Job ID
26659
Job Title
Social Worker - Male
To work for
SOS Children's Villages Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Support the provision of services to beneficiary families:
a)Assist with the initial assessment of potential beneficiaries, as required by the programme coordinator.
b)Establish and regularly review family development plans (FDP) with each family to ensure children's essential survival and developmental needs are met in the short and long term and to ensure care-givers/families understand the aim of the programme and contribute/work towards their self-reliance.
c)Organise and facilitate relevant services offered through the programme, including such activities as care-givers capacity building in child care, support groups, psycho-social support to the programme beneficiaries and child recreational activities.
Keep up-to-date information regarding beneficiaries and services provided:
a)Establish beneficiary filing system and keep up-to-date.
b)Fill/update the family strengthening programme’s information system database.
c)Keep record of all services and trainings provided.
d)Report on beneficiary/family progress and provide necessary information needed for the programme reporting
Involve the community in the implementation of the programme.
a)Build positive relationships with the community and/or local authorities.
b)Support the child welfare committee/community volunteers with trainings linked to the programme's implementation.
c)Follow up and guide the community volunteers' work.
Contribute to the realisation of child rights in general as well as the development of the organisation in this regard in particular:
a)Always put the interest of the child first
b)Take action or report to the adequate structure any child's rights violation cases
c)Keep track of child rights issues in general as well as current social development issues and trends relevant to the organisation’s mission.
a)Assist with the initial assessment of potential beneficiaries, as required by the programme coordinator.
b)Establish and regularly review family development plans (FDP) with each family to ensure children's essential survival and developmental needs are met in the short and long term and to ensure care-givers/families understand the aim of the programme and contribute/work towards their self-reliance.
c)Organise and facilitate relevant services offered through the programme, including such activities as care-givers capacity building in child care, support groups, psycho-social support to the programme beneficiaries and child recreational activities.
Keep up-to-date information regarding beneficiaries and services provided:
a)Establish beneficiary filing system and keep up-to-date.
b)Fill/update the family strengthening programme’s information system database.
c)Keep record of all services and trainings provided.
d)Report on beneficiary/family progress and provide necessary information needed for the programme reporting
Involve the community in the implementation of the programme.
a)Build positive relationships with the community and/or local authorities.
b)Support the child welfare committee/community volunteers with trainings linked to the programme's implementation.
c)Follow up and guide the community volunteers' work.
Contribute to the realisation of child rights in general as well as the development of the organisation in this regard in particular:
a)Always put the interest of the child first
b)Take action or report to the adequate structure any child's rights violation cases
c)Keep track of child rights issues in general as well as current social development issues and trends relevant to the organisation’s mission.
Qualifications
- University degree in social work or any other psycho-social or socio-pedagogic sector (i.e. psychology, pedagogy, sociology etc)
- At least two years of direct working experience in social services
- Good knowledge of children rights
- Ability to negotiate and collaborate
- Ability to gather, analyse, evaluate and integrate important information
- Good computer skills.
- At least two years of direct working experience in social services
- Good knowledge of children rights
- Ability to negotiate and collaborate
- Ability to gather, analyse, evaluate and integrate important information
- Good computer skills.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Driving License
Closing Date 22/8/2021
Closing Date 22/8/2021
Salary and Benefits
salary: as per SOS salary scale
contracts period : 6 Months with the option of extension
social insurance
medical insurance
contracts period : 6 Months with the option of extension
social insurance
medical insurance
About us
SOS Children's Villages in Syria was founded in 1975 and registered in the Syrian Ministry of Social Affairs under No. 1002. The Association is a nonprofit and nongovernmental, independent social development association. SOS is committed to helping orphans and children without parental care who had lost their homes, security, and families. We work in communities where our mission can contribute to their development and work as well in the spirit of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, advocating and promoting such rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.
SOS has adopted the slogan 'a loving home for every child' to continue to be pioneers in child care in Syria and the world. Whereas SOS Children's Villages in Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria, and spread out in 136 countries around the world.
SOS has adopted the slogan 'a loving home for every child' to continue to be pioneers in child care in Syria and the world. Whereas SOS Children's Villages in Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria, and spread out in 136 countries around the world.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Aug 12, 2021
Expiry Date
Sep 11, 2021
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CV Language
English