Psychosocial Support Asssistant-Social Worker

 International Organization for Migration (IOM) Indonesia is looking for a Psychosocial Support Asssistant-Social Worker according to the terms of reference below:

Psychosocial Support Asssistant-Social Worker
Jakarta Raya

Responsibilities:
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE
Under the direct supervision of Head of Office/RCA Programme Coordinator in Medan, in close coordination with the Psychosocial Support Coordinator and Senior Migration Health Advisor for technical guidance and under overall supervision of the Deputy Chief of Mission, the incumbent will provide oversight, supervise and monitor the implementation of the psychosocial assistance activities for the irregular migrants in Indonesia.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

    Implement tailored psychosocial program activities for the irregular migrants (IMs) and ensure that the implementation of social, religious and educational/vocational activities and the like, are culturally appropriate and fully respects the confidentiality of the information on migrants.
    Work closely with the IOM team (medical, operation, and other related officers), local authorities and/or national government, international organizations, and NGOs to inform and advocate for remedies and solutions to psychosocial and protection issues faced by irregular migrants.
    Assess psychosocial and protection needs and identify problems/gaps, risk and vulnerabilities, including those related to gender and age. Propose/prioritise initiatives to reduce these risks and increase the resilience capacity within the IMs communities in detention and community settings.
    Ensure presence in IMs communities through regular visits to detention centres, temporary settlement areas to collect information on the conditions faced by IMs including the availability of humanitarian assistance (shelter, food, water/sanitation, health and education) and access to services by different segments of IMs populations.
    Actively engage the IMs in the development of psychosocial activities and use available resources within the target population. Encourage migrants to provide assistance to their own community members by sharing their own knowledge and skills to influence the decision making process affecting their daily living situations.
    Ensure referral mechanisms are established for referring migrants with potential mental/psychosocial health problems or any other general health issues to the appropriate health care service providers in the area.
    Provide basic counselling and implementation of psychosocial activities where needed, possible and appropriate in a scheduled manner including specific educational activities addressing the identified social-health issues.
    Organize case management for case record, collate, review for completeness of information and maintain a filing, retrieval and forwarding system of documents/records for each migrant undergoing assessment, mental / psychosocial consultation, treatment, referral and follow up.
    Conduct on-going monitoring, analysis and reporting of the psychosocial condition of the IMs and provide periodic reports of psychosocial activities conducted in the designated areas including psychological reports and statistics on a monthly basis to the Psychosocial Support Program Coordinator.
    Perform other duties as may be assigned

COMPETENCIES

    The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies

Accountability

    Accepts and gives constructive criticism
    Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
    Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
    Monitors own work to correct errors
    Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings

Client Orientation

    Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
    Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
    Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, and project beneficiaries

Continuous Learning

    Contributes to colleagues' learning
    Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
    Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
    Keep abreast of developments in own professional area

Communication

    Actively shares relevant information
    Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
    Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
    Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience

Creativity and Initiative

    Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems

Leadership and Negotiation

    Convinces others to share resources
    Presents goals as shared interests

Performance Management

    Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
    Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
    Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures

Planning and Organizing

    Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others
    Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
    Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
    Identifies risks and makes contingency plans

Professionalism
Masters subject matter related to responsibilities

    Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
    Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
    Effectively applies knowledge of migration issues within organizational context
    Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
    Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
    Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
    Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration Solutions

Teamwork

    Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
    Contributes to, and follows team objectives
    Gives credit where credit is due
    Seeks input and feedback from others
    Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
    Actively supports and implements final group decisions
    Takes joint responsibility for team's work

Technological Awareness

    Learns about developments in available technology
    Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions
    Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work

Technical

    Delivers on set objectives in hardship/difficult situations.
    Effectively coordinates actions with other implementing partners.
    Works effectively with local authorities, stakeholders, beneficiaries, and the broader community to advance country office objectives
    Excellent understanding and application of ethical practices within the disciplines and a good understanding of rights based approaches
    Proficient in computer applications
    Good written and spoken communications skills,
    Good interpersonal skills, high loyalty, ability to work in a multi - cultural environment and good working in team.
    Willingness to travel.

Requirements:

    Diploma Degree (D3) in Psychology, Social Science or any related field. A university degree in any of these fields will be highly regarded.
    At least 4 years of direct work experience in social work, have worked in settings with protection issues such as battered women, rape victims, family/domestic abuse and trauma/post care.
    Experience in working with irregular migrants; trafficked persons; general counselling and networking.

LANGUAGES

    Proficient in the English language, proficiency in languages spoken by migrants (Farsi, Arabic, Tamil, Myanmarese) is an advantage.


HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates are invited to send the application in ENGLISH, with :

    Cover letter, clearly specify suitability and availability date,
    Complete the Personal History Form which can be downloaded at the following link :


http://www.iom.or.id/loadpdf.jsp?lang=eng&pgs=pcmain&file=phform.xls


    Detailed curriculum vitae, including historical salary and minimum three referees (preferably former direct supervisors).

Please submit the application by email to recruitment-indonesia@iom.int and indicating the reference code above (SVN/ID10/2013/005) as subject. Only applicant who meet the above qualification will be short-listed

The deadline for applications is 22 February 2013.