Overview
Provides Psychosocial Support during emergencies and Critical Incidents to groups and/or individual staff members and their dependents. Supports in delivering field relevant psychoeducation materials and aids in strengthening referral mechanisms.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides Psychosocial Support during emergencies and Critical Incidents.
- Facilitates appropriate traumatic stress interventions.
- Recommends and arranges for individual and/or group follow up support.
- Conducts assessment on the impact of the event and suggests appropriate interventions.
- Supports in delivering field relevant psychoeducation materials.
- Assists in implementation of resilience building programs.
- Aids in strengthening referral mechanism and mental health networks.
- Contributes to the development and implementation of training and educational materials.
- Provides continuous psychosocial status and needs assessments.
- Carries out briefing sessions on staff care and related issues.
- Provides group support sessions for staff.
- Supports in building capacities of peer support groups.
- Provides continuous guidance to group coordinators.
- Provides inputs on stress mitigating strategies and activities.
- Provides support and advice on healthy work environment and culture.
- Collaborates with relevant stakeholders teams and focal points.
- Maintains detailed records and database of psychosocial activities.
- Provides comprehensive report on monthly basis or as required.
- Prepares ad-hoc and special reports as required.
- Captures lessons learnt and best practices and disseminates.
- Performs other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor and the director of the department.
Required Experience
- At least six years of relevant experience providing professional counselling services.
- Experience in management and/or coordination of mental health and Psychosocial support programmers and activities, as well as experience in preparing and conducting relevant training in Humanitarian settings, in a large governmental or international organization, is an asset.
- Background on or familiarity with emergencies or hardship duty.
Qualifications
- A university degree from an accredited educational institution in Counselling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Clinical/ Psychiatric, Social Work or other Mental Health related profession.
- Additional training or certification in traumatic / critical incident stress as well as a broad range of related fields, such as alcohol/substance abuse, family counselling, training, stress management is strongly desired.
- Certification or country specific licensure authorizing the incumbent to deliver mental health services is mandatory.
- Master’s degree or postgraduate qualification in relevant field is desirable.
