Medical Social Worker jobs in Manila

Main Purpose

CHWs ensure a strong link between community members and MSF services, supporting a people-centred approach. They help promote health, identify needs, collect community feedback, support surveillance, facilitate access to care, and contribute to building supportive and safe environments.

Accountabilities

A. Health Education, Service Promotion and Social Mobilisation

• Provide health education and promote MSF services within communities and health facilities.
• Conduct health talks, community dialogues, mobilisation activities and support outreach campaigns (vaccination, screening, distributions, etc.).
• Conduct social mobilisation to support mass vaccination campaigns, distributions or other activities.

B. Community Feedback & Situation Analysis

• Collect and report community feedback (security concerns, rumours, service perceptions, needs, red flags).
• Support basic data collection (surveys or other project tools).

C. Social Networking & Mapping

• Support community mapping (villages, stakeholders, gathering points, geographic routes).
• Build and maintain links with community leaders, service providers and social actors.

D. Community-Based Surveillance & Linkage to Care

• Participate in routine data collection on morbidity, mortality, births, deaths and population movements.
• Support case finding (symptom screening, MUAC, RDT, vaccination status checks, etc.).
• Facilitate referrals and guide community members to MSF services.
• Participate in tracing (missed appointments, lost-to-follow-up, defaulters, contacts).

E. Community Case Management (Depending on project and training)

• Support diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhea, respiratory infections, malnutrition, etc.
• Identify and communicate needs related to SRH, MH, WATSAN, protection/SGBV and other health topics.
• Facilitate referrals to higher levels of care and contribute to data collection and follow-up.

F. Supportive Community Activities

• Support activities creating supportive environments (youth clubs, support groups, recreational activities, community committees).
• Participate in stigma-reduction initiatives (anti-stigma campaigns, testimonies, storytelling).

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• For research, collect data and support activities including surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs), and community workshops.
• Support training of city-paid and barangay-paid BHWs on standardized protocols for recognizing, referring, and promoting prevention of respiratory diseases.
• Promote coordination between city-paid BHWs and the mentoring and monitoring of barangay-paid BHWs by city-paid BHWs.
• Link barangay-paid BHWs with new recruits to Respiratory Committees to provide mentoring and practical guidance in the field.
• Facilitate the development of patient support groups.
• Support emergency response activities in identified project areas, including community mobilization, health information sharing, and other assigned tasks.
• Attend relevant training and capacity-building activities related to the position.
• Participate in relevant team and project meetings and provide updates from community activities when needed.
• Support in community screening of patients with chronic respiratory disease and coordinate with the medical team for referral to the catchment PHC.
• Conduct targeted home-visits for newly registered patients, provide support to patients and families
• Work closely with the medical team in contact tracing.
• Work closely with peer volunteers in the community for peer support activities.

Requirements

Education

Literacy is desirable, but not indispensable.

Experience

• Lived experience in or good understanding of the community is essential.
• Need to be recognized, accepted by the community they represent.

Languages

Knowledge of mission language desirable and local languages is mandatory

Knowledge

Essential basic mathematics and use of measuring equipment

Competencies

• Strong communication and active listening skills
• Negotiation skills at community level
• Proactive, initiative taking, open-minded
• Teamwork
• Commitment to MSF

MSF offer

• Workplace: Pasay City and Tondo Manila
• Full time position
• Level of Position: Level 3
• Monthly Basic Salary: Php28,155.00
• Benefits: 13th month pay, 25 annual leave days, HMO including qualified dependents (per MSF policy), additional leaves

Application Process:

Cover letter and updated CV, with copies of work certificates relevant for the position.

Interested candidates are invited to send their application to:

msff-manila-recruitment@paris.msf.org

Subject of mail should be identified with: “ COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER”

The deadline for submission of application: 11th of October 2026

Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only Filipino Nationals are allowed to apply.

Preferable starting date: As soon as possible

NOTE: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favouritism, will be tolerated in a recruiting process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system.

MSF-Philippines reserves the right to keep the application of non-selected candidates and contact them in case of an opening corresponding to their profiles in the future.

MSF is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing and fostering an inclusive environment where all people, including women, minorities, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented groups are equally supported, respected, and encouraged to excel. We provide equal opportunity regardless of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability or disability, or political affiliation.

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Health insurance
• Paid training

Work Arrangement: In person

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Health insurance

Work Location: In person