{"id":8078,"date":"2020-05-18T09:27:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T09:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=8078"},"modified":"2020-05-19T09:03:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:03:56","slug":"social-scientist-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/social-scientist-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Date:<strong> ASAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Status:<strong>\u00a0 Full Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Child Safeguarding Policy:<strong> Level 3<\/strong> &#8211; The job holder will have regular contact with children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports To<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social Service Coordinator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directly supports beneficiaries using simple communication and moral uplifting techniques;<\/li>\n<li>Assesses and addresses the social needs of the beneficiaries, identifies and follows up cases that require special care;<\/li>\n<li>Performs case management in cooperation with other project staff and potentially SN partners involved in services provision;<\/li>\n<li>Cooperates with interpreters where needed for the provision of her\/his services;<\/li>\n<li>Closely cooperates with other team members, passing on the information and expressing the need for action clearly and concisely;<\/li>\n<li>Keeps social register files and statistical records of the caseload and services\u2019 provision;<\/li>\n<li>Performs social work duties and undertakes procedures implementation when referral(s) to other services are required;<\/li>\n<li>Regular and ad hoc reporting and fact-finding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Required qualifications and skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Essential<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University degree from an accredited academic institution preferably in Social Work, or Humanities and Social Sciences;<\/li>\n<li>Experience in social work within the civil society sector, preferably working with vulnerable groups and refugees\/migrants;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate;<\/li>\n<li>Confidence with IT tools and software;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work unsupervised and at flexible working schedules;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to troubleshoot and ease potential tensions between the project\u2019s beneficiaries;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform fact-finding tasks; clearly articulate results in a fair and balanced way;<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills;<\/li>\n<li>Basic knowledge of the humanitarian sector and stakeholders in Athens;<\/li>\n<li>Previous experience in job entailing direct contact and exchange with groups of beneficiaries, clients, students etc.;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Desired<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience in accommodation scheme for asylum seekers<\/li>\n<li>Understanding and speaking of Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Pashtu or Urdu;<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of the cultural background of Arabic speaking and Asian (i.e. Afghani, Pakistani, Iranian) populations, in the context of the current people on the move emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested candidates send your CV and motivation letter to\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@solidaritynow.org\">recruitment@solidaritynow.org<\/a> not later than by\u00a0<strong><u>January 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0mentioning in the email subject\u00a0<strong>\u201cSocial Scientist_ Athens\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Date: ASAP Status:\u00a0 Full Time Child Safeguarding Policy: Level 3 &#8211; 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