Relief Worker – Roster all areas, 10 At UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Conduct desk study and home visits to refugees applying for Social Transfer Assistance (Social Safety Net Programme (SSNP) and Emergency Programmes); collects socioeconomic data to determine eligibility for assistance, and conducts periodic site reassessments for active recipient cases in accordance with Relief Services Instructions (RSI) or applicable emergency assistance instructions

Maintains accurate and up-to-date information on families on receipt of social transfer assistance, documentation, data entry/modifications on the relevant database, completing social study reports including rejected, approved, and closed cases;

Identifies/refers refugees facing protection risks or in need of additional social work assistance/ intervention to Area Social Work Supervisor (ASWS);

Recommends – as per instructions for short-term emergency in kind / cash assistance eligibility for families in crises after conducting initial site assessment, and completing all related work process;

Follows-up the timely delivery of approved cash and/or in-kind assistance to eligible families and follows up on families that failed to collect their due assistance;

Implements/participates, as directed, in surveys and studies in the refugee community to analyze socio-economic trends;

Participates, as requested, in workshops, meetings intended to improve professional knowledge and skills relevant to his/her field of work and transmits such acquired knowledge to other Relief Workers/ newly recruited Relief Workers;

Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

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Link: https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=220688

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