Duration: One Year (with possibility of extension)
Duty Station: Gursum Woreda, Fafan Zone, Somali Region with frequent travel to Dire Dawa and Jigjiga
Roles and Responsibilities
- Participate in the recruitment of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) workers.
- Provide technical guidance, on the job training, coaching and mentoring to CBR workers on child protection, parenting and other PSS supports
- Provide direct Psychosocial support to caregivers
- Design and implement psychosocial activities, including individual and group counselling, parenting activities, etc.
- Develop adequate PSS tools.
- Facilitate community conversations and awareness raising activities using IEC and public events in collaboration with project staffs.
- 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.
- Accompany referred cases for rehabilitation and psychiatry services.
- Supporting Karamara hospital rehabilitation and Psychiatry centers.
- Ensures persons with disabilities and care givers have positive mind sets on Income Generating Activities (IGAs),
- Ensures proper documentation is put in place
- Prepares case stories and reports as required by the project
- Works closely with other project staffs, Government stakeholders and CBR committees for the realization of project objectives and goals
- Performs other, similar duties as assigned by the Project Manager
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Counseling or other related field.
- 2+ - 5 years’ direct experience on PSS
- Prior Team Management Experience
- Excellent knowledge of Child Protection standards and basic principles.
- Good knowledge of PSS (Psychosocial support)
- 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.
Desirables:
- Prior experience of working in Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) projects
- Knowledge of local language, Somali
- Experience in NGO environment
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