Duration of Contract: Until end of April 2019 with a possibility of extension if funding is secured
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide technical guidance, on the job training, coaching and mentoring to incentive workers on child protection, parenting, and other PSS supports.
- Provide direct psychosocial support to caregivers of beneficiary children.
- Design and implement psychosocial activities, including individual and group counseling, parenting activities, etc.
- Facilitate play therapy sessions for beneficiary children.
- Develop adequate PSS tools.
- Facilitate community conversations and awareness raising activities using IEC and public events in collaboration with project staffs and partners on services provided by HI SPT rooms.
- Support the mainstreaming of child protection and psychosocial key messages and principles to humanitarian organization operational in the refugee camps.
- Conduct regular home to home visits together with the physiotherapists and provide some psychosocial support in their premises.
- Participate in activity reporting and lessons learning.
Essential
- Bachelor’s Degree in developmental Psychology, Counseling psychology, Sociology, Social Work, or other related field.
- Prior experience of working in refugee and/or emergency context.
- Excellent knowledge of Child Protection standards and basic principles.
- Excellent knowledge of developmental psychology and developmental need of children under 5.
- Good knowledge of PSS (Psychosocial support) in refugee context.
- Excellent knowledge of psychosocial support basic principles and PSS key messages to vulnerable children and caregivers.
- Excellent knowledge of basic facilitation skills.
- Excellent knowledge of safe identification and referral principles.
Desirable
- Prior experience of working in emergency context, particularly refugee camps
- Knowledge of local language, especially Nuer