Title: Counselor Educator for Back-Up Pool
Reports to: Mental Health Supervisor
Location : Mosul Project
Main Purpose:
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Perform counseling and/or education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their psychosocial condition. |
Accountabilities
- Identify the psycho-social, socio-economic and administrative needs for patients.
- Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out, individual or in group counselling, basic psycho educational sessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psycho-social difficulties within the project scope.
- Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary in order to propose the best support available.
- Participate in the creation of any material needed for counselling activities and look after it.
- Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with other counsellors, preserving confidentiality.
- Inform line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
- Take active part in training, supervisions/inter-visions and support the activities manager when necessary in doing sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psycho-social issues.
- Discuss difficulties and problems in counselling with supervisor.
Requirements
Education:
- Counselling, social work, psychology or other similar degree/diploma essential
Experience:
- Essential One year experience in the position.
- Experience with NGO desirable
Languages:
- Arabic language essential.
- English language desirable.
Deadline for receiving job applications is 6th January 2022
If you are confident about your qualifications meeting the requirements, please send your CV’s to msfocb-eastmosul-recruitment@brussels.msf.org and mention the job title Counselor Educator for Back-Up Pool in the subject line or drop your application in closed envelope and mention the job title “Counselor Educator for Back-Up Pool” in your envelope and put it on the CV box at the MSF OCB Office in East Mosul
