International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve  the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring  them back to self-reliance.

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Job Purpose

Social Workers will perform the community outreach activities on topics including child rights, parenting skills, CP and MHPSS awareness programs. They will organize awareness-raising workshops accordingly at the community level, as well as for the Child Protection Action Network (CPAN) members. Social Workers will conduct regular follow-up of children receiving CP case management services. They will also refer children to the Children and Family Social Centers for further support and will facilitate Community Wellbeing Groups (CWG) in the community. Social workers will also provide individual psychosocial support, as well as case identification, referrals, PFA, and brief counseling in the community, and will link the community with integrated mental health services at the nearest available Health Sub-center established by IMC.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct awareness activities and engage with the wider community on promoting emotional wellbeing and positive mental health.
• Coordination with Community leaders and CPAN members and establish Community Wellbeing Groups (CWGs).
• Organize workshops for the Community Wellbeing Groups and Child Protection Action Network (CPAN) members.
• Facilitate Community Wellbeing Groups (CWG) in the community.
• Identification of cases, referral, providing PFA, and brief counseling in the community, and link the community with integrated mental health services at the nearest available Health Sub-center established by IMC.
• Conduct regular follow-up of children receiving child protection case management services and refer children to the Children and Family Support Centers for further support.
• Offer information and support clients and their families.
• Support the Child PSS counselor in delivering caregivers/ and parenting skills sessions in the Children and Family Support Centers.
• Link the community with services provided in the Children and Family Support Centers.
• Ensure close coordination with provincial Department of Social Affairs and Child Protection, and CPAN members for the CP case management and follow up.
• Maintaining accurate records and preparing reports.

Organizational Responsibilities

International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Safeguarding

It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, and other Social Science or related field is mandatory.

Experience

• Minimum 1 years’ experience working in the community with clients, particularly children that are affected by issues including neglect, abuse, violence, exploitation and mental health issues
• Experience providing community-based PSS/MHPSS services is mandatory.

Competency

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in Dari and Pashto, and English is desirable.
• Honest hardworking and self-motivated.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within different cultural environments.
• Ability to give full attention to what social service clients are saying, understand the points being made, ask questions, and not interrupt inappropriately.
• Awareness of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Able to develop a treatment plan.
• Able to deliver training and orientation session in the community.

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme:

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. The International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.