Counselor Educator

Location: Hebron

JOB PROFILE

MSF Spain is looking for a Counselor Educator in Hebron to help us perform counseling and/or education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their psychosocial condition.

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

Accountabilities:

•             Identify the psychosocial, socio-economic and administrative needs for patients

•             Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out, individual or in group counseling, basic psycho educational sessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.

•             Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary in order to propose the best support available.

•             Participate in the creation of any material needed for counseling activities and look after it,

•             Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with other counselors, preserving confidentiality

•             Inform line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.

•             Take active part in trainings, supervisions/intervisions and support the activities manager when necessary in doing sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.

•             Discuss difficulties and problems in counselling with supervisor.

• To provide psychoeducation to the targeted population in order to sensitize them over specific MH topics, to reinforce participants strengths, resources and positive coping skills, to promote MH services and to identify cases. 
• To provide individual/family counselling sessions to assess and follow-up with patients in different communities including the mobile clinics. In order to identify mental health symptoms and functionality affected, to prevent the development of MH disorders, to encourage positive coping mechanisms and to refer to the psychologist if it is needed. 
• To provide counselling groups to identify main preoccupations, concerns and life challenges of group members, to encourage open discussion over a theme and to encourage a helping process/mutual support within the group.
• To refer patients with social needs to the social worker.
• To provide Psychological First Aid in case of emergencies and if needed.
• To be committed in filling data and reporting all the daily activites conducted.

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Education

Counseling, social work, psychology or other similar degree/diploma.

Experience

1 year experience essential in counselling. Experience with NGO desirable.

Languages                      

Arabic and English essential.

Competencies

Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service

Conditions

We require all applicants to write a cover letter containing an introduction of yourself, explaining why you are applying for the position, and explaining why you think you are suitable for the position. Failure of submitting this letter would make the application invalid and the application would not be considered.

All documents of application must be in English.

COUNCELOR EDUCATOR

Please submit your CV and a cover letter including aforementioned instructions in English 

The deadline for application is 24.1.2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH.

In order to submit your application via Google Forms, you shall have a GMAIL account. If you do not have one, you shall create a GMAIL Account.