Psychosocial Care Counsellor for RRT local recruitment

Job Summary:

To support the Integrated Nutrition / Health and MHCP response to reduce excess child morbidity and mortality in high risky provinces of Afghanistan under RRT program. 

Duties & Responsibilities:

Objective 1: Perform psychosocial care practice to BNFs

• Perform the identification of psychosocial care needs of the mothers/ caretakers who are visiting RRT services.
• Follow MHCP-GP relevant guidelines and protocols during counselling and service provision to BNFs.
• Conduct psychoeducation group sessions counselling to caretakers on care and feeding practices (including IYCF -E).
• Provide PFA session to those caretakers who needs to support.
• Conduct stimulation workshop sessions (Play sessions, baby bath and massage, relaxation exercise and storytelling) to BNFs who are searching RRT services.
• Perform one to one and group PSS counselling to caretakers
• Refer those BNFs who need for advance counselling/treatment to highest treatment centers.

Objective 2: Support the integrated of MHCP with 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 RRT services with on and off site training

·         Improve and facilitate mother and child interactions, attachments and relationships acknowledging gender related limitations to movement and resource access.

·        Provide and maintain creation of child and mother friendly spaces in RRT services provision.

·        Provide on the job training session to health/nutrition staff on MHCP-GP topics. 

·        Assist teamwork and provide better team working environment with the health and nutrition staff.

·        Facilitate best practice of nutrition assessments including the appetite test.

·        Identify the opportunities for lessons learned and evidence based adaption of programs.

Objective 3: Contribute to the follow up of the beneficiaries’ care practices:

·        Identify the beneficiaries and attendants who need specialized attention (unusual behavior, aggressiveness, isolation, food refusal, etc.)

·        Ensure that these persons are given support through interviews, individual counselling and by referring them to the medical team in sensitive situations;

·        Inform the supervisor or psychologist of any information or observations made following an educational activity session ;

·        Keep the files concerning social activities up to date.

Objective 4: Prepared all the material /Reporting and documentation

• Before leaving the office ensure all the material is ready and active (relevant equipment’s, registers, nutritional supplies, medicines…).
• Keep all items in the field very well, after the field visit, clean, and prepare the using in coming day.
• Update all reporting tools on daily basis.
• Keep and maintain a good filing system for all documents
• Prepared the reports (Daily, Weekly and monthly) according to the standard reporting tools.

·        Keep the files concerning coordination and changes in program direction accurate and up to date

·        Assist line supervisor on performing other duties assigned by the organization.

Job Requirement:

-         Diploma or Bachelor`s degree in psychology or related field recognized institute

At least 2 years’ experience in the field mental health and psychosocial support in emergency  

·        Previous experiences working in mental health/ gender protection and mainstreaming/ GBV or Psychosocial supports.

·        Good organization, planning and reporting skills are necessary.

• Ability to manage working environment according to local culture
• Fluent in local languages (Dari & Pashto) and if possible some English
• High flexibility in deployment, possible with Mahram
• Knowledge of intervention area is a plus

·        Strong interpersonal and communication skill, 

• Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.

Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate

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