Psychosocial Counsellor

Date Posted: Oct 30, 2022

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Location:

Balkh
Company:

Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC)
Type:

Contract
Shift:

First Shift (Morning)
Career Level:

Experienced Professional
Positions:

2
Vacancy number:

AWSDC06/2022
Experience:

3 Year
Gender:

Female
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Nov 03, 2022

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About Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC)

The Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC) founded in 1999 is a national non-governmental organization (NGO), dedicated to the promotion and protection of the rights of women in Afghanistan and supporting Afghans to live in peace. AWSDC key thematic focus areas are Peacebuilding, Women Rights/GBV, Livelihoods, WASH and Humanitarian Response. The organization geographical areas are Kabul, Kunduz, Faryab, Herat, Balkh and Samangan Provinces. The organization since the startup of first wave of COVID-19 has provided humanitarian assistance to nearly 65,000 COVID-19 affected men, women and children under its geographical areas. Likewise, AWSDC is one of Humanitarian Actors that provides protection, WASH and Emergency Shelter and None food items to vulnerable Afghanistan across the country.

AWSDC in response to the humanitarian crisis is scaling up its interventions to serve more people through provision of life savings assistance, GBV, WASH, Food/None Food Items. Recently AWSDC has aligned its strategic priorities to the address the acute deficits of affected population through provision of protection services, WASH, Food Assistance and NFIs in Afghanistan.

AWSDC is in the process to recruit Protection Project Manager to support the project team in the implementation of Women Protection project in Balkh Province.

Job Description

About the project:

AWSDC is in the process to hire competent staff to implement Women Protection project in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province. The focus of the project is to establish and run two community friendly centers form women and girls skills and recreational activities including referral pathways, provision of GBV core principles and PSS firs aid training to the project team and donor implementing partners, conduct dialogue sessions with community leaders and increase community awareness on women and girls protection and the type of services provided by AWSDC under the project.

Position Summary:

The position holder (Psychosocial Counsellor) will be responsible is responsible for the overall planning and providing of psychosocial support based on the project plan. Provide individual or group psychological support for targeted beneficiaries. The staff will be placed in AWSDC Provincial Office in Mazar-e-Sharif with daily field visit to one of the two community centers where she will provide PSS services to the client received at the center located in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Job Requirements

Job Responsibilities

Consult with other professionals to discuss therapies, treatments, counselling resources, or techniques, and to share occupational information.
Refer clients to specialists or to other institutions/ organizations for non-counselling treatment of problems and refer them to other service providers in case of severe cases of violence.
Advise clients on how they could be helped by counselling.
Analyse data such as interview notes, test results, and reference manuals in order to identify symptoms, and to diagnose the nature of clients' problems.
Counsel individuals, groups, or families to help them understand problems, define goals, and develop realistic action plans.
Develop therapeutic and treatment plans based on clients' interests, abilities, and needs.
Evaluate the results of counselling methods to determine the reliability and validity of treatments.
Assess and evaluate individuals' problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation
Provide individual or group counselling services to assist individuals survive after violence
Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve mental health of the victims of violence
Work with families of victims to provide safe environment for them
Engaging in discussion with patient and making them feel comfortable.
Actively listen to violation survivors and pay full attention to hear their problems
Comprehensively understand the situation of client from a psychosocial angle
Treat clients in a well manner
Any other tasks assigned by the project manager.

Required Qualification and Experience:

A relevant academic qualification, in Psychosocial, medicine (Bachelor Degree)
Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in Psychosocial counselling with national and INGOs in Afghanistan- familiarity of the target district is the added value.
Strong practice of workplace diversity and inclusiveness
Knowledge of GBV and case management and protection interventions
Strong communications skills. Fluency in written and spoken English; spoken Dari and Pashto is an advantage.
Good computer skills both Word and Excel necessary
Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

How to apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit cover letter and CV with the subject line ‘AWSDC Psychosocial Counsellor VA # xxx’ by email to contact@awsdc.org.af. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Note:

Only shortlisted candidates who meet the above job requirement will be contacted

AWSDC provide equal opportunity both for male and female. Female candidates are highly engaged to apply.

Submission Email:

contact@awsdc.org.af

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