Organization Background:

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit  https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we- are.

Job Purpose:

The Mental Health and Psycho-Social worker will closely work with beneficiaries,

families, and communities to provide psychological and social facilitation and consultation for beneficiaries of the project and to provide appropriate psychosocial sessions to identified persons or households in need, including children through family groups and individuals. he/she provides emotional support and guidance to parents

who are facing difficulties in parenting their children.

Main Duties &

Responsibilities:

•  Provide mental health and psychosocial support in health facilities and within           outreach teams.

•   Provide mental health case management services,

•   Provide Basic and Scalable MHPSS interventions and counselling

•    Identify, establish, and strengthen referral pathways for clients to ensure they are linked to needed services

•   Provide individual and group psychosocial support sessions.

•   Help people to cope better and enhance their resilience in their everyday life.

•   Meet community-identified mental health needs through comprehensive Mental

Health Case Management.

•   Provide trainings on referrals to MHPSS services in the supported centers.

•   Provide awareness sessions on services available and facilitate referrals

•    Prepare, and deliver trainings for the purposes of capacity-building on psychosocial support, including PFA and case management trainings, where appropriate

•    Liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals to support clients in need of MHPSS through the referral, diagnosis and treatment process.

•   Participate   in   capacity   building   trainings   and   implementing   in   the   field/

community.

•   Conduct other MHPSS-related activities as requested.

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

•    Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

•    Actively  promote  PSEA  (Prevention  of  Sexual  Exploitation  and  Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

•    Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Safeguarding

•    It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Qualifications:

Minimum bachelor’s degree required in a field related to the social sciences, psychology, social work, or counselling, Health/Medical, Midview’s/ Nurses, Education.

Holding psychosocial counselling diploma from any recognized organization.   

Experience:

•    Minimum 1 year of experience in related role, Mobile health teams, Primary health care and with any NGO.

•    Strong interpersonal, networking, and communication skills.

Desirable:

•          Desirable: 1 year of experience working with an INGO

Competency:

Fluency in local languages is required.

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Please do not submit your CV or application to this website, it will not be considered for review.

Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.