Stress Counselor

Medical & Health

Overview

Provide counseling and training for UN staff on stress management.

You have:

• A Master's degree in clinical psychology or clinical psychiatry or related area is required.
• Clinical license to provide psychological counseling and/or psychotherapy is required.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience is required, of which 3 should be at the international level.
• Experience in Employee Assistance Programme or Organizational Intervention would be an asset.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Result of Service- Easy access to counseling services to staff in participating organizations. - Comprehensive resilience building programme including psychological education. - Ongoing improvement in the working environment and monitoring mechanism of the stressful factors and provision of technical advice to senior managers based on psycho-social Risk Assessment.

Work Location UN-House ESCWA

Expected duration 6 months

Duties and Responsibilities The Stress Counsellor will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Joint Medical Services- ESCWA, in coordination with DHMOSH/DOS. As this is a post jointly funded by the participating organizations, it is planned for the Stress Counsellor to operate from the ESCWA offices as well as other selected offices.

Responsibilities:

1. Counseling and Training Activities for UN Staff from the participating UN Entities: - Provides individual and group counseling sessions. - Organizes and conducts training sessions on stress prevention and stress related issues. - Promotes, plans and implements welfare activities.

2. Participate in implementing UN Mental Health Strategy: - Develop and perform a wide range of activities for the participating UN Offices in the country; - On going assessment of psycho-social Risk Assessment at the workplace, and monitors the determinants of stress in the participating UN Offices. - Develop and perform tailored activities based on Risk Assessment.

3. Reporting and Advising on Stress Management Activities - Advises the UN Management on stress mitigating strategies, decisions and activities - Liaises with local experts and institutions in the country for referral, as well as with UN line managers, medical doctors, and local physicians in order to build a network of professionals ready to support and intervene in case of need.

Qualifications/special skills A Master's degree in clinical psychology or clinical psychiatry or related area is required with clinical license to provide psychological counseling and/ or psychotherapy is required. Additional training or certification in a broad range of related fields, such as alcohol/substance abuse, stress management, traumatic stress, cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, etc would be an asset.

All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience is required, of which 3 should be at the international level. Experience in Employee Assistance Programme or Organizational Intervention would be an asset. Prior experience in a UN peace operation is an advantage.

Languages Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA.

For this position, Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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Added 3 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: careers.un.org