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Main duties and responsibilities:

• Facilitate and implement awareness-raising sessions at health centers, health posts and community levels, particularly on child development, mothering practices, mother and child interactions and breastfeeding practices.

• Provide MHPSS for GBV survivors counselling.

• Conduct individual support and counselling activities for the beneficiaries, according to an adapted action plan, and based on MHCP psychosocial approach of care practices.

• Be able to assess individual child caring skills and practices of the beneficiaries, by using recommended tools, scales, and questionnaires.

• Participate in elaborating key messages and adapting them according to the context and the target population.

• Be able to describe IYCF project and objectives in a clear, understandable, and culturally adapted manner.

• Supervise daily the proper transmission of project information and key messages by beneficiaries to the community, by supporting them on awareness raising methods, sense of responsibility and motivation.

• Conduct group discussions and support groups with the beneficiaries on mental health, care practices and psychosocial issues, by using recommended guidelines and tools.

• Conduct stimulation activities (therapeutic play sessions and others) for mothers and children according to beneficiaries needs.

• Be able to observe, evaluate and analyze the content of a group session with an evaluation grid.

• Ensure the follow-up and support of beneficiaries at household level, involving, when necessary, the family members.

• Be able to adequately refer beneficiaries to existing available resources in case of need.

• Contribute actively to nutrition services helping to identify beneficiaries’ difficulties and action plan for the follow-up.

Job Requirement

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Mental health,

Experience

• Minimum three to five years’ working experience.

• NGO working experience is advantageous.

• Knowledge of local language

How to Apply

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Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Note: IMC is equal opportunity employer and hence candidate from all background: religion, ethnic group, qualified women and people living with disabilities, etc are all encouraged to apply.