Street Child is a UK charity working to protect vulnerable children and improve access to education in some of the poorest communities in the world. We work in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nepal and since November 2016, Street Child has been involved in the Humanitarian response in North East Nigeria.
Street Child works in the fields of education, child protection and
livelihoods, working to deliver sustainable solutions and create maximum
impact. Our work combines counselling, family mediation, business support,
school building, teacher training and child protection. We were a key
player in the Ebola crisis and led the global response for children orphaned by
Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia. We deliver all our programmes through local
partners and, since 2008, together we have built/renovated over 200 schools and
are now helping to educate over 40,000 young people.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: MHPSS Officer
Locations: Maiduguri, Borno and Adamawa
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Policy & Development
Reports To: Protection Programmes Manager
Contract Term: 1-year fixed term with possibility of extension
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:15pm, Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Overview
To support the MHPSS unit to
oversee quality improvements in Street Child’s mental health and psychosocial
support interventions for children affected by the conflict in NE Nigeria; and
To assist the MHPSS unit in
providing clinical intervention to children in distress.
Manage all street child Nigeria
child help desks across all project locations
The MHPSS Officer is required to
travel to field sites as recommended by the CP manager
In the event of a major
humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the
normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Key Areas of
Accountability
Support to MHPSS programming
activities across projects.
Provide support, in the MHPSS
Programming which includes:
Ensuring assistance is provided
to children affected by the conflict in a dignified, respectful, equitable, and
inclusive manner that supports their resilience
Assisting children in acute
distress and alleviating their stress, for instance ensuring that all
staff/partners are trained on PFA and feel confident to use it
The mainstreaming of inter-agency
guidelines (e.g. IASC MHPSS guidelines) and standards (e.g. CPMS) across the
different sectors of program activities delivered by SC and its partners
The use of structured and
manualized MHPSS techniques
The participation of parents and
caregivers in MHPSS activities
Support structured MHPSS
activities for groups of boys and girls of different age groups, with
particular attention to survivors of SGBV, unaccompanied children, and other
children who present with signs of poor mental health and distress
Identify MHPSS service providers
and agree on referral pathways for children with severe mental disorders
Proposed Outputs:
Individual counseling sessions
with children and beneficiaries where required to discuss complex cases.
Be available on call/skype if any
urgent matters arise that a staff would like to share regarding their casework
or his/her well-being
Monthly progress reports to the
CP manager to highlight needs and gaps.
Development of peer/reflective
practices with teams
Support current MHPSS practices,
reflecting on a cross-sectoral approach.
Structured MHPSS activities for
boys and girls, organized in age-appropriate groups with a clear
Ensure the database of all MHPSS
responses is backed up on a bi-weekly basis.
He/she will undertake any role or
responsibility assigned by the child protection program manager.
Reporting:
Keep the Child Protection
Programed Manager informed on the activities of the project by providing
relevant correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes as well as making regular
updates.
Responsible for prompt submission
of all reports to the Child Protection Program Manager.
Work closely with implementing
partners to prepare and submit reports on approved frequency to the Programmed
Manager.
Supervise the partners’ PSS
facilitators to ensure regular follow-up of MHPSS response.
Identify gaps in service
provision to children with special attention to UASC and CAAFAG and proactively
refer and advocate for those gaps to relevant in coordination with the CP
Manager.
Networking:
Responsible for coordination and
liaising between Street Child and local partners/other agencies/local
government/local communities/displaced community, as regards Street Child’s
Child Protection program in conjunction with the Program Manager.
Represent Street Child at the
stakeholders meeting as necessary e.g. MHPSS Working GrouP
Gross Salary
NGN 588,790.78 / Month
Application
Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online