Social protection Senior Social Worker

Responsibilities And Obligations:

•  Ensure a proper reception and documentation of new cases through the 24/24 national hotline in rotation with the Social Protection SW.
•  Conduct a comprehensive assessment evaluating the  protection risks and  the family basic needs and resources’ availability with a clear outcome to be submitted in the social file. 
• Draft the action plan and update the objectives monthly according to needs met

• Accompany families in economic hardship situations with empowerment on financial planning
• Refer adult’s family members and/or   parents to livelihood opportunities
• Revise the action plan on quarterly basis
• Conduct home visits according to a set schedule to follow on the social and economic situation of the family & coordinate with the protection SW for the cases that are followed up as well by the child protection binome
• Conduct interviews with family members according to a set schedule as per the objectives of the action plan
• Oversee the social protection sw’ monthly planning
• Provide technical support to the Social protection Sw when needed

• Submit monthly reports to SCM

• Knowledgeable with service mapping

• Coordinate with the protection Binome on the basic needs provision to serve best the protection goals

• Coordinate bimonthly with the SCM

• Coordinate with admin officer on Procurement and delivery of basic needs

• Submit to AM monthly trackers on service provision under the different projects

• Attend all activities organized by himaya (staff care, Christmas, end of year gathering)

Educational Background And Needed Skills  

• Master’s degree in Social Work
• Preferably 5 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Ability to work under pressure and hard situations
• Ability to work in a multi-professional team while remaining within his or her area of ​​expertise
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Familiarity with child protection and implemented laws in Lebanon
• Familiarity with in-kind support international guidelines
• Ability to collect analyze and synthetize information in order to apply and support intervention methods and techniques
• Ability to transmit written and / or oral information to the various professionals and hierarchical referents
• Willingness to update their professional knowledge and skills
• Fluent in Arabic and English with basic knowledge in French
• Management skills

Conditions

• Office work and field work
• 5 days per week, 8 hours per day, from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm
• Expected to have flexible / extended hours of work
• Compliance with himaya’s code of ethics