Psychosocial Counselor

Afghan Children and Women Support Organization (ACWSO) is a national non-profit NGO established in 2016 and registered with the Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan. The organization is committed to empowering vulnerable communities, with focus on women, children, youth, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and returnees. 

ACWSO delivers targeted interventions across a wide range of thematic areas, including health, nutrition, psychosocial support, Physiotherapy re-habitation and community awareness, as well as women’s empowerment, education, livelihoods, agriculture, environment, climate change, WASH, protection, community development, and humanitarian response. These programs aim to address urgent needs, enhance resilience, and promote sustainable development in marginalized and underserved communities throughout Afghanistan.

The Psychosocial Counsellor will be responsible for the overall planning and provision of psychosocial support to affected women and girls that are visiting ACWSO Center in Kabul. Provide individual or group psychological support for targeted beneficiaries. The staff will be placed in established centers in Kabul Shakardarah distract to provide PSS services to the client received at the center.

• Consult with other professionals to discuss therapies, treatments, counselling resources, or techniques, and to share occupational information.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments to understand the emotional and psychological needs of clients received in the ACWSO center.
• Provide individual and group counseling sessions to address trauma, stress, and other mental health issues
• Help clients to cope better and enhance their resilience in their everyday life.
• Help beneficiaries to resume their normal lives and mental well-being.
• Develop personalized psychosocial support plans and coping strategies.
• Providing quality and appropriate counseling services to clients referred by clusters, communities and identified by project team.
• Support and follow-up of the referred cases.
• 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.
• Analyze 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
• 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 clients and making them feel comfortable.
• Actively listen to clients and pay full attention to hear their problems
• To understand and apply survivor centered approach while receiving clients for PSS counselling.
• Keep track of number of clients provided with the individual and group counselling and sharing the data with project manager for reporting purposes.
• Maintain records, with adherence to data protection policy and confidentiality principles, of clients’ information.
• Uphold ethical principles in all aspects of work, including maintaining and adhering to the recommended treatment protocol, maintain and processing of persona data, confidentiality, and obtaining of consent for any data transfer ( on the need to know basis) 
• To ensure confidentiality including all client records are safe and secure for individual as well as for group session.
• To assist target clients in designing a Safety Plan for life threatening situations.
• Any other tasks assigned by the center Supervisor and project manager .

Required profile:

• Bachelor’s in psychology, social work, clinical psychiatry, or trained by MOPH, or received accredited training by IPSO
• Accredited training certificate in psychosocial counseling or health social counselling is highly desirable 
• 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 case management and protection interventions
• Strong communications skills. Fluency in written and spoken English; spoken in Pashto and Dari is an advantage.
• Good computer skills both Word and Excel necessary
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills
• willingness and ability to travel to and work in rural areas
• Fluent in both Pashto and Dari

Reporting writing skills in particularly in English

Interested qualified candidates should submit their resume and cover letter with specifying the Title of the Position with the Job vacancy Number ACWSO-PRPSP/07/003 in the subject line to hr.acwso@gmail.com by 11 August 2026

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written test and interview.

ACWSO is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage qualified candidates, particularly women and persons with disabilities, to apply.