Social Worker (Cоціальний/а працівник/ця)

INTERSOS is a humanitarian organization on the front-line of emergencies, bringing assistance to victims of armed conflicts, natural disasters and extreme exclusion with particular attention to the protection of the most vulnerable people.

Since 1992 our humanitarian workers have been helping people affected by humanitarian crises: we provide first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. We ensure that basic needs, as education, access to clean water and health assistance, are met.

An INTERSOS emergency team is in Lviv where we are launching an intervention to assist internally displaced people and support local health facilities close to the fighting areas, already under high pressure due to the influx of displaced people and the shortage of doctors, drugs and medical supplies. We are supporting an oncological hospital and some shelters in Lviv and we also started operating in Vinnytsia, both in the city and in the surrounding areas, with protection and health care activities. Another emergency team arrived in Odesa to deliver trauma kits and meet the growing needs of the population.

INTERSOS is opening a position of Social Worker in Vinnitsia (with frequent travels in Vinnitsia oblast).

Contract duration: 3 months with a possibility of extension for 3 months.

Main Purpose

Carry out all activities involving social support to individual patients/survivors and linking them with other relevant support services and communities, according to INTERSOS principles and guidelines.

Enhance the target population’s social condition to have an impact on health-related outcomes.

Reporting to:

(Hierarchical): Mental Health Activity Manager

(Technical): Mental Health Activity Manager

Tasks

• Conduct social assessments, identifying the social support needs of patients/survivors, including legal, protection, shelter/housing, financial/vocational, food security, and access to medical and psychosocial support services beyond the project intervention scope
• Support the provision of comprehensive care to patients and their families, by actively coordinating their work with the other members of the INTERSOS multidisciplinary team (eg. medical, MHPSS) and linking with multi-sectoral services such as protection, safety, security, legal, justice, education, and livelihood
• Provide direct social support based on social assessments and facilitate referrals to evaluated external re-sources. Provide systematic follow up care regarding attendance of clinical appointments and follow up on referrals made to relevant multi-sectoral services aimed at improving the quality of life of patients/survivors
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of any material needed for the activities of social workers, including facilities and equipment in order to ensure continuity
• Map and regular update of formal and informal support services (incl. existing community resources). Assess quality of existing support services, with identification of gaps and advocacy for an improved culturally appropriate social response
• Maintain records, statistics, files, and reports on all social work activities and follow up care either provided by INTERSOS or other support services. Identify gaps in the available services and with the team prioritizing and developing plans following the objectives of the mission

 Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Social Work
• Minimum 2 years work experience in a similar social job
• Experience with NGOs desirable
• Ukrainian language essential
• Confidentiality
• Service orientation
• Behavioural flexibility
• Results and quality orientation
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]