MHPSS Counselor in Faryab

About International Medical Corps:

Organization Background: 

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we-are.

Project Background: The project is in line with BHA's mission to save lives, alleviate human suffering and reduce the impact of disasters by helping people in need become more independent, the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2022 and Consortium partners country strategies. The program is designed around complementary three purposes:

PURPOSE 1: To enable most vulnerable HHs, affected by the multiple crisis in Afghanistan, to meet basic essential needs (food and non-food)

PURPOSE 2: To improve the safety, protection, and well-being of vulnerable communities, including women and children by preventing the adoption of negative coping mechanisms.

PURPOSE 3: To reduce excess morbidity and mortality associated with malnutrition, lack of access to primary health care, clean water, poor sanitation and hygiene.

Job Description:

Main Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Provide Case Management and psychosocial support to individuals, families and communities
• Provide outreach services, and home visits, where required and feasible
• Lead on the identification and mapping of community services in the area and ensure an up to date 4Ws service mapping exists for each area where services are offered.
• Identify, establish, and strengthen referral pathways for clients to ensure they are linked to needed services
• Provide trainings on referrals to MHPSS services in the supported centres.
• Provide awareness sessions on MHPSS services available and facilitate referrals
• Prepare, and deliver trainings for the purposes of capacity-building on psychosocial support, including PFA and Basic MHPSS
• Adhere to all IMC protocols and procedures surrounding case documentation, confidentiality, and security
• Liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals to support clients in need of MHPSS through the referral, diagnosis and treatment process
• Participate in capacity building trainings
• Represent IMC at all key stakeholder meetings
• Conduct other MHPSS-related activities as requested.

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Job Requirements:

Qualifications: Minimum bachelor’s degree required in a field related to the social sciences, psychology, social work, or counselling.

Experien

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in an MHPSS related role
• Desirable: + 1 year of experience working with an INGO
• Preference will be given to local candidates.

Competency : 

• Attitudes and aptitude aligned with the positions are essential.
• Good communication and liaison skills with community and all staffs.
• Good capacity and analysis of conflict management in order to provide advises to the population.
• Written and spoken English is a plus.
• To be able to propose solutions to the identified problems/challenges.
• Flexibility is requested regarding the working hours and the live-in community after the working hours.
• Preference will be given to local candidates.

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Make sure that you have Entered All Education, Work Experiences Details Completely, Accurate & at the end of the application you press Submit.

Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Submission Email:

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