An NGO at Beirut, Mazraa requesting a Family Service Worker
Family service workers play a crucial role in supporting families facing various challenges. Her duties are quite diverse, here are some of the main areas:
Assessment and Case Management:
- Conducting interviews and assessments: Her work often begins with meeting the family and understanding their specific needs and problems. This may involve interviewing family members, gathering information about their background, and assessing their living situation, family dynamics, and resources.
- Developing an individualized plan: Based on the assessment, the family service worker creates a personalized plan to address the family's needs. This plan might include referrals to appropriate services, such as counseling, financial assistance, housing support, or educational programs.
- Monitoring progress and adjusting the plan: Family service workers regularly monitor the family's progress and adjust the plan as needed. She may provide ongoing support and guidance to help the family achieve their goals.
Direct Services and Referrals:
- Providing counseling and support: Family service workers may offer individual or family counseling to address issues such as mental health concerns, substance abuse, domestic violence, or parenting challenges.
- Connecting families to resources: They act as a link between families and community resources, referring them to relevant services, programs, and agencies that can meet their specific needs. This could include housing assistance, food banks, legal aid, childcare, or health care services.
- Advocating for families: Family service workers may sometimes advocate for families with social service agencies, government institutions, or other organizations to ensure they receive the services and support they deserve.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Documentation and reporting: Family service workers maintain detailed records of their work with families, documenting assessments, interventions, and progress reports.
- Collaboration with other professionals: They often collaborate with other professionals, such as social workers, teachers, doctors, and lawyers, to provide comprehensive support to families.
- Community outreach and education: They may also participate in community outreach programs to raise awareness about family issues and the services available to families in need.
Email: [Confidential Information]
Salary: $400-$500
