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Job title: Community Social Worker Work Location: Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa Job Level/Type: Level 5 / non-medical Start date: As soon as possible Reports to: Health Promotion Manager Context: MSF initiated a New Community Strategy aimed at increasing the population’s access to KCC services and increasing utilization of these services by empowering survivors of sexual and gender-based violence to take control of their health and their situation and seek care. Although the aim is for survivors to seek care, we would also like to create sufficient supportive environments in the Community, in order to remove the notion of haplessness that exists. The objectives are grounded in the key principles of HP within MSF as a component of the medical strategy, integrated and transversal, and implemented in a targeted approach; towards individuals and community. Empowering survivors will be achieved through increased awareness, information, education, training, social support, peer support and linking them with relevant partners in the community. This involves developing a strong community component that ensures not only having more survivors seek care at the KCCs but also fertilizes the ground for a community that is more receptive and responsive to the needs and experiences of an SGBV survivor. This strategy seeks to move beyond focus on the individual knowledge and behavior but also work at household and community level. \ We seek to reinforce people’s health knowledge and skills required to seek and access care on violence and provoke a change at individual, group and community level. Based in Rustenburg, North West Province, the Community Social Worker will provide initial social service at both an individual and group level within the community in order to empower clients to link to existing social resources that could assist them to improve their social functioning or social conditions. S/he will develop and maintain a functional network of partner organizations and authorities to empower surrounding CBOs and NGOS within the community to build self-sustaining communities. S/he will carry the overall responsibility for inbound and outbound client referrals from and to SGBV clinics as well as from and to surrounding NGOs and CBOs Requirements: Essential: · Degree Social Work, and registered with the SACSSP · Minimum 2 year of experience as a Social Worker · Deep knowledge of the referral network for social services within the Bojanala district, NW Province, specifically Rustenburg · Ability to prioritize and plan different concurrent activities (networking, patients follow-up, referrals. etc.) · Excellent organizational skills, communication skills, cultural sensitivity, open mindedness, patience, diplomacy, and flexibility · Willingness to work closely with local staff and community · Ready to travel on regular basis within the project area · Fluent written and spoken English and Setswana · Community involvement and personal experience showing a willingness to adhere to the humanitarian principle of Médecins Sans Frontières · South African citizen or holder of a valid South African work permit · Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Desirable: · Experience in the field of SGBV an advantage · Experience in working and constructively participating in a multi-disciplinary international team · Good knowledge in one or more of the following languages: IsiXhosa, Xitsonga, IsiZulu, IsiNdebele, SiSwati, Tshivenda or Sepedi · Responsibilities: · Identify and respond to the social needs of the target communities through social assessment and intervention according to the scope of the project · Develops and maintains a functional network of partner organizations and authorities for the operational needs of the SGBV clinics and community based programmes; maintains a strong link with MSF’s internal network (medical/mental health team, health promotion team) · Make home visits when required in order to conduct an environmental and ecological assessment of the survivors’ living circumstances (Home visits will be required when dealing with vulnerable children and adults); · Participate as a fully-fledged team member within the context of a multidisciplinary team of health professionals; participate in health promotion activities and various other programmes (school programme) as and when required · Conduct safety risk assessments and facilitate the placement of survivors to places of safety, rehabilitation centres; hospitals or clinics; · Carries the overall responsibility for inbound and outbound client referrals from and to SGBV clinics as well as from and to surrounding NGOs and CBOs. Ensures proper hand-over of the client and case related documentation, ensures all necessary services are provided, follows-up and delivers timely feed-back, traces defaulters if required, contact patients to follow up the evolution of their condition when needed (home visits; family conference sessions) · Maintains a close and regular collaboration and exchange of information within the various MSF teams,; participates and provides input to team meetings and case discussions · Serve as patient advocates within the community ensuring that human rights are upheld and that medical, psychological and social care is accessible to all · Provide individual and group support interventions to members of key populations through various community based social work interventions · Refer clients to CTOP services, · Identify and Provide training of focal persons, community activists, peer educators, social workers, social auxiliary workers, and volunteers (based at CBOs and NGOs) on SGBV, Safe Abortion Care, and other health topics · Work closely with the Health Promoter in the Community to create surportive environments. · Promote CTOP services within key population communities

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