Overview
Provide psychosocial services for unaccompanied migrant children in accommodation facilities, including mental health assessments, group and one-on-one support sessions, and case management.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess the mental health of UMC and write psychological evaluations.
- Organize and participate in group and one-on-one sessions for psychological support and development of activities and interventions.
- Participate in the planning and implementation of interventions to inform and raise awareness of children.
- Provide psychosocial support to children in collaboration with the social worker or other members of the scientific team.
- Refer children to primary or secondary medical care services if deemed necessary.
- Map existing national and humanitarian mental health and psychosocial services.
- Implement responsibilities of the reference person (Case Worker assigned specific children).
- In collaboration with the team, implement actions for the achievement of objectives of the Individual Action Plan.
- In collaboration with the child's Guardian, conduct Best Interest Assessments (BIA) or prepare other similar reports and identify needs and vulnerabilities.
- Keep and update the individual file of the child.
- Collect and monitor required beneficiaries’ documentation on a monthly basis.
- Support the child in the Accommodation Center entry process, explain and discuss rules of accommodation.
- Support the child in smooth integration in activities inside or outside the Shelter.
- Inform and train children to strengthen them against any form of abuse and neglect.
- Plan and perform necessary actions to prepare children for departure from the Accommodation Center.
- Escort unaccompanied children.
- Distribute food, clothing, and personal hygiene kits to children, if needed.
- Reinforce Accommodation Center rules at all times.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Minimum one year of relevant experience desirable;
- Previous experience working with children considered as an asset.
Qualifications
- University degree in Psychology from an accredited academic institution.
- Master’s degree in above field an advantage.
- License to practice the profession or/and certificate of registration with the relevant professional association.
