Counselor Educator

Job Description

Title: Counselor Educator

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Work
∎ 2+ years providing counselling under the supervision of a psychologist

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): NGO ( Health), Others
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Identify the psychosocial, socio-economic, and administrative needs of patients.
∎ Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out individual or group counselling basic psychoeducational sessions to patients and their families (when needed) to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.
∎ Refer patients to other specialists or institutions for further assistance when necessary to propose the best support available.
∎ Participate in the creation of any material needed for counselling activities and look after it.
∎ Maintain files statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss challenging or special cases with other counsellors, preserving confidentiality.
∎ Inform line manager of any problem arising during the day-to-day activities.
∎ Take an active part in training, supervisions/interventions, and support the Activity Manager, when necessary, in sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.
∎ Discuss difficulties and problems in counselling with the supervisor.
∎ To adhere to all mental health ethical standards, including doing no harm, serving the beneficiary's best interest, confidentiality, informed consent, and respect for beneficiaries’ choices.
∎ To attend and actively participate in staff meetings, case discussions, clinical supervision, and training.
∎ To manage time in a manner that facilitates timely follow-up with beneficiaries.
∎ To collect and maintain data on all psychosocial and counselling activities on a weekly/monthly basis and produce timely reports to the supervisor.
∎ To provide information on relevant mental health issues (sensitization) and cope with and manage possible mental health distress (psycho-education).
∎ To identify beneficiaries who need Psychological First Aid (PFA) and link links who need medical or mental health assistance to appropriate services.
∎ To assess the patient’s mental health and psychosocial needs and collaboratively develop a treatment plan.
∎ To provide therapeutic individual and group counselling that will reduce symptoms, enhance adaptive coping strategies, and improve patient’s functioning.

Salary:
∎ Tk. 47477 - 56972 (Monthly)
∎ Monthly salary according to level 5 of the internal MSF salary grid, which is 47,477 BDT gross. Two annual leave days per month worked. Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 14 Feb 2022

Company Information:
∎ 7 Feb 2022
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Address : 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Category: NGO/Development

: For this position we will accept online applications only.Please email your resume (CV), motivation letter, working certificates and other relevant documents to BalukhaliFin/HR Manager Tereza Sacha, at [email protected] application will be accepted after the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position. No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in the recruitment process. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.