Social Worker - Relief & Social Services Department - Daily Paid Opportunity - Damascus and Daraa Areas

The Social Worker will conduct comprehensive social intervention assessments and develop care plans for individuals and families in need. The role involves providing psycho-social support, facilitating referrals to other services, documenting case work, supporting community initiatives, and maintaining relations with partners to enhance refugee access to services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive social intervention assessments for individuals and families identified as being in need of social intervention and develop individual social intervention care plans using a strengths-based approach.
• Provide social support including psycho-social counselling to individuals and families based on designated intervention care plans at household or facility level.
• Identify the need for referral to other UNRWA services and/or external agencies and facilitate and follow up such referrals as part of the social intervention care plan.
• Document all case work promptly and carefully in line with social work principles and values and maintain accurate records using relevant social intervention databases.
• Facilitate and support community-based initiatives and activities targeting women, children, youth, elderly and persons with disability and the community at large as complementary to social intervention.
• Maintain good working relations with various partners and stakeholders to increase refugees access to quality services provided by external partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• University degree from an accredited educational institution in social work, sociology, psychology, guidance and counseling or other related discipline.
• At least three years' experience in providing social work, psycho-social support or counselling in developmental /humanitarian programmes in governmental, non-governmental or NGOs organizations is required.
• The incumbent is required to travel within the Field in the course of duty and must be willing and capable of driving an Agency vehicle.
• English and Arabic language proficiency at UN Level II for reading, writing, listening, and speaking is required.
• Candidates must reside in Syria and within commuting distance of the duty station with authorization to work in the duty station at the time of application.
• Applicants must provide complete and accurate information pertaining to their personal profile and qualifications according to the instructions provided in inspira to be considered for the current job opening.
• Candidates under serious consideration for selection will be subject to reference checks to verify the information provided in the application.
• Selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks including verification of academic credentials, employment history, ClearCheck and INTERPOL, and certification of non-conviction where available.
• Candidates must fully and unconditionally commit to the values of efficiency, competence, neutrality, impartiality and integrity, including respect for human rights, diversity and non-violent conflict resolution.
• Applicants must not have committed violations of international human rights law, humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment, or have been involved in misconduct processes pending or concluded.
• UNRWA does not charge any fees at any stage of recruitment and onboarding.

Skills

• Social Work
• Psychosocial Support
• Counselling
• Social Intervention Assessment
• Care Plan Development
• Case Documentation
• Community Outreach
• Referral Facilitation
• Humanitarian Programming
• Developmental Programmes
• Driving Agency Vehicle
• English Language Proficiency
• Language Proficiency in Arabic
• Human Rights Knowledge
• Non-violent Conflict Resolution

Languages

English, Arabic