Psychosocial Counsellor
Action against Hunger
Overview/Background
As the world hunger specialist, our primary goal is to create a better way to deal with hunger. For 40 years, we led the global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. Our teams have been on the front lines, treating and preventing malnutrition across more than 45 countries.
We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change.
WHY OUR WORK MATTERS
About 690 million people go to bed hungry every night, and one in three children in low- and middle-income countries suffers from chronic malnutrition. Nearly half of all child deaths worldwide are from causes related to undernutrition, even though it is:
PREDICTABLE: We know where and when to expect acute undernutrition
PREVENTABLE: We know how to help children stay healthy
TREATABLE: Community-based outpatient programs and therapeutic ready-to-use foods can help save millions, and just $45 can provide a child with lifesaving treatment
Reach Us
Action Against Hunger
One Whitehall Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
USA
Phone: +1 (212) 967-7800
Toll free: +1 (877) 777-1420
Email: info@actionagainsthunger.org
We are looking for a talented and creative candidate to take over the position and transfer all the creativity with credits of perfection to the ground.Hosting the selected candidate will help us to recover the potential of the project. We have described the abilities,qualification,experience,softskills and other necessary of the positon below.Please read it with attention to be sure you are the candidate we are looking forward to you.
Background/qualifications
Educational / Professional Background :
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field
- At least 2 years’ experience in and familiarity in the field mental health and psychosocial support in emergency setting
Skills:
Required Competences & Skills :
- Previous experiences working in mental health / gender / protection
- Good team interaction and positive attitude
- Autonomy and flexibility
- Good clinical judgement and understanding of your responsibilities regarding confidentiality
- Good organization, planning and reporting skills are necessary
- Ability to manage working environment according to local culture
- Fluent in local languages (Dari & Pashto) and English
- High flexibility in deployment, possible with Mahram
- Knowledge of intervention areas is a plus
- Strong interpersonal and communication skill
- Capacity to manage communications via phone
- Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to multi-task when needed
- Strong empathy and listening skills
- Good coordination, networking, inter-personal and relationship building skills, and diplomacy
- Experience with Microsoft Office (excel, word)
The selected candidate will be appointed for the accurate and proactively performance of the following duties here but not limited to by the manager.Different projects and monitoring of the completion of the task has to be done in the time frame given by the responsible authorities. You are kindly advised to go through the main duties and responsibilities briefly given below by the team. Please make sure if you are selected all the duties can be done by its best possible way.
Objective 1: Implement psychosocial support, care practices, protection services to beneficiaries
- Assessment of needs of clients, developing an action plan with clients and supporting them to carry out
- Respond quickly and effectively to clients who need urgent support ensuring their safety
- Follow MHCP-GP guidelines, tools, protocols during counselling services for beneficiaries
- Register clients and fill in the logbook, MHCP-GP register, and carry out initial assessments & screenings using validated tools, and fill out client intake forms / tools during and after sessions
- Conduct psychoeducation (mental health) awareness sessions for beneficiaries
- Provide psychological first aid (PFA) for one-off support for those in need
- Provide 1:1 and group psychosocial support (counselling) sessions for beneficiaries in need
- Identify appropriate IEC materials and ensure the use of it during the each sessions
- Conduct group awareness sessions on child care practices, IYCF-E & COVID-19
- Improve and facilitate mother and child interactions, attachments and relationships by organizing group care practices stimulation sessions (baby bathing, baby massage, child-caregiver play)
Objective 2: Support the integration of MHCP-GP within nutrition and health intervention
- Assess the capacity or potential of psychosocial services within health and nutrition services and contribute to improving these psychosocial services in the MHNT services with on and off site orientation
- Provide on the job training session to health/nutrition staff on MHCP-GP topics, where possible
- Assist teamwork and provide better team working environment with the health and nutrition staff
- Identify the opportunities for lessons learned and evidence based adaption of programs
Objective 3: Referral of vulnerable cases to the pre-identified protection actors
- Identify & refer those cases who need specialised attention to related actors via regularly updated service provider mapping
- Support supervisor, D/PM to update service provider mapping bi-monthly
- Inform the supervisor on weekly basis, the cases identified and provide follow-up of the cases
- Ensure all forms are completed for input into the integrated referral database
Objective 4: Prepare all the material /reporting and documentation
- Ensure all materials are ready (relevant equipment/toys, registers, forms etc.) before going to field
- Keep all items in the field very well, after the field visit, clean, and prepare the using in coming day
- Ensure good understanding and correct use of the client intake form, intake tools, and register
- Update all reporting tools on daily basis and share with supervisor
- Proactivity on proposing different possible solution to adapt and improve the activities
- Ensure confidentiality is maintained and all sensitive information is managed securely, and shared only with relevant personnel
- Keep and maintain a good filing system for all documents, for continued use (e.g. client intake forms, that you will continue to use for each session with this client)
- Prepare daily / weekly / monthly reports as per guidance from supervisor and/or D/PM
- Any other position related activities requested by supervisor and/or D/PM
We are committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, insurance and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. we have a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of our organization, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. we also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. Please apply accordinly as below.
Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and full CV (maximum of 4 pages) with three Referees indicating the vacancy announcement to the address:
Human Resources Department AAH office
or can also be emailed to:
vacancies-bd@af-actionagainsthunger.org indicating the job tile and vacancy number of the position in the email subject line.
Eligible candidates are invited to apply the earliest possible deadline is set for 13 Nov 2022.
Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These will be requested if the candidate is selected. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.
Action Against Hunger/Action Conter La Faim is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. ACF/AAH has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA).
Submission Email:
vacancies-bd@af-actionagainsthunger.org
DEAR INTERESTED CANDIDATES,
If you meet the above requirements of the announced job please submit us your RESUME and COVER LETTER along with 3 references to the mentioned email address.
Please do not forgot to clearly indicate the VACANCY NUMBER and JOB TITLE of the job in your email subject line otherwise you will not shortlisted.
Please avoid sending your documents in this stage.
Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the next process.
Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These can be requested if the candidate is selected.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.
Action Against Hunger is an equal opportunity employer.