefit: 8.33% on Gross Salary
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 16 Jan 2023
Company Information:
∎ 9 Jan 2023
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Office: White House, Level-5, Bypass Road,
Kolatoli, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, headquartered in USA, is a leading international non-government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International (RI) has been working in Bangladesh since 2004, implementing programs covering emergency response, health, economic opportunity, trafficking in persons, gender equality and youth empowerment. RI has been present in Cox’s Bazar since 2014 where it was implementing a trafficking in person’s project in Ukhiya and Teknaf supporting old caseload refugees as well as host communities prior to the large-scale influx. Since 2017, RI has scaled up its operations in Cox’s Bazar to support the emergency response by providing integrated, multi-sectoral programming for refugee and host communities, covering health services, child protection, SGBV. Relief International is currently implementing a large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 16th Jan 2023
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