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Counselor Educator at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, private, non-governmental, non-profit humanitarian organization. Our organization offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters, to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Counselor Educator

Location: Ganjuwa, Bauchi
Slots: 4 Openings
Employment Type: Full-time

Scope of Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Perform counseling and/or education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their psychosocial condition.
Inform line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
Take an active part in training, supervisions/interventions, and support the activity manager, when necessary, in doing sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.
Discuss difficulties and problems in counseling with a supervisor or mental health activity manager.
Identify the psychosocial, socio-economic and administrative needs for patients.
Actively promote the availability of counseling services and carry out, individual or in-group counseling, basic psycho-educational sessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.
Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary, in order to propose the best support available.
Participate in the creation of any material needed for counseling activities and look after it,
Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with other counselors, preserving confidentiality.

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