Social Worker, Emergency Reception Center St-Lambrechts-Woluwe (6 months) M/V/X

Beschrijving van het bedrijf

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Beschrijving van de functie

Millions of people are fleeing war, hunger, persecution or natural disasters. Most of them reside in third-world countries. But people also arrive in Belgium in search of a new home and a safe haven. 
At the request of the government, Red Cross-Flanders receives refugees in a temporary emergency reception center in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe.

Job description:
* Together with your colleagues, you are responsible for keeping the reception center operative, during day and night. 
* You help ensure that internal rules are respected so that a peaceful environ-ment can be of-fered to temporary residents.  In case of incidents and crisis situations you act calmly and try to mediate between the different parties;
* You provide psychosocial counseling: you listen very thoroughly whenever ref-ugees need a listening ear. Entering an emotionally charged conversation at that time doesn't frighten you. You will react appropriately to mental or physi-cal problems that refugees are struggling with;
* You answer practical questions and inform the temporary residents about their stay in the center and the path that may follow in order to get registered in Belgium.
* You give the refugees a warm and caring welcome and show them around the center;
* You take care of a few administrative tasks during the day;
* You ensure a good flow of useful information from day to night colleagues;
* You regularly keep the center manager informed in order to enable a smooth functioning of the reception center, together with the rest of the team.

Jouw profiel

* You have a secondary education degree in a humane direction and have some experience in conducting difficult conversations (you can deal with sensitive topics during thess con-versations).
* You have an interest in working with people from different cultural back-grounds.
* You are entrepreneurial and will actively roll up your sleeves.
* You are flexible and willing to work in a shift system (with weekend shifts)You speak and understand English fluently (= the working language in the cen-ter). Any other languages are an asset.
* You have computer skills (Word, Outlook, Excel) and are able to quickly learn internal electronic monitoring systems.
* You are empathetic and diplomatic, but you can also set clear boundaries.
* You work in a structured way and in good consultation with your colleagues.
* You manage to stay calm in stressful situations.

Taalvaardigheden

• Engels (troef)

  • Begrijpen : Vaardig - (C1)
  • Schrijven : Vaardig - (C1)
  • Lezen : Vaardig - (C1)
  • Spreken : Vaardig - (C1)

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