Psycho-Social Support (PSS) Worker at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

General Objective

• Under the supervision of the PSS Supervisor, Psycho-Social Worker will perform all PSS activities in the field, including case management and referral to other services. Besides this, S/He will fill data records, and perform data entry on weekly basis.
• S/He will take part in weekly office meetings, attend formal trainings, on job training, and provide weekly case presentations.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Objective 1: PSS responsibilities:

• Provide psycho-social support, and psychological first aid to survivors who have experienced psychological trauma, torture, gender-based violence GBV, domestic violence, and when necessary to survivors of natural disasters.
• Work in collaboration with PHCC and outpost staff to receive referred beneficiaries, ensure follow up of referred PSS/ PFA beneficiaries, and provide guidance to health facility staff on PSS.
• Provide screening and assessment on psychological trauma.
• Sensitize, psycho-educate, problem solve, dialogue, and mediate with the beneficiary’s population about issues of war, torture, trauma, violence and GBV.
• Ensure all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed in culturally appropriate way, especially with respect to gender sensitivities.
• Perform community awareness on trauma and psychosocial support to beneficiaries and community leaders
• Refer patients when needed to more specialized services.
• Perform case follow up and case management when there is need.
• S/he should develop action plan for the follow up patients
• Engage in self-care through supervision, debriefings, and other shared sessions.

Objective 2: office work:

• Become proficient with the MHPSS data collection tools, conduct, and submit screening and assessments reports in a timely and accurate manner.
• Fill in all reporting and data collection forms in daily basis to ensure quality reporting
• Weekly data entry of collected information from the field.
• Attend the weekly MHPSS supervision/ on job training meeting
• Attend all MHPSS/PFA related trainings given by PUI.
• The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.

Mandatory Requirements

Education Degree:

• Degree / Certificate in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, Nursing, or other related fields

Work experience:

• Experience in working as a psycho-social worker, or psycho-social counselor, or community social worker

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of local areas and community structures
• Able to work in a stressful environment and move around to work in Health Facilities
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Able to work independently in the field
• Problem solving and conflict resolution skills

Language skills:

• Good command in English (speaking, reading & writing)
• Fluent in local languages – Hausa, Kanuri, etc.

Computer skills:

• Excellent knowledge of the MS office software including Word, Excel, Outlook.

Other:

• Good team player
• Good reporting skills

Assets
Transversals skills:

• Excellent communication, conflict solving and diplomacy skills to manage relationship in potentially tense situations
• Strong motivation to help people in need
• Ability to make decisions
• Understanding of the political situation in the area
• Ability to analyze and suggest improvements of the activities
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation
• Well organized and hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Able to check validity of information, logical thinking
• Neutrality
• Reliability

Salary
N300,000 - N371,000 / month.