Social Worker 

by Partners In Health

in Social work
Full Time
Sierra Leone, Kono, Koidu
December 20, 2024

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    December 20, 2024
  • Location
    Sierra Leone, Kono, Koidu
  • Expiration date
    January 2, 2025
  • Experience
    2 Years
  • Gender
    Both
  • Qualification
    Certificate, Bachelor Degree
  • Organization
    Partners in Health
  • Required Languages
    English, Krio

Job Description

                  Vacancy Announcement
Job title:    Social Worker 
Work Location: Koidu Government Hospital (Kono District)      
Department: Operations 
Reports to:  Social Work Lead  
Line Management  No
Requisition #  4365
Duration of Contract Twelve (12) Months with the possibility of extension
Application Status External Advert
Organisation Profile 
Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world. 

Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health Sierra Leone (PIHSL) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals.
Position Overview
The Hospital Social Worker (HSW) serves as a link and accompanier between clinicians, and patients or patients’ relatives at Koidu Government Hospital (KGH). The HSW primarily serves to accompany and check on vulnerable patients admitted to the wards during their hospitalization.  Hospital Social Worker is a staunch patient advocate, who provides for/addresses patient’s social needs, to ensure that patients receive proper care and are not charged unofficial or illegal fees.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 
    • Act as patients’ advocate
    • Assess and identify vulnerable patients, and link them with the available social support program.
    • Receive referral information and instructions from the Hospital Social Work Lead or clinical leads
    • Accompany patients through Koidu Government Hospital, counseling patients on the process and insisting on correct, legal costs of treatment.
    • Visit vulnerable patients who have been admitted each working day, counsel them on their conditions and note questions, concerns, and information about their social problems, and discuss them with the Hospital Social Work Lead or Clinical Lead.
    • Liaise with nurses and administrators to ensure proper care of patients and continue with good relationships and teamwork
  • Additional Responsibilities:
  • Assist patient with discharge process home or; referrals to outside facilities
  • Liaise with PIH Finance and SHIS Department
  • Perform such other duties, related to the department, project, and/or job description, as may be required by the Hospital Social Work Lead. 
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment
At Partners In Health, we are dedicated to ensuring that those who benefit from our work, including our patients, families, and community members, as well as our employees, are treated with dignity and respect, and are free from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.  By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Qualifications/Requirements
  • Preferably must have completed an Ordinary National Diploma or Higher National Diploma in Social work or related field of study.

∙       Experience in Social Work preferred       

∙       Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, must be able to take initiative and problem-solve, be a creative thinker, and must be flexible.

∙       Ability to work well with a team, be dependable, and hard-working.

∙       Ability to be adaptable and function in a busy work environment.

∙       Commitment to social justice and human rights.

∙       Must NOT hold dual employment from private or national consolidated funds
Social Justice
We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.
Method of application
Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment.   In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers of three (3) referees not later than 12:00pm GMT (Midnight) on Tuesday 31st  December 2024

 

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