Responsibilities: Provide individual and group counselling to the affected population in need.
Coordinate with the Site Coordinator Assistant and other members of the team the integration of mental health and psychosocial support considerations in community-based activities along the full spectrum of the intervention pyramid.
Conduct rapid MHPSS assessments to residents, in collaboration with the Social Worker, and inform the existing referral mechanisms.
In collaboration with the Community Mobilizer, design psychoeducation sessions for the communities, based on identified and emerging needs.
In collaboration with the Community Mobilizer, supervise artistic mediation activities for vulnerable cases.
Provide training sessions in PFA and basic counselling skills to humanitarian actors, community focal points and volunteers, and other team members.
Identify and refer people with severe mental disorders, in coordination with the referral team, if existing.
Coordinate with the referral team and other team members the inclusion of people with mental disorders in other activities promoted by the teams.
Develop awareness messages/campaigns related to mental health and psychosocial support to be disseminated to communities. Coordinate with other members of the teams the most efficacious ways to convey those messages.
Organize support and discussion groups and forums.
Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys and research in the concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community-based psychosocial services and specialized mental health care for international protection applicants.
Map existing support provisions at the microlevel and design, together with the supervisor, initiatives to reinforce their capacity.
Report daily activities and preparing statistics reports.
Identify gaps (i.e., lack of cultural mediation services) that should be referred to the project management and local authorities for further action.
Develop and maintain an efficient mental health referral system for refugees, in coordination with other governmental and/or partner agencies.
Ensure the confidentiality of medical information of the migrants and refugees.
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Perform such other duties, as may be assigned.
