Hagar International is a Swiss-based Christian organization that is committed to individualized and long-term assistance to its beneficiaries, advocating the strategic use of the social enterprise model as a tool for social rehabilitation and economic empowerment. Hagar works with women and children from devastating backgrounds of violence, abuse and trafficking and supports them in their recovery, rehabilitation, job readiness and ultimately community reintegration.
Hagar Vietnam is currently focusing on two main objectives. A partnership has been developed with the Center for Women and Development under the Women’s Union. Hagar will collaborate with this centre to increase the center’s capacity to deliver high quality recovery services within its residential care facilities for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. The second objective is to create and implement the Empowerment for Life (EWL) program, which will provide an avenue towards economic empowerment for women. Hagar will partner with existing vocational training programs to develop a program tailored to the needs of these women which will include hard vocational skills along with soft skills, self-development and life skills.
They are currently seeking a qualified candidate to join our team in Hanoi in the role of SOCIAL WORK ADVISOR
Social Work Advisor (SWA), Hagar Vietnam: Under the supervision of the Country Representative, the SWA will be responsible for:
Capacity building of social work and shelter personnel:
Conduct trainings for social work, case work, and other shelter personnel regarding fundamentals of social work profession, including counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and psychosocial assessment
Provide or facilitate trainings related to the dynamics of domestic violence, sex trafficking, gender based violence, community reintegration, and trauma recovery
Support shelter management team with on-site supervision, feedback and technical support for CWD social workers within the CWD trafficking and domestic violence shelters
Facilitate and/or directly provide community-wide trainings for NGO and government organizations addressing gender based violence and human trafficking
Support organizations in developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the trafficking and domestic violence shelters and other related programs in Hanoi
Educational Background/Experience Level Desired: Master of Social Work or related field. Minimum 5 years clinical/work experience
Skills Desired:
-Experience in training and case worker supervision.
-Experience working with people from backgrounds of trauma and violence, including sex trafficking.
-Advanced fluency in spoken and written English
-Advanced Vietnamese language skills desirable
-Working experience in Vietnam
-Candidate must demonstrate flexibility and cultural sensitivity
Qualities desired:
- Values excellence
-Takes initiative
-Humility and kindness
-Passion for life-long learning
-Excellent work ethic
-Responds constructively to direction and feedback
All applications must include (1) a letter explaining why you are interested in the position, and how your skills and abilities would be suitable for the position and (2) a curriculum vitae (without photo).
Please email your application to [email protected] [1] by no later than October 30, 2009. In the subject line, please insert the position reference code: Application for Social Work Advisor
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please do not make phone
calls. More information about Hagar can be found at www.hagarinternational.org [2].