Social Protection Officer at CFK Africa

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial counselling to clients accessing services including but not limited to issues on substance abuse, SGBV and stress or depression.
• In collaboration with program leads support in capacity building in child protection, child safeguarding services.
• Providing psychological counselling and adult counselling, family and workplace counselling and offer HIV and AIDS Testing and counselling Services to consenting clients.
• Maintain high quality counselling services over time and ensure an appropriate level of accountability.
• Conduct sensitization, dialogue, and mediation sessions with the wider population on health issues including mental health.
• Integrate psychosocial counselling and support to beneficiaries within CFK programs.
• Actively engage in continuous program design to effectively reach the youths and adolescents.
• Identify partners/networks to work with to ensure wholesome support to the clients.
• Participate in development of referral networks between partners implementing psychological support and implementation of referral pathways.
• Document client data accurately in the intake forms and ensure they are under lock and key. 
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on counselling activities within set timelines
• Engage in quality self-care through supervision, debriefings, and other shared sessions.
• Ensure well documentation of the clients seen according to the counselling principles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field.
• HTS certificate from a NASCOP Accredited institution.
• Assist in mapping the existing MHPSS, GBV, child protection, child safeguarding services and supports mechanism.
• Demonstrated social protection experience in data collection and detecting and referring of vulnerable cases as well as information dissemination and individual counseling.
• 5-years progressive experience in a similar role.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• The ability to develop a non-judgmental approach.
• An understanding of confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Resilience, patience, and humility.
• Real interest in people.