Psychosocial Support Worker at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) IN BORNO
WHO ARE WE ? Emergency First International is an international NGO, non-profit, apolitical and secular. Emergency First International was born from the merger between two French NGO Première Urgence and Aide Médicale Internationale.
Experience2 – 5 years
Location Borno
General Objective / Summary
- Under the supervision of the PSS Supervisor, the psycho-social Support worker will perform all PSS activities in the field, including case management and referral to other services.
- Besides this, S/He will fill data records, and perform data entry on weekly basis.
- S/He will take part in weekly office meetings, attend formal trainings, on job training, and provide weekly case presentations.
Responsibilities and Tasks
Implementation and monitoring of the MHPSS activities:
- Provide psycho-social support, and psychological first aid to survivors who have experienced psychological trauma, torture, gender based violence GBV, domestic violence, and when necessary to survivors of natural disasters.
- Work in collaboration with PHCC and outpost staff to receive referred beneficiaries, ensure follow up of referred PSS/ PFA beneficiaries, and provide guidance to health facility staff on PSS.
- Provide screening and assessment on psychological trauma.
- Sensitize, psycho-educate, problem solve, dialogue and mediate with the beneficiaries population about issues of war, torture, trauma, violence and GBV.
- Ensure all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed in culturally appropriate way, especially with respect to gender sensitivities.
- Perform community awareness on trauma and psychosocial support to beneficiaries and community leaders
- Refer patients when needed to more specialized services in link with the PSS Supervisor.
- Perform case follow up and case management when there is need.
- S/he should develop action plan for the follow up patients
- Engage in self-care through supervision, debriefings, and other shared sessions.
Communication and reporting:
- Become proficient with the MHPSS data collection tools, conduct, and submit screening and assessments reports in a timely and accurate manner.
- Fill in all reporting and data collection forms in daily basis to ensure quality reporting
- Weekly data entry of collected information from the field.
- Attend the weekly MHPSS supervision/ on job training meeting
- Attend all MHPSS/PFA related trainings given by PUI.
- Assist with any other related activities as deemed necessary by the technical MHPSS advisor.
Qualifications
- Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree with 2 – 5 years experience.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) on forms.office.com to apply
