Community Outreach Worker at HIAS Refugee Trust of Kenya
HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit organization that protects refugees—including women and children, and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities—whose lives are in danger for being who they are. Community Outreach Worker Job Type Full Time Qualification BA/BSc/HND Experience 1 year Location Nairobi Job Field NGO/Non-Profit POSITION SUMMARY: HIAS works with communities’ natural systems to optimize support for Persons with Specific Needs (PSNs). This approach enables HIAS to meet the safety, psychosocial, economic, and justice needs of PSNs; and facilitate their access to appropriate care. HIAS seeks to recruit a Community Outreach Worker who will be required to identify the most at risk and vulnerable refugees, provide them with necessary information as needed and link them with opportunities for psychosocial assessment and vulnerability assessment preceding appropriate intervention. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Identification of the most vulnerable refugees in the community in need of pr