Τοποθεσία: Serres, Kavala, Katerini, Oinofyta, Thiva, Ritsona, Andravida, Thermopyles
Position: Social Scientist
Location: Serres, Kavala, Katerini, Oinofyta, Thiva, Ritsona, Andravida, Thermopyles
Starting Date: ASAP
Status: Full-Time
Child Safeguarding Policy
Level 3 | The job holder will have regular contact with children |
Position within the Organization:
Hierarchical Responsible: Team Leader
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Focal point of communication for vulnerable families or vulnerable beneficiaries;
- Assess and address social needs of the beneficiaries, identify and follow-up cases that require special care;
- Perform case management in cooperation with other project staff and potentially SN partners involved in services provision;
- Cooperate with interpreters where needed for the provision of social services;
- Closely cooperate with other team members, passing on crucial information and expressing the need of action clearly and concisely;
- Keep social register files and statistical records of the caseload and services’ provision;
- Manage individual protection cases, including those on SGBV and child protection, and be in-charge of drafting relevant case plans;
- Find proper solutions to individuals, who are at most risk or victims of violence;
- Set strategies and operational measures to effectively prevent SGBV;
- Conduct needs/gaps and capacity assessments on SGBV response needs;
- Perform social work duties and undertake procedures implementation when referral(s) to other services are required;
- Directly support and coach beneficiaries through the usage of simple communication and moral uplifting techniques;
- Regular and ad hoc reporting and data/case files keeping;
Required qualifications & skills
- University degree in Humanities or Social Sciences;
- Experience in social work within the civil society sector, preferably working with vulnerable groups and refugees/migrants;
- Minimum one-year professional experience in case management;
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;
- Ability to troubleshoot and ease potential tensions between the project’s beneficiaries;
- Ability to perform fact finding tasks and clearly articulate results in a fair and balanced way;
- Previous experience in street-work and/or a job entailing direct contact and exchange with vulnerable groups of beneficiaries is an asset;
- Fluency in Greek and English required;
- Proficient with MS Outlook, Excel, and Word business software;
- Experience in community mobilization;
- Cross-cultural awareness and flexibility;
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, respect and interact with women and girls of all ages, background and diversity;
- Strong team player and able to handle pressure well;
- Well organized and efficient, with ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate;
- Good report writing skills;
- Adhere to and promote GBV guiding principles.
If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter in English to recruitment@solidaritynow.org mentioning in the subject line of the email subject “SN Social Scientist/location for which you are interested to apply”
SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Closing date: 25th January 2019
Only short-listed candidates will receive a written reply