Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Supervisor

Your responsibilities

• Supervise PSS activities

• Co-facilitate training activities for external partners together with MHPSS Co

• Train, coach and mentor the PSS team and coordinates their provision of PSS activities in line with PUI protocols, guidelines and SOPs

• Help to develop a proper referral system on the field together with MHPSS Co

• Compile and draft activity reports

• Contribute to the protection of the program beneficiaries

Our requirements

Overall purpose

• Have commitment, competence, and willingness to receive intensive training, regular on job training and supervision by MHPSS Coordinator.

• Work in close coordination with PSS providers and other relevant stake holders.

• Act as a (co-)trainer under supervision of the MHPSS Coordinator to strengthen the capacity of PSS providers: Train, Manage and Supervise PSS providers.

• Regular follow-up of the activities of PSS Providers.

• Visit health facilities to supervise, monitor & evaluate providers’ performance and conduct remote supervision of insecure areas.

• Provide feedback, and coach PSS Providers in order to improve the quality of the psycho-social support services.

• Assist PSS providers with formulating action plans for beneficiaries and with the provision of group activities for beneficiaries.

• Support providers in their self-care, and monitor their work related distress. If possible conduct regular support sessions with the providers for the purpose of their self-care.

• Help the PSS providers to identify the severely affected cases and have an action plan to support them in order to ensure their wellbeing.

• Develop a peer support framework for providers.

• Act as a co-provider to strengthen the capacity of the supervisees and conduct live supervision and mentoring. Also, function as a co-worker to provide community awareness, volunteers training and supervision to improve the capacity of supervisees to enable them to perform the same activities independently.

• Ensure accuracy of providing the service, reporting, and documentation.

• Become proficient with PUI data collection tools, conduct and submit screening, and assessments, and PSS providing reports in a timely and accurate manner.

• Work closely with the database staff and manager to ensure quality reporting.

• Help PSS providers with data entry of collected information from the field.

• Ensure all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed in culturally appropriate way, especially with respect to gender sensitivities.

• Assist in strengthening the referral system and follow up of the relevant activities.

• Attend all PSS/PFA related trainings given by PUI or sent by PUI to external partners.

• Attend the weekly MHPSS supervision/ on job training meeting.

• Assist with any other related activities as deemed necessary by the MHPSS Coordinator.

Applications of Ukrainian Refugees are encouraged.

This job description may be subject to modifications in the future, depending on the evolution of the activities. These modifications will then be defined and discussed between the employee and Première Urgence Internationale.

In general, the employee will take all necessary actions for the correct development of Première Urgence Internationale activities in KRI in the limit of its tasks and responsibilities and of legal conditions of the work legislation.

Duration: UNTIL 30/09/2022