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Requisition ID: req56350

Job Title: MHPSS Counselor (Afghan National Only)

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Nangarhar, Afghanistan

Work Arrangement:In-person

Job Description

General Duties

Program Management

• Deliver one-on-one (Individual) and group counseling sessions to identified clients within IRC Clinics, and in line with IRC integrated approach

• Develop psychosocial activities; community mobilization, awareness raising, and any other related activity requested by MHPSS Supervisor.

• Support MHPSS Supervisor in delivering training or workshops

• Support in the creation of materials including publicity documents.

• Engage with the community to deliver and promote IRC MHPSS project activities in the designated locations.

• Assist in writing monthly, quarterly, annual reports, monitoring and evaluation activity and progress reports of project activities including monthly reporting to the MHPSS Supervisor.

• Assist in the implementation of preventive MHPSS interventions at the community and PHC level.

• Coordinate referrals

• Any other related IRC tasks as assigned by the MHPSS Supervisor or MHPSS Coordinator

• Under the guidance of MHPSS Supervisor and MHPSS Coordinator support in the collection of information related to behaviors of the community to reinforce quality of MHPSS services

• Collaborate and participate, in any field survey, data collection and/or needs assessment organized by IRC in relation to MHPSS

• Participation in IRC internal meetings, trainings and individual meetings with the MHPSS Supervisor or MHPSS Coordinator

• The activities may change based on the changing context

  Specific Duties:

• Provide MHPSS consultations within PHC setting:

• Provide individual or group consultations to beneficiaries presenting in PHC or referred and in need of MH interventions

• Assist in the identification of psycho-social needs and proposition needed interventions in collaboration with the mental health team and PHC staff

• Weekly reporting activities and data collection

• Coordinate with MHPSS supervisor on cases requiring higher level interventions

• Provide psycho-social support for mental health beneficiaries:

• Work directly with MHPSS Supervisor to develop individualized treatment plans for MH beneficiaries

• In coordination with community mobilizers use participatory methods to adapt activities in accordance to the needs of the different target groups (children, women etc)

• Community mental health interventions:

• Participate in defining effective and culturally appropriate approaches and interventions on the community level

• Focus on information dissemination and collecting opinions to foster knowledge and self-care practices for communities in areas of intervention

• Initiate and facilitate group interventions

• Analysis, detection and reduction of risk factors influencing the mental health status at community level:

• In collaboration with the mental health team, explore and detect potential risk factors influencing mental health status of the target population

• Coordinate with other actors concerned to reduce and/or eliminate potential risk factors.

  Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Psychology, Counselling, Social Works, Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing diploma, Midwifery diploma or related field from a recognized institution

• Years of Experience: At least 1 - 2 years of professional experiences in relevant field (clinical psychology, educational psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, or other related fields)

• Skills: Strong communication and facilitation skills,

• Experience working in humanitarian sector is an asset – specifically in MHPSS programs

• Good knowledge of counselling and community mobilization methods and tools

• Proactive and ability to work with multicultural team would be highly appreciated

• Ability to communicate effectively in local languages both verbally and in writing.

• Ability to speak and write English language is an asset.

• Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationship and able to work on own initiative.

• Technical Competency:

• Communication and reporting skills

• Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English

• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage

• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background