Position Title: MHPSS Counselor
2025-01-26        Parwan       Full Time        80
Job Location: Parwan
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: CHA, Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: HRM-434
No. Of Jobs: 8
City: Bagram, Jabul Saraj, Sayed Khel, Surkhi Parsa
Organization: (CHA), Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (موسسه همکاری)
Years of Experience: 2 Years
Contract Duration: 11 Months
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor of University
Close date: 2025-01-26

About (CHA), Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (موسسه همکاری):

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) is a non-governmental, non-profitable, and non-political Afghan NGO, working since 1987 mainly in agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure sectors in more vulnerable areas of the country. CHA is working through the implementation of Emergency, rehabilitation, and development projects for emergency aid for war, famine, and natural disaster-affected families in the field, to assist with the rehabilitation of rural and urban life, and to work with communities for sustainable development in Afghanistan.

Core Commitments and Expectations from Candidates:

CHA is dedicated to creating an environment where all staff members are committed to our core values and principles. We believe that our employees play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and excellence of our organization. Therefore, we have outlined the following core commitments and expectations that all candidates must adhere to:

  1. Adherence to CHA's Policies and Procedures: All candidates must adhere to CHA's policies and procedures, these guidelines are designed to ensure a safe, fair, and efficient working environment. Compliance with these policies is fundamental to maintaining the standards and quality of our operation
  2. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA): CHA has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and abuse. All candidates, employees, associates, and partners must comply with the PSEA policy.
  3. Ethical Conduct and Integrity: Candidates are expected to maintain high standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all their professional dealings. This includes avoiding conflicts of interest, maintaining confidentiality, and adhering to anti-fraud and anti-corruption guidelines​​.
  4. Commitment to Non-Discrimination and Diversity: CHA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Candidates must respect and promote diversity and non-discrimination based on race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic​​.
  5. Child Protection: Candidates must adhere to the Child Protection Policy, ensuring the safety and well-being of children in all CHA activities.
  6. Environmental and Social Safeguards: Candidate must follow CHA's Environmental and Social Safeguard Policy to minimize environmental impact and ensure sustainable practices in all projects and operations​​.
  7. Confidentiality and Data Protection: Candidates are required to maintain the confidentiality of all CHA data and information.

All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. To ensure compliance, candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks. These checks will include the verification of academic credentials and employment history. Selected candidates may also be required to provide additional information to facilitate these checks.

By joining CHA, candidates commit to these core values and contribute to our mission of providing humanitarian assistance with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. We look forward to welcoming dedicated individuals who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

Job Descriptions:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide individual and group psychosocial counselling to the project beneficiaries in at health facility to target clients.

• Respond to distressed beneficiary in a non-threatening manner and attempt to understand the source of their discomfort

• help the beneficiary manage their emotions through de-escalation techniques

• Prepare and maintain the beneficiary records and maintain accurate records of the beneficiary’s cases, keep all case documents locked/protected and confidential;

• Work with the beneficiary’s families and careers, to help to educate them and the beneficiary about their mental health problems.

• visit the beneficiary in their home to monitor progress and carry out risk assessments with regard to their safety and welfare

• Provide psychoeducation sessions for MHPSS beneficiary and their respective families

• Ensure all aspects of work are in line with MHPSS intervention guidelines and Use the MoPH approved MHPSS guideline for the counselling.

• Responsible for reporting and communication of progress and achievement of the specific assigned tasks.

• Inform the line manager if any professional problems encountered

• Conduct all duties in a professional manner following MHPSS guideline.

• Developing and maintaining a service mapping (through referral questionnaire for specialized service providers) and an efficient referral pathway.

• Undertake any other task assigned by line supervisor.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor in Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Nursing with mental health and Psychosocial background or related field

• Minimum 2-years professional experience in MHPSS Field

• Experience in applying Behavior Change Communication models.

• Fluency in spoken and written Dari and Pashtu is a requirement or at least local language where she is assigned to work.

• Culturally flexibility and respect multi-cultural environment.

Submission Guidelines:

Interested and qualified candidates should send us their information using the link below.

https://manage.cha-net.org/jobs/678e2422f4369f005afe5dcb

for more information please contact to this number: 0729128549

Submission Email:

Please use the above link in the Submission Guideline section

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