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Date: October
2011
Job Title: Psychosocial Counselor
Location: Dadaab Dagahaley Mental Health Program
Job Description / Objective: Psychosocial Counselor to assess, intervene and conduct individual and group support for patients of the Mental Health Program and for the community of Dagahaley Refugee Camp.
Key Responsibilities:
Job Title: Psychosocial Counselor
Location: Dadaab Dagahaley Mental Health Program
Job Description / Objective: Psychosocial Counselor to assess, intervene and conduct individual and group support for patients of the Mental Health Program and for the community of Dagahaley Refugee Camp.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement and coordinate the counseling activities for the mental health program in Dagahaley camp.
- Comprehensively assess, propose and develop appropriate interventions for the psychosocial component of the mental health programme.
- Support and capacity building on the psychosocial issues of the community.
- Conduct pre/post counseling for the patients of the Mental Health program and the local community.
- To be actively involved in the follow-up counseling and to ensure adherence to counseling.
- To provide support for home-based teams (e.g. palliative care)
- To train and support lay & peer counselors
- To ensure regular community awareness, education, and networking.
- To prepare and compile weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports, monitoring and evaluation of department activities, attending meetings)
Required
Qualifications and Experience:
- Diploma in Psychological counseling from a recognized institution
- Experience of 2 -5years providing support to individuals and groups.
- Fluency in English, fluency in Somali would be an advantage.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work with multidisciplinary team and culturally sensitive to others
Send
your CV, motivation letter, copies of relevant documents, mentioning on the
envelope “Psychosocial Counselor” to:
The Medical Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland, Kenya Mission
P.O. Box 25091 – 00603
Lavington, Nairobi
Deadline: 10th October 2011
Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.
The Medical Coordinator
MSF-Switzerland, Kenya Mission
P.O. Box 25091 – 00603
Lavington, Nairobi
Deadline: 10th October 2011
Only short-listed candidate will be contacted.