Mental Health Promotor (Re Announced)

Over the past few years, Afghanistan has witnessed a relative improvement in security and stability across much of the country. This has allowed humanitarian actors like INTERSOS to maintain uninterrupted access and expand services in areas that were previously hard to reach. Despite this progress, the humanitarian situation remains critical, with millions of Afghans continuing to face acute vulnerabilities due to prolonged economic hardship, natural disasters, and limited access to essential services.

In 2025, more than half of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, with food insecurity, child malnutrition, and displacement remaining key concerns. Natural disasters, such as floods and recent earthquakes, have further compounded the needs of already struggling communities.

INTERSOS continues to operate through a community-based approach with field bases in Kabul, Kandahar, and Zabul, delivering primary healthcare, nutrition, and protection services with a focus on women, children, and persons with disabilities. The organization enjoys strong community acceptance and collaborates closely with relevant national authorities, including maintaining the full participation of female staff in all activities.

While the operational environment is largely stable and conducive, funding shortfalls and systemic barriers such as restrictions on financial flows and administrative bottlenecks continue to impact the scope and scale of humanitarian response. Sustained support is crucial to ensure the continuity of life-saving services and to address the urgent needs of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations.

Provide specialized services and individual mental health support for people with moderate to severe mental and/or emotional disorders in the different areas of intervention.

Provide technical support to the protection staff to implement sound mental health support activities for children and adults.

Reporting to:

Hierarchical: PSS Team Leader

Functional: PSS Team Leader / MHPSS specialist

Tasks

• Collaborate with the Technical Protection Manager and MHPSS Specialist for the development of the project’s overall mental health component
• Assist protection cases with identified mental or emotional disorders referred internally or externally
• Conduct case-by-case needs assessments for the diagnosis of psychological disorders and identification of treatment and therapy in line with Intersos

MHPSS guidelines

• Develop individual assistance plans and conduct mental health counselling utilising various techniques in line with Intersos MHPSS guidelines and

Psychological Case Management SOP

• Implement the treatment plan of psychological distress cases in coordination with the medical team
• In coordination with the MHPSS Specialist/ PSS Team Leader ensure safe spaces readiness activities are conducted and actions taken to meet safety and warmlines of the spaces
• Document progress on cases, maintaining strict protocols for confidentiality and consent, and ensure that data protection protocols are respected
• Provide group and individual counselling sessions, according to identified needs
• Conduct Focused Group Interventions following identified or internally developed curriculum

• Establish and strengthen referral pathways
• Provide periodic and anonymized feedback to the Technical Protection Manager and Case Workers Team Leader on issues that may require their intervention or guidance
• Participate in internal case management meeting and bring to the immediate

attention of the Line Manager any emergency and specific need

• Facilitate trainings for internal protection staffs and communities on

psychosocial first aid (PFA), identification and assessment of people with psychological distress

• Strengthen community based mental health support and peer support group activities through mapping the community-based structures that respond to MHPSS issues and building their capacity
• Provide coaching and support to the field staffs in the implementation of structured PSS activities and ensure standardization across the field locations
• Collaborate with Protection Coordinator, MHPSS Specialist, technical Protection Manager, Medical Coordinator, Medical Activity Manage in developing the project’s overall MHPSS component
• Carry out all tasks respecting key protection principles, including but not limited to: do no harm, non-discrimination, confidentiality, accountability and

need-to-know principles

• Establish and ensure efficient running of the help desks within the field locations
• Collaborate with the PSS team Leader in ensuring timely supplies and repacling of PSS materials
• Establish and maintain collaborative relations with relevant partners and other project stakeholders working in the project areas
• Proactively participate in relevant working groups and coordination meetings, as requested by the Line Manager

Education

• Education in counseling psychology, psychology, or any other related social sciences.

Professional experience

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, including at least one year in NGO

Professional requirements

• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, outlook)
• Analytical and reporting skills

Personal requirements

• Respect and adherence to protection principles
• Capacity to work under pressure, flexibility
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Languages

• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• Fluency in local language (written and spoken)

Respected Applicants, please visit the link below and fill in the required information.

https://forms.gle/3LuVyx9T7DEvrCGHA

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and called for a test/Interview.

Qualified People with Physical Disabilities and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.