Job Purpose:
The MHPSS Intern will gain practical learning experience in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) within a humanitarian/development organization. The internship is designed to provide exposure to MHPSS services, psychosocial support approaches, community-based activities, referral mechanisms, and basic MHPSS programming standards under the guidance of the MHPSS/Protection team.
This role is primarily developmental and learning-oriented, providing the intern with opportunities to observe, support, and learn from MHPSS activities while developing
practical knowledge and skills in humanitarian MHPSS programming.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
By the end of the internship, the intern is expected to:
• Understand core Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) principles and humanitarian MHPSS standards.
• Gain knowledge of basic psychosocial support approaches, including Psychological First Aid (PFA) and supportive communication.
• Learn how MHPSS services, referrals, and case support mechanisms function within a humanitarian setting.
• Develop practical skills in supporting MHPSS activities, training coordination, documentation, and reporting.
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, informed consent, safe referrals, and ethical principles when providing MHPSS support.
• Gain exposure to community-based MHPSS activities and approaches that promote well-being, coping, resilience, and social support.
Key Learning & Support Activities administrative:
· Assist the department with organizing and management of the SharePoint and online filing including project documents,
· Support the department with administrative necessities including following up with HR, travel authorization, finance, logistics, security.
· Support with scheduling bi-weekly intra-team coordination meetings,
· Liaise with the PSCs in the field and share notes with the coordination team in Kabul.
Technical:
· Assist in preparation of presentation, training, meeting minutes in view of the occasion.
· Support the psychosocial counsellors in monitoring tools and training remotely under the support and supervision of MHPSS coordination team in Kabul.
· Keep track of the project achievement and draft basic statistical analysis of
the project achievements in a spreadsheet.
Perform any other duties in line with the classification and requisite of the position.
Organizational Responsibilities:
Policy Adherence
· Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.
Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:
· Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.
Compliance and Ethics:
· Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.
Safeguarding
It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly crisis-affected and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.
