Jesuit Refugee Services Program Coordinator Mental Health

Ref No: JRS Mental Health

Job Title: Program Coordinator Mental Health

Location: Kakuma, Kenya

Closing Date: June 10th 2011

Incorporation date: July 15th 2011

Position open to

• Kenyan nationals
• Candidates available for 2-year commitment
• This is unaccompanied post with regular Rest and Recuperation leaves every 10 weeks.

Organizational Context:

Jesuit Refugee Service is an international humanitarian organization, with a mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and forcibly displaced people.

JRS has a priority to work wherever the needs of displaced people are urgent and unattended by others, and offers a human service to refugees and the communities through a wide range of rehabilitation and relief activities most of which centre around formal and informal education needs.

Description

The mental health department’s aims at improving the psychosocial well-being of intellectually and developmentally challenged persons and their families through increasing insight, creating awareness and improving effectiveness of the care givers by providing psychosocial services, special needs education, rehabilitation and habilitation, services, trainings and outreach programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the Project Director, takes responsibility for the overall leadership, administration and management of the day-care centres.
• Is actively involved in the planning, monitoring, implementation, evaluation, proposal and report writing for the JRS Kakuma project.
• Is actively involved in people management of the day-care program staff and inspire and encourage them to work with and maintain the JRS mission and vision. Areas of staff involvement include; recruitment, supervision, reviewing job descriptions and contracts, prepare work plans, leave controls, discipline and performance appraisals.
• Keeps abreast of all financial aspects of the program, ensuring accuracy, transparency and accountability.
• Ensures adequate, ongoing support and rehabilitation of the mentally challenged in the camp through day-care and community care.
• Carries out regular assessments of the day care clients and advises on the care needed for each client.
• Carries out training and in-service training for the day-care support staff, parents, community leaders and client’s carers.
• In collaboration with the other agencies, works towards the integration of clients into mainstream primary, secondary or vocational schools in the camp or into the work place.
• Works closely with families by designing and overseeing the implementation of capacity building programs that will help them easily integrated the challenged person or child.
• Offers support to the project in the other areas, as needed depending qualification and gifts

Qualifications:

• Bachelors required in Special Education with a major or minor in community rehabilitation or related field
• 2 years of professional experience in the field of special education, working with persons living with learning and developmental challenges
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with marginalized communities.
• Experience in managing people/team
• Experience in program management
• Ability to work sensitively with refugee population of different ethnic background
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and oral)
• Flexibility, resilience to stress and ability to adapt to working in remote area with adverse climatic and environmental conditions

How to apply:

Please send your Cover Letter and CV that should include contacts for three referees to kenya.applications@jrs.net

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