Turkey: Counselor

WATAN Foundation in Turkey, together with its partners, is providing humanitarian assistance to people affected by the Syrian crisis, both in Syria and Turkey.

I - Position Summary

Managed by a Psychologist and working together to offer guidance to individuals, families and groups. He / she will give guidelines on personal or psychological problems. He / She Work with individuals, groups and communities to improve wellbeing. The position will be based in Mersin.

Responsibility:

• Support the Info Hub to develop coordinated, efficient and measurable protection for Syrian refugees
• Meet Syrian refugees at the WATAN Info Hub to provide necessary guidance and orientation to enable them in benefiting their rights stipulated as per domestic and international legislative frameworks
• Identify psychosocial needs of beneficiaries with Psychologist and -if necessary- refer them to relevant services (internal or external).
• Conduct monthly base meetings with Protection Team to assess needs
• Conduct group sessions for mental health counselling and awareness sessions on psychosocial health under supervision of Psychologist
• Assist Psychologist to provide counseling and 1-1 case management, e.g. Psychological First Aid.
• Follow up beneficiaries (home visits, defaulter tracing etc.).
• Provide information to the target population on mental health and psychosocial issues to deal with possible mental health difficulties (e.g. psycho-education).
• Conduct mapping of services on mental health and psychosocial support services provided by public and private aid actors in the region.
• Makes regular reports of work to the Psychologist
• Attend and supervise training sessions for volunteers
• Maintains monitoring data and follow-up on cases that need additional assistance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
• Educational background in social work understanding common mental disorders medical ethics psychosocial approaches
• Minimum 2 years of experience as clinical psychologist or counselor.
• Working experience in NGO’s in social and/or mental health services.
• Experience and skills working with people affected by violence.
• Able to work at individual care and community support levels.
• Good understanding of the target population and goals of the program.
• Proficient level both written and spoken of English, Turkish and/or Arabic is an asset

You can apply through the link:
https://watan.foundation/Vacancies/Jobs_Detail/1085?lang=en