Psychosocial Counsellor

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable childrens life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Work location: Metema

Contract duration: Fixed Term

Number of employees needed: 1

Major Responsibility

• Psychosocial Risk Management through consultation with women and girls and other relevant community members/MHPSS providers she/he will identify PSS risk (e.g: suicide, sleeping problems, somatic manifestation for distress), he/she will contextualize and adapt group activities focusing on these signs with support of the CP-GB/officer/coordinator.
• Create awareness raising activities on this identified risks at a wider community level. Also the PSS focal point can support WGFSS facilitators and case workers on providing crisis support, supervision when PSS needs are identified within the safe space.
• Treatment of Psychosocial distress: Women and girls including GBV suvivors presenting more specific PSS needs would receive PSS individual or Group Counselling within safe spaces at confidential and safe space.
• The PSS counsellor will work in close coordination with Case Worker, Nurse and Midwifes to ensure women and girls accessing these services have access to specialized MHPSS services if required. PSS focal points will ensure referral to specialized services and will referred survivors identified on her work to Case Management Services.
• Monitor and collect data of project implementation regularly and report the progress and challenges and lessons learned to the emergency livelihood project coordinator. On top of this he/she will represent WVE in external engagement at district level.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• BA Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology and any related Social Science fields

Required Professional Experience

• Two years of service in delivering individual and group counselling services and able to provide trainings.
• NGO experience is preferable.
• Knowledge and experinece of emmergency response is advantage
• Grass root work experience in development projects management, emergency response, especially in hardship environment.
• Experience of working in the work location is a plus
• Good knowledge about different cultural attitudes, practices and systems of social support

Travel and/or WorkEnvironmentRequirement

• Ability & willingness to travel to different hardship woredas

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

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Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only