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Psychosocial Counsellor
Country Afghanistan Province Herat,
Categories Health Care, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-08-05 Close Date 2021-08-15
Vacancy No G_WISE_0063 Gender Male
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration One year with possible extension
Education Psychology Degree Experience 3 Years direct experiance
Organization Opportunities for you Salary As per project approved budget

About Company

About WISE Organization: Women Integrity for Society Empowerment Organization (WISE) is an active national Non-profit organization operating in Herat western region of Afghanistan with a special focus on women's rights and women empowerment. WISE got its formal registration certificate from the Ministry of Economy with license number 2641 on May 16, 2012.

Job Description

The primary objective of this project is to addressing the promotion of sustainable licit livelihoods, youth vocational, psychosocial, peace education, community–based agriculture and economic development program. The program will work to strengthen the IDPs, Returnees, and host community at center Herat, and Badghis center throughout the support of community stockholders GIROA related sectors in the project cycle. 

Job Requirement

  • Duties and Responsibilities
  • Psychosocial Counsellor responsibility is conduct counseling with IDPs and returnees as well as host community with individual, family, or group during one or more sessions to support the process of overcoming environmental, emotional, or social problems that are affecting the health and well-being of the Healthy Start participant and/or the infant's/child's family members.
  • The counsellor responsible to looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function.
  • The counsellor is responsible to building trust with their patient’s emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of what it means to be healthy.
  • The counsellor is responsible to interact between a person and history and provide them with technical approach to overcome and return to their previous life.
  • The counsellor must have the skills and technical knowledge to advise the patient in different categories, like marriage and family counseling, guidance for patients who need to be in treatment for should visit doctors, substance abuse counseling.
  • The counselor is responsible to helps individuals, community to heal, and psychological wounds and rebuilds social structures after an emergency or a critical event to change people into active survivors rather than passive victims.
  • The counselor must have the skills to refer to a set of methods and practices used to assist individuals with psychological or emotional problems or disorders that affect their ability to interact in a socially appropriate manner.  
  • Update database of beneficiaries on time to be reportable based on request.
  • Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.

Submission Guideline

The application comprises a one-page cover letter explaining why you are interested in this post and how you meet the qualification outlined above and attaching your CV to it. Interested Afghan candidates should submit their applications via e-mail, hr@wise.org.af  indicating on the SUBJECT line the title and VN: T_WISE_0063.

Only short-listed candidates whose applications respond to the above criteria will be contacted for an interview.

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