Consultancy to Conduct Clinical Supervision at International Rescue Committee

Objective of the Consultancy

The objective of this consultancy is to engage an experienced clinical therapist to carry out psychological first aid and clinical supervision to WPE staff for 4 days starting 2nd November- 5th November 2022.

The sessions will be held in Diani, and the targeted case workers will be WPE both national and response incentive staff. This is aimed at helping them release work tension, and burn out, improve their interpersonal relationships which will finally promote a healthy working environment, handle personal issues, learn ways on how to handle stress and problems, leading to quality of services offered to the survivors.

Key tasks:

• Engage staff in a therapeutic process through both group and individual counselling and/or debriefing sessions.
• Offer support to the case workers in handling difficult client issues or those that present themselves with severe psychological issues.
• Equip staff life skills for example stress management strategies, empower them with self-response mechanisms as individuals and collectively as a team as the supervisor may deem appropriate.
• Submit a report on feedback given from the team to the Technical Coordinator (TC) and the SMT team on areas that may require technical support to improve the well-being of the staff in relation to their work.

Proposed Outputs:

• Offer counselling sessions in groups and individual sessions as to effectively handle their personal issues, support their peers and the clients.
• Help the participants gain sense of self awareness and growth and build an enabling environment for catharsis and support.
• Build the capacity of the staff in thematic areas relevant to their day-to-day work

Timeframe

• This consultancy period will be for four days 2nd November – 5th November 2022 with 1st November and 6th November 2022 being travel days.

Consultants’ responsibilities

• Build an enabling environment for the participants to engage in a therapeutic process and get support.
• Guide participants in personal development sessions to allow them to gain some sense of self awareness and growth.
• Allow staff to seek individualised support (individual counselling and personal therapy) sessions as appropriate.
• Submit report within the agreed timelines.
• Give feedback on emerging concerns to the team lead or IRC senior management where possible at the end of every session.
• The consultant to meet his medical and other personal expenses during the consultancy
• The consultant will pay for their meals during the consultancy

Qualifications

• MA in counseling psychology.
• Certificate in clinical supervision from an accredited institution.
• At least 3 years training experience in counseling related issues.
• Experience working with trauma clients.
• Experience in Kenya and/or a refugee-setting, preferred.
• Be registered with an accredited counseling body.
• Be flexible and tolerant.
• Previous experience in providing counseling supervision in refugee setup an added advantage.
• Be highly critical to cultural and religious dynamics.