Counselling Consultancy at RefuSHE

Deliverables:

• Hold discussions with the Mental Health, Case Management teams and 12 Community Para-Counselors on their experiences with the refugee community to inform the guidelines on mental health curriculum.
• Review secondary data collected on community mental health needs
• Identify thematic areas/topics of training such as introduction to counseling (basic counseling skills), psychological first aid, trauma, depression, anxiety, stress management, case management, self-care, peer debriefing and any other topic deemed relevant
• Designing and developing mental health curriculum content, training materials, training modules and training aids in collaboration with the community mental health team, case management and community para-counselors as the primary stakeholders.
• Contextualize mental health gap training package for 4 Mental Health Counselors and mentor them on the content
• Deliver training to 6 Community Para-Counselors
• Supervise 4 Mental Health Counselors as they train 12 Community Para-Counselors
• Monitor progress and impact of the training
• Review training manual as per feedback received from Mental Health Team and Community Para-Counselors
• Provide a checklist for each training session to be used by Mental Health Team
• Submit reports on observations, learnings, recommendations etc. in line with the activities during the consultancy period.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Counseling or Clinical Psychology. Training or certification in trauma and stress management will be an added advantage.
• Strong in Community Mental Health Curriculum Development
• Strong and practical experience in conducting and delivering trainings in modules
• Solid experience in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support at community level.
• Preferably in-depth understanding and experience working with refugees
• Language (English and Kiswahili) – spoken and written
• Report writing skills
• 8 years plus experience