Psychosocial Counsellor job at Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
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Vacancy title:
Psychosocial Counsellor

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Health Professionals ]

Jobs at:

Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Deadline of this Job:
21 July 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Garissa , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Psychosocial Counsellor

Job Summary
The Psychosocial Counsellor will develop, implement, and coordinate psychosocial counselling services at the Education Assessment and Resource Center for learners identified or thought to have disabilities that interfere with their ability to perform and participate in daily life activities.

Duties And Responsibilities
• Provide assessments through individual and group counselling sessions to learners and children with disabilities.
• Provide comprehensive psychosocial counselling to learners who experience or are exposed to Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV).
• Assist with designing, planning, implementing, as well as facilitation of training for various target groups.
• Facilitate client referral and linkage to further services as appropriate.
• Prepare and submit periodic (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annual) reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations and action plans.

Qualifications And Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Counselling Psychology or a related field
• Proven experience of minimum 2 years working with humanitarian and development programme.
• Certification and membership to professional body
• An impeccable professional standard of ethics as well as the willingness and ability to implement accountability activities within the LWF World Service essential.

Competencies
• Excellent computer skills in word processing, spreadsheets, use of internet and email
• Excellent analytical, facilitation and documentation experience with humanitarian programmes.
• Excellent communication skills including influencing negotiation and pragmatism.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to liaise with a variety of people successfully and effectively in a multicultural set up.
• Ability to work independently with proven hands-on expertise in case management, gender sensitivity, child protection and safeguarding.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Job application procedure
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Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 21 July 2022
Duty Station: Garissa
Posted: 07-07-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 07-07-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 07-07-2065
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