Summary
Date Posted: 18th January 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: RwF

JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Head of Social Workers (contractuel)
Level: 5.II
Reports To: DG of DISTRICT HOSPITAL
No. of Positions: 1
Job Description
• To receive and orient patients in the hospital;
• To identify psychosocial cases and work with them to find adequate solutions for their problems;
• To fill forms those are a source of information on the psychosocial progress of the patient;
• To serve as liaison between patients, healthcare providers and sponsors;
• To organize and manage packages of support to enable patients to lead the fullest lives possible;
• To educate patients and their close relatives on the management of the patients’ condition and its consequences;
• To educate patients (individually or in groups) for behavior change;
• To organize the social reintegration of abandoned and invalid patients;
• To search for families, orphanages, foster homes for abandoned children and invalid patients;
• To organize and coordinate the International Patients’ Day;
• To organize recreational and practical activities for patients such as drawing, reading, knitting, etc;
• To coordinate the activities of sponsors in wards;
• To distribute identifying cards to people who are with patients “garde-malade” to maintain their security and that of their belongings;
• To mobilize funds for financially deprived patients;
• To compose and pay for announcements for abandoned patients and bodies;
• To bury abandoned bodies;
• Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor
• Perform other related duties as required
Job Profile
A0 in Social Science, Social Work.
Key technical skills and knowledge required :
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems;
• Judgment and Decision Making skills
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one;
• Negotiation skills;
• Analytical and problem solving skills;
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy;
• Very effective organizational skills;
• Ability to demonstrate confident and offer pragmatic and logical judgment.
• Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an advantage

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Job application procedure
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https://recruitment.mifotra.gov.rw/Applications/Apply/3001