Case Worker - Damietta

• What are women and girls safe spaces?

  A safe space is a formal or informal place where women and girls feel physically and emotionally safe.

• The term ‘safe,’ in the present context, refers to the absence of trauma, excessive stress, violence (or fear of violence), or abuse. It is a space where women and girls, being the intended beneficiaries, feel comfortable and enjoy the freedom to express themselves without the fear of judgment or harm. The key objectives of a safe space are to provide an area where women and girls can:  Socialize and re-build their social networks; Receive social support; Acquire contextually relevant skills;  Access safe and non-stigmatizing multi-sectoral GBV response services (psychosocial, legal, medical);  Receive information on issues relating to women’s rights, health, and services.

Job Description :

• Detects and admits new cases by reviewing records and applications
• Determines community requirements by completing intake interviews
• Determining need for therapeutic, psycho-social, and psychiatric evaluations
• Reviewing therapist evaluations, treatment objectives, and action plans.
• Establishes rehabilitation programs by setting schedules and routines; coordinating services being provided
• Arranging with other organizations, including transportation and escort.
• Monitors cases by verifying attendance; observing and evaluating compliance and responses; advocating for needed services and entitlements; obtaining additional resources; intervening in crises; providing personal support.
• Maintains cases' records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress.
• Improves staff competence by providing educational resources; balancing work requirements with learning opportunities; evaluating the application of learning to changes in rehabilitation results.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing rehabilitation and results data and trends; compiling statistics; completing grant and subsidy applications.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.