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Job Title: Counsellor FSR # 299 , FSR # 380
Location: Roving
BACKGROUND
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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.
