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

General Objective

• Under the supervision of the PSS Supervisor, the psycho-social support worker will perform all MHPSS 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
Implementation of the PSS activities

• 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 beneficiaries 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 in link with the PSS Supervisor
• Perform case follow up and case management when there is need
• Develop action plan for the follow up patients
• Engage in self-care through supervision, debriefings, and other shared sessions

Communication and reporting

• 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
• Assist with any other related activities as deemed necessary by the PSS Supervisor
• The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 10 years work experience