AVSI Vacancy - Social Worker (AVSIJO-SADCEI-01)
PROJECT: “Improving education and protection of children living in local communities and Syrian refugees in Northern Jordan”
JOB TITLE: Social Worker
DUTY STATION: AVSI Jordan office – Amman, Al-Jandaweel
CONTRACT PERIOD: Twelve months
STARTING DATE: 1/March/2017
REPORTING TO: DSP-SAD Local Coordinator, Fadi Hrimat
Overview
AVSI Foundation is an international not-for-profit NGO registered in Jordan through the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD - reg.no.1589). AVSI has been working in Jordan since 2003 protecting children and supporting vulnerable groups in partnership with several schools in the northern region of the country.
Required qualifications
• Post-graduate degree in a relevant field (education, social studies)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic languages and strong interpersonal skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office (word, excel ,etc..)
Desired qualifications
• Knowledge of Italian language will be an asset
• experience in humanitarian context in emergency and developing countries
• driving license and personal car
Duties and responsibilities
Responsibilities:
• To assist the children assigned by the project in their educational and social needs.
• To raise the awareness of the parents, teachers/school authorities on their responsibilities towards the educational and social growth of the child.
• To ensure that the assigned children are attending the schools and receiving the assistance planned by the project.
• To ensure that each sponsor/benefactor receive news and communications from/about his/her adopted child in a detailed and timely manner.
Duties:
• Follow up visits
The Social Worker (SW) will have to carry out periodical follow up visits to assess or update the situation of the children he/she is responsible for. Follow up visits should assess the health, family and psycho-social situation of the child. Each visit should be registered, described in a written form and reported to the DSP Coordinator.
• Preparation of biannual news
Two times per year the SW will be responsible, in collaboration with the local coordinator, for the preparation of the news concerning each DSP child, to be sent to AVSI Cesena office in time and complete in all their parts.
• Preparation of new form/end of support letters/communications
The SW will have to prepare new forms for the new children who will enter the Distance Support Program in coordination with the school authorities; end of support letters for those who exit the program and communications any time something relevant happens to the child.
• Evaluation of children who lost the benefactor
Anytime a child loses his/her benefactor (becoming a D case) the SW who is responsible for him/her has to re-evaluate his/her situation and decide with the supervision of the DSP Coordinator if the child still needs the project support; in case of a positive response, the SW has to write a new form for him/her in the same way as with the children who enter the Program for the first time.
Any other assignment may be given to you by the supervisor How to apply:
Send your CV by email to . Please, specify in the subject of the mail the code of the position you are applying for. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Deadline for submission is February 12th, 2017.
February 1st , 2017
AVSI Jordan
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