Director, Public Policy and Government Affairs
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Inc.
Assembly
MHPSS and Child Protection Counsellor
Street Child
full-time
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Origin: • 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- MHPSS counsellor will be responsible for the provision of psychological counselling to the identified Learners enrolled into Jahan Educational Centres through individual or group counselling sessions.
- Ensure compliance with adopted SOPs and IASC guidelines to provide beneficial service to the children suffering from PSS distress.
- To be in continues contact with learners and their guardians.
- To seek for distress signs and symptoms in learners and provide required PSS support on a timely manner.
- To ensure weekly and monthly meetings and interactions are in place with learners.
- To ensure learners are kept encouraged and motivated all the time.
- To identify family related/ driven PSS issues of learners are identified and appropriate advice are provided in a timely manner.
- To follow up on absent learners, and ensure proper and effective participation of learners in the virtual classes.
- To provide online support to learners on the times required.
- To ensure availability on online classes, in case of requirement for PSS support.
- To provide in-person PSS support to learners and their guardians in refresher meetings.
- To conduct awareness sessions for learners and their guardians.
- To prepare structured psycho-social support activities by careful consideration of Street Child’s policies on the subject.
- To ensure participation of all learners in planned activities.
- To carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles including but not limited to do no harm, non-discrimination, confidentiality and accountability.
- To ensure record keeping and documents management process is in place for each activity conducted in consultation of the project manager.
- To ensure a safe, friendly and non-discriminatory environment is upheld during all activities.
- Any other relevant tasks given by the street child’s project manager and relevant site supervisor in Jahan education network.
Requirements
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in MHPSS field.
- Fluency in English language and any of local languages
- Ability to work effectively and independently with minimal supervision
- Responsible, reliable, punctual and having ability to fulfil multi-task.
- Knowledge of archiving and filing
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure circumstances
- Ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time
- Able to conduct individual and group therapy counselling sessions
- problem solving skills
- Good follow up and organizing skills
- Experience in I/NGO context is a strong plus point.
- A minimum of bachelor’s degree preferably in psychology, counselling, clinical social work, social science and/ or any other relevant field.
- Masters or additional certification in the field is a plus point.
