International Medical Corps (IMC), Jordan Hiring for Counsellor FSR # 299 , FSR # 380 at Amman, Jordan Full Time

• Work closely within a multi-disciplinary team to holistically address the psychological and protection concerns and needs of each client.  
• Provide  individual  counselling  sessions  to  children,  youth,  and  families/caregivers,  as  well  as  Provide guidance and strategies to reduce risk and promote wellbeing   
• Consider  the  importance  of  family  dynamics  on  counselling  and  where  possible engage  the  family in counselling sessions
• Provide psychological counselling with the aim to improve the social and emotional  functioning  of clients and their families, maximizing overall community well-being
• Monitor ongoing care plan implementation in relation to a client’s counseling needs, with special attention  to  identifying  risk  issues  and  communicating  these  issues with team members 
• Provide evidence-based psychological assistance to support clients and their families with mental health and psychosocial issues.
• Remain up to date on evidence-based psychological interventions and advances in the field of psychological counselling.
• Remain up to date with professional development opportunities.
• Support other colleagues as part of a peer supervision model.
• Assist the case management teams in improving forms, care plans and mapping of community support services.
• Take on team coaching and mentoring of team members.
• Organize the development of initial care plan with focus on any immediate safety concerns.
• Participate in case conferences, supervision and training opportunities.
• Develop and deliver trainings for staff on topics relevant to psychological practice and case management.
• Develop care plans that are individualized and mutually developed with the client.
• Monitor on-going care plan development with special attention to safety issues.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct risk assessments and advise staff on carrying out risk assessments and the development of safety plans.
• Coordinate the provision of psychosocial services to clients, families, and significant others to enable these parties to deal with the impact of psychological and protection concerns on individual family functioning and to achieve maximum benefits from services.
• Initiate referrals after assessment to address MH needs for advanced MHPSS services
• Evaluate client satisfaction and quality of care provided.
• Offer direct therapeutic support for clients referred.
• Perform other job-related duties as requested by Supervisor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Psychological Counselling
• Minimum Two years of experience including volunteer experience
• Experience with an NGO (preferred)

Compliance & Ethics

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.”

I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.

Our screening process will be on a rolling basis, once a candidate is selected the announcement will be closed.