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Social Worker

On the individual level:

- Provide crisis intervention and long termsupport to women victims of SGBV Conduct visits to detention centers and prisons, and provide socio-legal counselling to women in detention;

-   Co-operate the Anti-trafficking Helpline;

-   Assist women in obtaining the desired services such as accessing a safe shelter; seeking medical examination, participating in recreational activities, etc.;

-    Support women accessing justice, coordinate with KAFA’s lawyer, approach authorities, attend police or judicial investigation, etc.;

-      Liaise and coordinate with external service providers to ensure a comprehensive support to women;

-        Act according to the best interest of the women by adopting a survivor-centered approach;

-        Adhere to strict standards of confidentiality required in dealing with SGBV victims/survivors, and abide by KAFA’s established guidelines on sexual and gender-based violence and exploitation;

-        Be available and reachable outside regular working hours to address emergencies.

 On the group and community level:

-     Conduct frequent field visits to relevant communities or groups at risk and assess their needs;

-    Organize outreach activities, and design and deliver psychosocial activities;

-  Deliver awareness sessions on labor and sexual exploitation;

-    Attend community or groups’ events when relevant.

 On the institutional level:

-     Maintain regular communication with the management in order to ensure a coordinated response and evaluate priorities of action;

-  Prepare progress reports regularly, and ensure proper documentation and updating of the individual files of the cases;

-  Monitoring and Evaluation: periodically reassess beneficiaries’ needs and progress in meeting the objectives defined for each beneficiary;

-     Enter data regularly in KAFA’s case management database and ensure quality of data;

-       Represent KAFA in relevant forums and meetings;

-       Abide by KAFA’s values, mission and vision, and policies;

-        Keeps track of latest developments in social work area as well as changes in national legislation policies and practices related to SGBV survivors.

Intervention Sectors
Gender issues
Location
  • Lebanon
  • Beirut
Application Deadline
Salary Range
800 to 1200 (USD)
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines

Submission guidelines: Interested candidates should send their CV, a motivation letter, and three reference contacts to kafa@kafa.org.lb with the subject line: Social Worker no later than 21 June 2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Experience Requirements
5 to 10 years
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
Qualifications and requirements:
- University degree in social work;
- A minimum of 5 years of practical experience and case management and awareness work with vulnerable groups particularly with women;
- A proven record of SGBV knowledge and experience;
- Works with honesty and integrity;
- Ability to quickly build trust and rapport in interpersonal relationships;
- High respect of and ability to work with people from diverse socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds;
- Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with challenging social problems and behaviors;
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
- High level of flexibility in terms of time and mobility and availability to work for long hours and at night time in case of emergencies;
- Strong oral and written skills. Fluency in Arabic and English is a must. Knowledge of French is a plus.
Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Basic
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No