Founded in 1991 by a group of educated Afghan women in exile, the Afghan Women's Educational Center (AWEC) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, and nongovernmental organization. AWEC actively advocates and raises awareness about women's and children's rights in Islam. Our core activities focus on supporting women, reducing and eventually eliminating violence, and increasing women's participation in the home and society.

Job Summary

• The Case Worker will be based in Nuristan and Laghman provinces and will be directly reported to the Project Officers; under the supervision project manager, the Case Workers will engage communities and beneficiaries in identifying cases, registration, referral, and management.
   

The AWEC Jobs in Laghman, (Case Worker) will have responsibilities that include:

• Assessing cases and compiling case reports containing relevant information.
• Ensuring that case reports are kept up to date.
• Providing support, guidance, and counsel to families in need.
• Making referrals or introductions to other agencies.
• Scheduling and escorting individuals to appointments with legal aid workers, counselors, doctors, etc.
• Filing and maintaining case history reports
• Interviewing clients to assess their situational needs
• Determining which services and assistance are necessary
• Serving as a liaison between the client and social, financial, health, and legal services
• Developing a plan of action to improve the client’s well-being
• Planning regular follow-ups to assess progress and additional needs
• Reviewing and modifying plans as circumstances change for the individual

Job Requirment

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, Sociology, or Psychology.

  Experience& Skills: 

• Should at least have 3-4 years of experience in case management and law-related activities and provision of legal advice to victims of violence against women and girls as well as referral of cases
• Active listening to better understand the needs of their client so they can create a plan of action
• Social context to understand the challenges and opportunities clients face
• Written and verbal communication to interface with government organizations, courts/probate officers, and essentials services
• Critical thinking and decision making to plan the best course of action for their clients
• Problem-solving to improve the well-being of their clients through advocacy
• Selected candidate undergoes PESA background check.
• Any other tasks to assigned from organization

Submission Guideline

• Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with their CVs to the attention of following address recruitment@awec.info
• Kindly mention vacancy number and position title in your email's subject line, otherwise you won't be shortlisted. All shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for test/Interview.

• “Being committed to diversity & equal employment opportunity we highly encourage females & people living with disabilities to apply,  all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, language, religious sect.”

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Country

Afghanistan

City

Lagman

Submission Email

recruitment@awec.info

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