JOB TITLE: Psychosocial Counsellor – Child Protection
JOB LOCATION: Yobe – Damaturu as main Base Office, with frequent daily trips to Gashua and other field locations Yobe,
Employment Type: Full-time
JOB DETAILS:
Scope of the Vacancy
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- The Psychosocial Counselor will identify psychosocial support needs for the benefit of children victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence in target LGAs of Yobe state.
- He will create and develop adapted PSS and Child Protection activities in line with the priorities determined by COOPI.
- He will ensure performance tools are available for local staff, in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the programs, while taking into consideration the local cultural context.
- He will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring and follow-up of the PSS and Child Protection activities.
Main Duties / Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, he/she:
- Evaluates the risk factors and identifies those in need of long- term PSS support (communities, vulnerable children and their families)
- Put in place assistance programs, taking into consideration the concerns and coping mechanisms of the victims
- Providing technical guidance and support, ensuring best practices on advanced PSS to PSS Support Animators
- Implement and ensure, often in partnership with local stakeholders (NGOs, National Society), proper follow-up of the PSS and Child Protection activities for the benefit of the children and their families victims of armed conflict or other situations of violence
- Provide technical advice, counseling, PSS and Child Protection trainings to primary teachers within the education activities according to the project
- Reinforcing and developing local networks (school community committees) and their PSS capacities
- Evaluate continually the patterns of violence, the victims’ situation and the PSS activities.
- Support Case worker supervisors and PM Collects the information needed to identify, registers, analyzes the needs of any child at risk, including UASC;
- Contributes in the success of the trainings for community leaders, also by accompanying them directly on the field;
- Joins actively meetings and trainings to raise gaps and recommendations based on the daily work on the field;
- Supports the data-entry activities providing the proper information about each child at risk from the caseload;
- Communicates regularly with the PM and Case Worker Supervisor for updates on achievements and challenges and any changes in the community’s social context and security status;
- Adopts standard operating procedure (SOPs) for the Child Protection and case management system and data management protocols;
- Performs any other necessary action related to the position to achieve the objectives of the project and of COOPI in Nigeria if requested by the Team Leader
- Upholds COOPI’s mission and Charter of Values;
- Follows and enforces all COOPI codes of conduct and policies (globally and in-country);
- Participate in the field work of the nutrition survey (impact assessment)
- Perform any other action related with the position needed to achieve the objectives of the projects and of COOPI Nigeria if requested by his/her supervisor.
- Profile of the Candidate (Education, Training, Competences, Skills)
Requirements
- Medical Doctor or Nurse with strong background in PSS or Psychologist
- Advanced University Degree in Clinical Psychology (MSc / ClinPsyD) or Psychiatrist
- Experience in mhGAP training, Protection training (SGBV and Child Protection) and training in Case Management as a modality of intervention
- At least two years of professional experience in the support of vulnerable people or in the humanitarian field, preferably in the field of PSS.
- Experience with an NGO
- Experience in Project Management
- Good communicator, strong listening capacity, open minded, proactive and creative
- Respectful and inclusive of individual and cultural differences
- Significant experience involving work engaging people in and from community settings
- Knowledge of the local language (Hausa and Kanuri)
Preferred:
- Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local context
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Deadline: August 16, 2021