Scope of work:

Under the Provincial Officer Lead establishment and running of Psychosocial Counselling Centre (PSCC) in Regional/ Provincial, the PSCC IN- charge is responsible to undertake the overall responsibility of Psychosocial Counselling Centre, the efficient and effective (objective and target oriented) implementation of project and insure the routine activities are on track.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure quality and on-time submission of progress reports to hospital leadership, PSS Sub-Cluster meetings, and Project Manager.
• Participate in psychosocial counselling related training workshops as trainer when needed.
• Report on weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to immediate supervisor.
• Attend all relevant meetings/workshops requested by supervisor.
  Ensure strict adherence to guidelines and procedures laid out in the SOP for Health Sector Response to PSS by the PSCC team.
• Oversee and support work of Legal counsellor/data collection officer, and psychosocial counsellor.
• Supervise and manage the coordination with focal points in the healthcare facilities linked to PSCC through referral.
• Manage and oversee routine day to day activities of PSCC.
• Undertake regular follow up of cases entering PSCC with team members.
• Supervise stocks and ensure maintenance of standard equipment and supplies at PSCC
• Hospital and ensure PSCC objectives are achieved.
• implementers, psychosocial services projects implementer NGOs, AHIRC, Police, prosecutors, and judges and sharing information and providing feedback when requested.
• Insure provision of comprehensive assistance to psychosocial clients.
• Represent PSCC at meetings with PHD, Provincial hospitals authorities, BPHS/EPHS
• Under the PSS Program Lead establishment and running of Psychosocial Counselling Centre (PSCC) in Regional/ Provincial

Leadership: Can engage in leadership and coordination.

Problem-solving: Provides solutions to the problems.

Relationships: Has good interpersonal relationships with (community leaders, supervisors, CHPs, other actors, etc.).

Adaptability: Easily adapts to the work routine, adaptability to live and interact with project staff, and capacity and ability to live and/or work in environments where projects are implementing.

Professionalism: Has the knowledge and understanding of project implementation strategies and approaches and project monitoring systems. Ability to think critically, work under pressure, meet commitments/deadlines, and show persistence in facing challenges.

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively. Listens to others and shows a real commitment to maintaining open communication with the client and team members.

Teamwork: Committed to working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve project tasks for the team. Willing to learn from others and open to giving and receiving feedback.

Flexibility/adaptability: This requires the candidate to have the sufficient capacity to adapt to the IMC work methodology and different work environments (office and field) that the candidate might have later during a mission.

Technical Tasks:

1. Facilitate psychosocial clients visits with psychiatrist, medical doctor, gynaecologist, and other services as necessary

2. Assist psychosocial clients in designing a Safety Plan for life threatening situations

3. Set up and maintain the necessary procedures to diminish the security risks for all service providers visiting and/or working at PSCC

4. Provide on the job refresher training sessions for PSCC team members in the correct classification of PSS and correct use of tools and SOP guidelines within the PSCC.

5. Lead refresher training for focal persons in other healthcare facilities during case

management meetings.

6. Manage the timely provision of services to the survivors who come to PSCC, including psychosocial counselling service, basic legal assistance, basic evidence collection, referral to other institutions depending on survivor s’ choice and case management.

Ethical and Procedural Guidelines:

1. Maintain an attitude of respect and support toward the survivors.

2. Ensure adherence to procedures for confidentiality of survivor at every step

3. Follow ethical guidelines of PSS response established in PSS SOP

5. Observe necessary protocols to diminish the security risks for all service providers visiting and/or working at PSCC

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.