MHPSS Counselor EMAR

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY:

Save the Children International is the worlds leading independent organization for children. We work in 117 countries and work together with our partners to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their Egypt Save the Children International has been working to ensure that childrens rights are respected protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and more recently emergency humanitarian work.

This project aims that children and youth in vulnerable situations have their rights respected and possess sound self-reliance capacities that allow them to improve their life perspectives. It will also target national and community organizations to enable them to provide effective protection and self-reliance services for children and youth.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The key purpose of this post is to provide psychosocial support services in compliance with the relevant SCI guidelines at the country office level in support migrant and refugee children under East African Migration Routes (EAMR) project. Under the supervision of the Mental Health and Psycho-social Support (MHPSS) Officer and the (MHPSS) Technical Advisor (TA) The MHPSS Counselor will contribute directly to protection case management processes by providing individual/group sessions for at risk children and youth in need of psychosocial support identified through the project activities and referrals from case management team and protection team. S/he will be responsible to conduct the needed assessments and customize the session topics based on the identified needs of the target group. S/he will also be responsible for organizing group support and awareness sessions to children at risk and their families and refer those with acute psychological needs to specialized services.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports To: MHPSS Officer

Dotted Line To: MHPSS Technical Advisor

Staff Directly Reporting to this Post: None

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice):

Accountability:

Holds self-accountable for making decisions managing resources efficiently achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team) takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same.

Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children engages and motivates others.

Future orientated thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team colleagues members and external partners and supporters.

Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.

Approachable good listener easy to talk to.

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

Honest encourages openness and transparency.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

A university degree in psychology.

2-3 years of experience in family and/or child individual and group counselling experience in working with migrants and refugees is an asset.

Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including team-leading and influencing.

Extensive experience in delivering training.

Excellent written and oral communication skills in Arabic and English are required.

Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity and able to take decisions independently in a fluid context.

Experience with refugee/marginalized communities desired.

Commitment to Save the Children values and Child Safeguarding.

Additional Job Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process which includes rigorous background checks reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.