مطلوب مرشد / مرشدة نفسي للعمل لدى منظمة دولية

مطلوب مرشد / مرشدة نفسي للعمل لدى منظمة دولية

Psychosocial Counselor

Closing date: 25 Jan 2018
JOB Description

Position: Psychosocial Counselor
Based in: East-Amman/ Zarqa with regular travel on the field.
Probable starting date: As soon as possible
Supervision

Under the direct supervision of: Project Officer
Supervision of : Not applicable
Works in direct cooperation with: the Programme Team, the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) department, administrative and logistics teams and the national Partners’ teams.
ABOUT PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE (PUI)

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental international aid organization operating in more than 20 countries and relying on more than 30 years of experience in responding to the fundamental needs of crisis affected populations. Present in the Middle East since 1996, PUI conducts multi-sectoral humanitarian and resilience programming in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Yemen. PUI provides relief assistance (health and nutrition, water and sanitation, rehabilitation, food security and non-food item distribution, protection) and supports early recovery.

PUI’s actions are guided by principles of humanity, impartiality, independence, accountability, adaptability, transparency, cooperation and partnership, involvement, dialogue, initiative, and trust.

In Jordan, PUI has been responding since 2013 to the needs of most vulnerable populations affected by the Syria crisis in host communities.

OVERALL MISSION

General objective

Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer with the support of the Project Manager the Psychosocial Counselor will assist individuals, groups, and communities to recover from the effects of war trauma and displacement. She/he will contribute to improve the social and psychosocial well-being of children and their families, helping to rebuild their lives within their communities. She/he will assess needs of children, women, and men referred by the Programme team, define required support and appropriate activities, and advise if needed within the scope of PUI’s case management process. She/he will also organize the internal training of the programme staff and external training of key stakeholders in the community on psychological first aid and identification of needs for psychosocial support. She/he operates in line with PUI code of conduct, internal policies and specific guidelines.

Responsibilities and tasks

1. To provide psychosocial support, counseling, and organize support activities.

2. To strengthen referral pathways between actors in the community and linkage between PSS and MHPSS service providers.

3: To supervise the work of the Assistant and ensure her/his continuous training on PSS activities.

4. To provide internal on psychological first aid and ensure community sensitization on psychosocial distress identification in the community.

5. To report accurately to the Project Officer on Psychosocial Support activities, participate in the Monitoring of the project, and produce relevant information about the project activities and achievements.

Objective 1: To provide psychosocial support, counseling, and organize support activities.**

Under the supervision of the Project Officer, she/he will assess the needs of persons and families referred by the Social workers in order to confirm the need for psychosocial support.

/he will define appropriate activities according to the needs identified (individual counseling, the number of sessions, and the type of activity planned) and will follow up those persons.
/he will organize individual sessions, including music, theater, sport, visual art and indoor/outdoor activities as appropriate.
Objective 2: To strengthen referral pathways between actors in the community and linkage between PSS and MHPSS service providers.**

Under the supervision of the Project Officer, she/he will represent PUI during external bilateral and multilateral meetings and coordinate regularly with mental health and psychosocial support actors, stakeholders, and Partners.

/he will strengthen field coordination and referral pathways between mental health and psychosocial support actors in the community by sharing accurate information on the services provided.
/he will make sure to provide minutes to the Project Officer of all the meetings attended and raise any issue that is of PUI interest.
In coordination with the case management team, she/he will advise for external referral to psychologist, psychiatrist, and/or other Mental Health services if needed

Objective 3: To ensure activities are up to standard and results are in line with project objectives and outcomes

S/he will ensure disaggregated and cumulative tracking of beneficiaries and documentation of all activities and outcomes.

S/he will maintain program files and documentation as per program management minimum standards, including maintaining the confidentiality and security of PSS beneficiary data.

• S/he will ensure programming is on track to meet objectives; reporting regularly on important issues that are cross-cutting

Objective 4: To provide internal trainings on psychological first aid and ensure community sensitization on psychosocial distress identification in the community.

Under the supervision of the Project Officer, she/he will build the capacity of the Programme Staff by providing relevant training sessions on psychological first aid and psychosocial support needs identification.

Under the supervision of the Project Officer and in taking into consideration guidelines and tools developed in coordination with other mental health actors, she/he will participate in the creation and update of supportive materials to ensure the high quality of community messages delivered on services available.

Objective 5: To report accurately to the Project Officer on Psychosocial Support activities, participate in the Monitoring of the project, and produce relevant information about the project activities and achievements.**

/he will write monthly reports on all the activities implemented as requested by the Project Officer according to the project and management indicators.
/he will regularly provide reports to the Project Officer on staff capacity building regarding psychosocial aspects.
/he will assist the Project Officer in providing sufficient and detailed information for program reporting to donors and PUI Senior Management Team.
Based on the on-going monitoring of the activities, she/he will ensure lessons learnt and success stories from the project are documented and reported to her/his manager.

She/He will ensure that each of her/his sessions is documented in order to comply with donor audit requirements

The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.

PROFILE

Required Background, knowledge & Skills:

Master’s degree or equivalent in psychology

At least 2 years’ experience as clinical psychologist. An experience in similar role in humanitarian assistance/with other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is an asset.

Mandatory Experience in psychological first aid and in providing trainings, organizing group counseling

Fluent in English and Arabic, oral and written.

Excellent command of Microsoft Office

Required interpersonal skills:

Personal qualities as diplomacy, patient confidentiality, multi-cultural flexibility, stress management and a strong sense of integrity

To be receptive, sensitive and an excellent listener

Outstanding communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate an idea clearly and concisely in public, with good understanding of at stakes.

Strong planning and organizational skills and good ability to make proactive suggestions.

Able to manage priorities, take initiatives and work without constant supervision

Ability to establish strong connections with other stakeholder.

Ability to work under pressure and handle stressful situation.

Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel Outlook)

All employees are expected to abide by the humanitarian principles, the Code of Conduct, PUI Charter and PUI above mentioned values.

HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your CV + a cover letter + 2 reference contacts in English to: jor.recruitment@pu-ami.org

Please state the job title “RW Psychosocial Counselor + your name” in the email subject line (applications that don’t have this reference will not be considered).

Deadline for applications is 25th of January 2018

Applications that do not meet the specified minimum requirements will not be considered.

Please kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. PU-AMI strives to be an equal opportunities employer. PU-AMI is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all job applicants and employees, and we seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.