Social Worker- Tripoli

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF in Lebanon currently has 3 projects mainly on primary health care and mental health, in Saida, Tripoli and the Bekaa valley. I- Scope responsibilities: Carry out all the activities linked to the social field in order to ease the patient situation and to maximize its adherence The Social Worker must ensure confidentiality in all his/her activities   II- Function responsibilities: Network: Create and keep up to date mapping of available NGOs and services in the area Keep and maintain a network of social partners that can provide answers to social problems (institutions, NGOs…etc.) IEC/Promotion: Promote MSF and raise awareness about health and mental health at household level. Sensitize about mental health medical staff of the health facilities present in the community strengthening referrals’ mechanisms to MSF services.  Improve the understanding of the target population on Mental Health. Assist the medical team to ensure that proposed interventions are culturally acceptable by the population. Identify methods of communication and key messages to disseminate in the community to promote the services offered by MSF in collaboration with the Health Promoter Is always respectful towards patients, collaborators, authorities, military factions and MSF staff participating in meetings or discussions. Arrange meetings with authorities and relevant stakeholder in collaboration with the DFieldco and the Fieldco Able to adapt to any circumstances, use appropriate language registry, diplomatic, courtesy manners Social Activities: Identification of health, social, psychosocial, socio-economic and administrative needs among patients Provide information, advise on existing social services Provide immediate social care (actively listening…etc.) Refer patients with social problems to the relevant person or institution (inside or outside MSF) Establish a network of contacts with authorities, religious leaders and popular committees, understanding their role within the community and closely working with them to develop strategies in referring patients to MSF Health and Mental Health services. Represent MSF and maintain regular contact with authorities and stake holders at community level (community leaders, coordinators, social development actors, NGOs, enabling community health centres, schools, etc. .. .) Conduct assessment and follow-up home visits for patients referred by the clinicians Actively identify vulnerable patients and attend to their immediate needs Follow-up on defaulters (NCD program) PsychoSocial Activities: Assess patients … Provide individual, family and group psychosocial support sessions Actively refer patients in need for psychotherapy to pre-identified actors Immediately refer patients identified with severe mental disorders to pre-identified actors providing Psychiatric consultations, drugs and possible psychiatric admissions Follow-up on patients referred in order to ensure their reception of proper quality care Monitoring & reporting: Report verbally and written the home visit/social intervention/referrral of patients to the clinicians and the Specialist Nurse Participate in the development of the plan of action Keep statistics updated about his/her activity and submit monthly reports to the MTL Report immediately to the MTL any problem arising in the service, especially urgent cases in need for an immediate intervention from MSF or any other actor Report to the direct supervisor the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines