Community Social Worker
Position Summary Expectations - Duties, Responsibilities
Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Epic Arts has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). All staff must treat children, vulnerable people, and colleagues with respect and dignity at all times and comply with the Children and People with Disabilities Protection (CPDP) Policy and the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy. Breaches may result in disciplinary action.
Working Hours: Standard working hours 8am – 12pm, 2pm – 5pm Monday to Friday but some after-hours work will be required
Working Conditions: These positions typically work in an office environment, with occasional travel required.
Staff benefits apart from Salary.
- Insurance from the National Social Security Fund
- Epic Arts Cafe food at a discount of 30%
- Training opportunities
- Annual leave based on Epic Arts policy
- Flexible working hours, if approved by Management Team
- Leave without pay if approved by the Management Team
- Opportunity to join high-level networking opportunities in and outside the country
- Friendly, inclusive, creative, and supportive working environment
- Child Protection and Childsafe Project
- Contribute to reviews and implementation of EA Child Protection Policy and procedures
- Assist with training to ensure EA staff are working in a child safe way
- Participate in a roster to cover the after-hours Childsafe hotline
- Train and support Child safe agents
- Keep records of case management
- Organise emergency support for victims
- Provide support for victims and their families
- Establish relationships with parents of children with disabilities (CWD) to ensure that they have safe home environments.
- Inclusive Education Programme
- Inclusive Arts Course (IAC)
- Co-ordinate with the Team Leader IAC to recruit and oversee the welfare of IAC students
- Special Education Project (SEP)
- Join weekly meeting with SEP
- Be communicator with SEP parents with support from SEP team leader.
- Home visit if needed.
- On the process of recruited new SEP student if needed.
- On call if any emergency problem with SEP students.
- Support project teams working with our service users and their families
- Meeting with potential service users and making an assessment of their needs
- Provide clear and accurate information and feedback to families of workshop participants / special education students
- Coordinate and implement any parents group meetings as instructed by the line Manager.
- Report issues with families, students and staff to line manager on a monthly basis (more often in case of emergency)
- Support families to ensure that children have access to medical care where available, including supporting with referrals to other services
- Work with project teams to develop life skills workshops for young people on issues relevant to them (e.g. relationships, drugs, alcohol, safety, social etc).
- Responding to emergency situations as appropriate, ensuring that priority cases are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Facilitate communication within Epic Arts partnership
- Coordinate with deaf interpreter to be aware of and responsive to the needs of the deaf staff members, students within Epic Art
- Maintaining accurate records of service user information, including developing and updating our current database
- Ensuring information is shared effectively with the relevant staff whilst maintaining confidentiality.
- Coordinate with Local Authorities and Partner Organisations
- Linking with local authorities, including but not limited to:
- Communicate with local authorities and maintain relationships with the local authorities, including the Offices of Social Affairs, Culture and Fine Arts and Education.
- Establish and maintain links with key local government officials, commune chiefs and village chiefs in order to introduce them to Epic Arts’ work
- Provide information to enable local authorities to refer people with disabilities in to other services and NGOs as appropriate.
- Link with other disability organisations in Cambodia, including attending networking meetings.
- Link with medical organisations and hospitals in the area to collect information about the services they provide.
- Refer PWD to services provided by partner NGOs or hospitals
- Coordinate with relevant organisations regarding any legal cases involving our service users, ensuring it passed on to the appropriate organisation.
- QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- Bachelor degree in Social Work or related field
- Experience in social work
- Reliable, with good planning organizational and record-keeping skills
- Punctual and able to meet deadlines
- Ability to communicate with a range of actors: government personnel, Epic Arts staff (all levels), community sector stakeholders
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively
- Ability to speak, write and read in both English and Khmer
- DESIRABLE
- Experience working with people with disabilities
- Experience working in an NGO
