Medical Social Worker

The incumbent will be mainly responsible of providing structured social counseling and follow-up for the beneficiaries attending the center.

 Tasks:

• Monitors services delivered to the client to ensure that individual needs are met.
• Interviews beneficiaries and prepares statements: summarizing the patient’s perception of the problem.
• Collects information from the family’s beneficiaries, community agencies, and others to be used by treatment team staff.
• Coordinates with staff in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the target groups individual plan service.
• Meets with representatives of community agencies and others NGOs to assist in the development of community support services. 
• Provides the patient’s family with information regarding his progress and treatment obtains.
• Attends and participates actively in regular meetings seminars and trainings.
• Presents as written auto-evaluation each 3 months.
• Follows Restart center policies and bylaws.
•  Case management.
• Assesses beneficiaries’ psychosocial needs.
• Communicates regularly with beneficiaries regarding case management.
• Prepare with the collaboration of the senior social worker all tools concerning social files.
• Every referral to other specialists (internal and external) and contact with other NGOs should be with the coordination and the supervision of the senior social worker.
• Undertaking and writing up assessments (often with medical staff), which meet specified standards and timescales;
• Conducting interviews with beneficiaries and their families to assess and review their situation;
• Offering information and counseling support to beneficiaries and their families;
• Liaising with, and making referrals to, other agencies
• Participating in multidisciplinary teams and meetings, for example child protection, mental health.
• Participating in team meetings, peer supervisions and case studies.
• Undergoing individual supervision when needed
• Taking over the hotline
• Maintains records and prepares reports and correspondence related to work as assigned under the supervision of the project director.
• Doing school visits in order to coordinate with the teachers and observe the child’s behaviors.
• Conducting home visits.
• Preparing and organizing the trainings conducted by Restart•
• Data entry.
• Hotline holder 24/7

Technical competencies:

• Microsoft Office
• Methodology of social intervention
• Interviewing techniques.
• Behavioral competencies:
• Stress management.

Communication skills:

• Team player
• Analysis capacity
• Control of emotional impulses
• Time management