Psychosocial Officer (Natinoal Position)
Mae Sot
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Mae Sot
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Social Affairs
- Closing Date: Closed
Requisition ID: req7080
Job Title: Psychosocial Officer (Natinoal Position)
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Mae Sot, Thailand
Job Description
Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health,
safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by
conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC
is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive,
reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC
has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to
displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces
Job Overview/Summary:
The Psychosocial officer role includes day to day
supervision of the camp-based Psychosocial workers, develop activity planning
and monitor the implementation of a psychosocial program in temporary shelters.
Psychosocial Officer will ensure psychosocial care is integrated as holistic
care within the IRC Health Program as well as to collaborate and advocate with
relevant stakeholders to seek essential supports for the refugees with
psychosocial needs.
Major Responsibilities:
-Supervise and provide technical support on day to day psychosocial services to camp basedPsychosocial workers in Maela, Umpiem and Nupo temporary shelters
-Provide support to PSWs and PSP volunteers to develop work planand perform monitoring of work progress and report to Psychosocial manager
-Work in collaboration with medical team to provide psychosocial support to patients with psychosocial needs including PHC and RCH
-With support from psychosocial Manager, develop training plan and conduct training for camp based assistants as needed
-Collect monthly data and prepare narrative reports to provide updates of the project indicators submit to Psychosocial Manager
-Assist Psychosocial Manager to conduct need assessment among the affected population, particularly vulnerable groups, including women and children, victims of violence, and youth at different stages of program planning and implementation.
-Oversee and provide support to PSW to organize campaigns related to psychosocial services.
-Assist Psychosocial Manager to conduct satisfactory assessment among psychosocial program clients.
-With support from Psychosocial Manager and medical team, design and develop psychosocial IEC materials which suitable to camp context.
-Other duty as assigned by Supervisors
.
Key Working Relationships:
Position
Reports to: Psychosocial
Program Manager
Position directly supervises: Camp based Psychosocial workers
Indirect
Reporting: None
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: Senior
Health Coordinator, Health Coordinator, Senior Clinical Managers, IRC health
staff in all Thailand sites, Bangkok-based program/sub-grant unit, IRC Women’s
Protection and Empowerment program team in all Thailand sites; IRC protection
team in all Thailand sites; finance, logistics/supply chain
External: Local community-based partner organizations, CCSDPT
Health Sub-Committee, Thai public health authorities, non-governmental
organizations, World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control
(CDC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations agencies
engaged with IRC programs.
Qualifications
Job Requirements Education: Degree in Psychology/ Mental Health, Public health, social science, nursing or related filed (Master in psychology/mental health is an advantage) Work
Experience: Minimum 2 years working experience, working in
a temporary shelter is a requirement.
Demonstrated
Skills and Competencies:
Ability to work well in a team
Professional character and good supervisory
skills
Excellent communication skills, verbal and
written
Excellent training and facilitation skills
Excellent time management skills
Critical thinking and analytical skills
Working in
refugee camp setting or a developing country strongly preferred
Language
Skills: Fluency in English and Thai. Burmese language and
Karen language is preferred
Certificates
or Licenses: not require
Working Environment The position will be
based in the IRC office in Maesot with extensive travel to the refugee camps
and the Thailand-Myanmar border area.
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