Social Worker

Syria

Social Services - Humanitarian/Disasters

Finished or Exempted (For male)

•Follow up with children exposed to child safeguarding incident, and those who are at risk of
exposure to child safeguarding incidents.
•Undertaking and witting assessment, sometimes with other professional, by conducting field
visits to the targeted child/adult and collect all the needed information.
•Undertaking the needed referrals to medical psychological treatment specialists for the
child/adult victim.
•Offering proper information and orientation and support.
•Recommend and support making proper decision about the best interest of a child and
family.
•Conducting interviews with the psychologist who follows up on the child's condition and
discussing the child current and past situation.
•View all the files related to children and the latest developments in the child's condition,
including (medical reports and the development of the psychological and educational
condition, legal files ....etc.).
•Participate in following up the individual child development from social perspective. And
ensure the right implementation of the support action plan proposed for the child/adult
under SFP 1.10 scope.
•Ensure proper follow up of the targeted children inside or outside SOS care, and undertake
all needed actions to implement and monitor the support action plan (socially - legally -
financially....etc.)
•Update the information concerning any changes in the status of the child/adult or biological
families.
•Carry out all duties in an exemplary manner.
•Protect the children under SOS care from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury, or
abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse
•Handle all SOS property appropriately, including the financial resources.


Child Safeguarding (CS)

•Child protection is everyone's responsibility.
•Each child has the right to learn.
•Ensure early detection of any abusive or inappropriate behavior and handle it in proper
way to minimize the child safety risks.
•Responsible within own area of work to prevent and protect children of all forms of abuse,
abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination based on SOS Child Protection
Policy principles.
•Responsible for reporting any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately.
•Following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the
respective line manager or the local child safeguarding team, or to any other member of the
national CS team.

-Any certificates, license, and training related to the field that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
-A master's degree in a related field is preferred
-Preferable previous experience in the humanitarian sector.
-A team player who is culturally astute, respectful and tolerant.
-Ability to travel within the country.

SOS Children's Villages Syria, a nonprofit, nongovernmental association that is committed to responding to the social development needs of society's most vulnerable children and young people. We establish facilities and programs that aim to strengthen families and prevent the abandonment of children. We join hands with community members to provide education, protection, and alternative care services.

SOS Children's Villages Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria and spread out in 136 countries worldwide. It was founded in Syria in 1975, and since then, we have been working to ensure that children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it grow up with the needed support and care to become their strongest selves.

SOS Children’s Villages strives to maintain a recruitment process that is open and competitive for all candidates. SOS supports employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by applicable law.

May 15, 2024

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