Lebanon: Social Worker

1. Prepares comprehensive case studies, needs assessments of refugees applying for special hardship assistance and makes appropriate recommendations in accordance with Relief Services Instructions (RSI); follows up on active cases and conducts periodic site re-investigations. Specifically:

2. Provides ongoing case management requirements, including receiving clients at office, documentation, data entry/modifications, referrals, completing social study reports including rejected, approved, and closed cases;

3. Conducts individual/family interviews to recommend interventions based on a designed specific intervention plan and to address the needs of SHC families using the generalist approach of social work; and closely monitors progress of targeted SHC families;

4. Arranges for logistical support to SHC families in need of financial, medical, housing or transportation assistance, health education, social or other advocacy services essential to SHC families;

5. Provides direct individual and short term emergency assistance to families in crises after conducting initial site assessment, making recommendations for proper interventions, and processing all related paperwork;

6. Ensures timely delivery of approved cash and/or in-kind assistance to eligible families and follows up on the proper utilization of the assistance for its intended purpose;

7. Identifies, evaluates and makes recommendations concerning families requesting shelter rehabilitation, based on set criteria for SHC families, and in exceptional circumstances, non-SHC families;

8. Supervises and follows up on SHC ration distribution and ration cards; conducts home visits to those who failed to pick up their rations;

9. Provides advice and consultation to SHC families and other refugees related to specific social and economic concerns and advises the appropriate specialized services in UNRWA or other agencies in coordination with the Community Development Social Workers, and follows up regularly on progress;

10. Identifies persons with potential to establish micro enterprises or benefit from apprenticeship training and facilitate their involvement in such programmes in coordination with the Community Credit Assistants (CCAs); with the objective to alleviate poverty and enhance self-reliance of impoverished SHC families;

11. Establishes and maintains working relationship, in his/her area/camp, with allied resources, public assistance agencies, employment and training institutes and social agencies, at the operational level, making use of their services for improving the SHC family/s socio-economic status;

12. Participates, as requested, in workshops, meetings intended to improve professional knowledge and skills relevant to his/her field of work and transmits such acquired knowledge to other social workers; mentor newly recruited social worker;

13. Implements, as directed, surveys and studies in the refugees community on SHC service level and quality; and

14. Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

If you have the skills and experience required above, and want to make an active and lasting contribution to improving the lives of Palestine refugees, then register on http://jobs.unrwa.org by creating a personal profile and completing the UNRWA Personal History Form; it is the responsibility of the candidates (internal and external) to make sure that their Personal History Form is duly completed with the needed information before they apply as amendments to the Form will not be accepted after the deadline of the vacancy announcement. Only applications received through this website will be considered and the system will not allow applications after the deadline. Please note that UNRWA only accepts degrees from accredited educational institutions. Candidates may also be invited to take a technical exam in order further evaluate their qualifications for the post. Due to a high volume of applications received, only short-listed applicants will be contacted –“سيتم الإتصال فقط بالأشخاص الذين تنطبق عليهم متطلبات الوظيفة”. The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. The United Nations does not concern itself with information on bank accounts. For further information in how to apply for a post, please visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JreyKoXXKEA&feature=youtu.be

For any queries please send an email to: recruitmentquestions@unrwa.org. Please apply as requested above, do not send your CV To this email address, all cvs sent to this email address will be automatically ignored. يرجى تقديم الطلبات حسب التعليمات اعلاها وعدم ارسال السيرة الذاتية الى هذا البريد الالكتروني, سيتم تجاهل السير الذاتية التي ترسل الى هذا العنوان تلقائيا. Or contact the recruitment unit on 009611830403.