Psychosocial Counselor
Job Description
Title: Psychosocial Counselor
Company Name: Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor Degree on relevant disciplines preferably on Psychology, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, etc.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS) is a national level NGO, who is working since 1994 on women and children issues. CWCS is going to implement a project entitled "Empowerment of Returnee Women Migrants (ERWM)" with financial assistance by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) from January 2020 for 4 years duration. Project beneficiaries are the returnee women migrants who were/are the victims of violence. The main focus of this project will be building leadership skills, awareness raising on rights, providing psycho-social support and reintegration in society of returnee women migrants. This project will be implemented in 2 upazilas of Dhaka district namely Nawabganj & Dohar and 2 upazilas of Manikganj district namely Manikganj Sadar & Singair.
∎ Contract Duration: 36 months
∎ Job Location: Dhaka with frequent field visits to the project implementation area. This position may require 80% field visits.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assessing the mental health status of project beneficiaries and producing a data base.
∎ Providing counselling to project beneficiaries and their families, in case of need.
∎ Perform the case management and follow-up of the mental health status of beneficiaries.
∎ Sensitizing the beneficiaries regarding trauma-related issues, self-care strategies and consequences on rights to overcome their current traumatic condition.
∎ Advocacy and networking.
∎ Maintain proper documentation of psychosocial health status, case history and follow-up status of the project beneficiaries.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ At least 2-3 years working experience in the relevant field.
∎ Only female candidates are encouraged to apply for this position.
Salary:
∎ Salary will be BDT 25,000.00 (non-negotiable)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Yearly two festival bonus as per project allocation.
∎ Yearly salary increment opportunity as per project allocation based on satisfactory performance.
∎ Other benefits will be allocated as per project allocation.
∎ One day weekly holiday.
Application Deadline: January 18, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Centre for Women and Children Studies (CWCS)
∎ Address : 92, New Eskaton Road, Dhaka 1217.
∎ Web : www.cwcsbd.org
Category: NGO/Development
