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COUNSELOR EDUCATOR

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF – Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that provides medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and manmade disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political beliefs.

For more information, visit our website http://www.msf-me.org/ar.

Purpose :

Perform counseling and/or education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their pychosocial condition.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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.

Must be willing to work in a Covid environment and detention centre & Hospital setting

Minimum Requirements and Competencies

Education:

Essential: Counseling, social work, psychology or other similar degree/diploma

Experience:

1 year experience essential. Experience with NGO desirable

Languages:

Essential: Arabic
Desireable: English, French, Bangla, Urdu, Amharic

Competencies:

Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Application

Interested candidates should submit their applications in English before 7^th December 2020 with a CV, motivation letter and supporting documents (certificates, diplomas etc.) to Médecins Sans Frontières, via E-mail tripoli-jobs@oca.msf.org

The subject line of the email must state ‘Counsellor Educator Application’ in English in order to be accepted