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Gender Based Violence Psychologist

Dnipro

  • Organization: DRC - Danish Refugee Council
  • Location: Dnipro
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Social Affairs
    • Women's Empowerment and Gender Mainstreaming
    • Medical Doctor
    • Gender-based violence
    • Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
  • Closing Date: Closed

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.

DRC Ukraine is looking for a Gender Based Violence (GBV)  Psychologist based in Dnipro.

 

About the job

Under the management of the GBV Manager, in close cooperation with GBV team members, the GBV Psychologist will be 100% field based and will provide SGBV case management and counselling interventions, and conduct emotional support groups with women, girls and survivors of gender-based violence.

 

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

  • Provide GBV case management services through high quality and confidential interventions in line with minimum standards for service provision and DRC’s case management SOPs. This will include assessment of needs, development of an action plan for recovery, development of a safety plan when needed, conducting referrals to relevant services, implementing the action plan and ensuring appropriate follow up and case closure when appropriate;
  • Provide counselling for all survivors referred to case management service;
  • Conduct case management in safe spaces identified in collaboration with survivors, including shelters; only conduct home visits to child spouses whilst ensuring own safety and the safety and confidentiality of survivors;
  • File and store GBV data in the gender-based violence information management systems (GBVIMS and GBVIMS+) in compliance with the information sharing protocol developed at the inter-agency level;
  • Provide emotional support group sessions to women and girls at risk of or survivors of gender-based violence in compliance with best-practice and DRC’s guidelines;
  • Deliver basic SGBV trainings to DRC staff and non-SGBV frontliners, including sessions on the GBV core concepts and guiding principles and the safe identification and referral of SGBV cases; Raise gaps in GBV response services and referral protocols to the Protection Officer;
  • Make referrals for health care and a multidisciplinary range of other services;
  • Expand and strengthen multi-sectoral referral pathways for GBV survivors;
  • Provide case management services to survivors;
  • Provide emergency funds for urgent needs of GBV survivors;
  • Strengthen capacity of service providers responding to GBV survivors;
  • Train healthcare workers, frontline service providers, and community leaders to strengthen existing referral systems;
  • Implement risk mitigation strategies to decrease vulnerability to GBV;
  • Provide information to survivors of and persons vulnerable to GBV.

 

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have Bachelor in Psychology. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required:

  • 2+ years of experience in providing SGBV case management;
  • Knowledge of GBV, child protection and PSS basic principles;
  • Knowledge of GBV and CP case management principles;
  • Demonstrated experience in working on women's protection such as empowerment programs, reproductive health, counseling, etc.
  • Previous experience in working with communities, running GBV prevention curricula, raising awareness and providing services in shelters and village settings.
  • Good communication and psychosocial first aid skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Fluency English, Ukrainian and Russian.
  • Female only

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of the negative impacts of early marriage on the individual, family and community level;
  • Knowledge of the negative impacts of child labor on child development;
  • Knowledge about basic reproductive health;
  • Commitment to achieve gender equality and end all forms of Gender Based Violence
  • Computer skills, including knowledge of Excel.
  • Understanding of operational context in East Ukraine.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

  • Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
  • Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
  • Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
  • Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
  • Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

 

We offer

Contract length: 6 months renewable depending on performance and funding.

Band: I1

Designation of Duty Station: Dnipro

Start date: as soon as possible

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies.

 

The application is open for Ukraine citizens only. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff. 

 

Application process

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered. 

Please note that due to the urgency of the recruitment, applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Closing date for applications: 08 January 2023

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo

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