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Job Title:       Psychosocial Support Officer

• Prepare a strategy, priorities and a
  detailed work plan for Psychosocial Support in Emergency (PSSiE)
  situations and workplace PSS components within the URCS.
• Identify community Psychosocial Support
  needs arising from substance abuse, and design appropriate strategy for
  URCS interventions.
• The jobholder will omplement Psychosocial
  Support in emergency (PSSiE) situations and workplace PSS components
  activities.
• Develop tools for monitoring and
  evaluation of PSS interventions and train URCS beneficiaries, staff and
  volunteers on their utilization
• Tasked with mentoring and training all
  URCS staff (national and refugee) on how to talk with distressed refugees
  and identifying refugees with PSS problems that are in need of referral.
• Serving as the liaison with other
  psychosocial support services partners.
• In charge of planning regular meetings
  with partners and stakeholders.
• Representing URCS in Psychosocial Support
  Working Group meetings and sharing the key outcomes with other
  departments.
• Ensuring effective communication among
  partners, organizations and the community and beneficiaries.
• Supporting capacity development of
  psychosocial counsellors.
• Identifying training needs of psychosocial
  volunteers, counsellors, and conducting training based on training plan
  and module validated by HR & Admin Coordinator, and other technical
  advisers.
• Providing continuous mentorship and
  coaching for refugee psychosocial counsellors.
• Adapt materials on psychosocial support,
  including PSSiE materials, staff and volunteers’ training/guidance
  materials, to suit local contexts and priorities
• Prepare program/project reports and
  reports on training outcomes, with recommendations.
• Provide requisite psychological first aid
  (PFA) services to affected URCS beneficiaries, staff and volunteers
  (precise programming depending on identified needs, existing services and
  capacities and actions of other agencies)
• Train selected staff and volunteers in key
  aspects of community psychosocial support skills/psychological first aid
  and relevant aspects of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines
• Design and establish PSS standard operational
  procedures (SoPs) and criteria when setting up the PSSiE and URCS
  workplace PSS components; in line with in IASC Guidelines
• Conduct community outreaches and
  awareness-raising as part of psychosocial support in emergency (PSSiE)
  interventions
• Support the integration of Psychosocial
  support intervention in all URCS programs and projects

• The ideal candidate for Psychosocial
  Support Officer job opportunity should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree
  in Psychology, Mental Health, Counselling, Social work but with Post
  Graduate qualifications in Counselling or Psychology
• A minimum of three years’ experience
  providing psychological support with vulnerable children, families and
  communities
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the
  International Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Child Protection and
  Gender based violence standards and guidelines.
• Previous experience working in INGOs/NGOs
  an added advantage
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  emergency response, familiarity of the Sphere Project’s Humanitarian
  Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.
• High levels of integrity
• Strong interpersonal and communication
  skills, with good understanding of relevant cross-cultural issues.
• Positive, respectful attitude and
  collaborative approach to diversity.
• Demonstrated attention to detail; ability
  to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently as well as
  cooperatively with team members
• Team player, self-motivated and proactive
  on own initiative to set and achieve goals
• Highly motivated, self-starter able to
  lead a process, engage others and create ownership.

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