JOB TITLE: Social Workers

LOCATION: Kismayo Somali

CONTRACT DURATION: until 31/12/2022

START DATE: June 2022

SALARY GRADE: According to SIF’S National Staff Salary Scale

General description of the position:

The Social Worker will oversee one of SIF’s projects which comprises of a variety of activities to enhance livelihood and resilience of vulnerable crises-affected communities and institutions through Multi-sectoral interventions activities in Kismayo. The Social worker will assist to ensure technical oversight of assessments, sensitization and involvement of beneficiaries, implementation and monitoring of project activities, capacity strengthening of project staff and stakeholders, and identifying opportunities for private sector partnership.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES:

• Act as social service providers for SIF selected orphans in the targeted areas;
• Carry out data entry related to all social Work activities;
• Attend all meetings relating to social work for the project;
• Provide translation services between the SIF staff and clients required;
• Assist orphans within the SIF program to adapt to their situations effectively;
• Participate in the baseline and end-line assessments during the project period.
• Conduct needs assessments and file the necessary reports;
• Assist during the orphan registration process using SIF’s orphan selection criteria;
• Contribute to the identification of orphans eligible for the sponsorship program and diagnose their situation ;
• Contribute to the updating of the mapping of organizations/services (State/civil society, CBOs, etc.) present in the area (Who? Does what? Where?, etc.) and establish, if necessary, collaboration to improve the care of orphans and avoid duplication
• Identify the community needs (e.g. academic, social, health, etc.), develop an action plan to meet them (information, referrals to other services, etc.), support and monitor its implementation
• Organize regular community visits. (frequency to be adapted according to the level of vulnerability: minimum 1 per month);
• Provide and/or coordinate psychosocial support for community members;
• Regularly inform the coordination of the project on the health of sponsored orphans and transmit information on critical/urgent cases without delay;
• Follow-up on the use of the allowances provided by the project for the education and welfare of sponsored orphans;
• Forward communications from sponsors to beneficiaries;
• Organize social, recreational and educational activities for orphans and other children in the community;
• Contribute to the evaluation of the sponsorship program and in particular its impact on the individual situation of orphans
• Collect the information necessary for reporting on orphans and capitalizing on the program(lessons learned and good practices);
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisors