Support for Online Counselling Services for Family Members of OCHA Staff (Arabic language required)

Contract

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With this task, OCHA is hoping to provide more counselling services to the dependents of staff member, in order to take care of their wellbeing.

The selected candidates will have the opportunity to provide consultations to total number of 15 individuals, to improve their psychology and wellbeing to better support their quality of life and assist aid operations.

OCHA is looking for the support of online volunteers to provide psychosocial support to the dependents of staff member in OCHA.

Tasks include: Clinical counselling / providing psychosocial support to any family member affected from earthquake requiring professional support and assistance in resolving personal and/or work-related problem(s). The online volunteers will perform individual assessments in the case of family members experiencing difficulty coping and/or presenting mental-health related symptoms or syndromes. They will be expected to set aside time for at least 14 counselling sessions per week (7 sessions per each volunteer) to support the Staff Welfare Office. Sessions will be 1 hour-long.

• Perform critical incident trauma and stress defusing and/or debriefings (individual and group). Perform counselling follow-up to detect and identify psychosocial support.

Working in the context of providing psychosocial support Counselling Experience and Background (especially on natural disasters trauma is an asset)