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Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience. We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

Position Summary:

The MHPSS Counselor provides individual and group counseling at RI Clinics, focusing on mental health support. Responsibilities include community engagement, coordinating referrals, and developing psychosocial activities.

Essential Responsibilities And Duties:

• Program Management

Deliver one-on-one (Individual) and group counselling sessions to identified clients within RI Clinics, and in line with RI integrated approach.

Develop psychosocial activities; community mobilization, awareness raising, and any other related activity requested by Supervisor.

Support in the creation of materials including publicity documents.

Assist in writing monthly, quarterly, annual reports, monitoring and evaluation activity and progress reports of project activities including monthly reporting to the Supervisor.

Assist in the implementation of preventive MHPSS interventions at the community and HF level.

Coordinate referrals.

Participation in RI internal meetings, trainings, and individual meetings with the Supervisor.

• Specific Duties:

Provide MHPSS consultations within PHC setting:

Provide individual or group consultations to beneficiaries presenting in PHC or referred and in need of MH interventions.

Assist in the identification of psycho-social needs and proposition needed interventions in collaboration with the mental health team and PHC staff.

Weekly reporting activities and data collection

Coordinate with supervisor on cases requiring higher level interventions.

• Provide psycho-social support for mental health beneficiaries:

Work directly with Supervisor to develop individualized treatment plans for MH beneficiaries.

In coordination with community mobilizers use participatory methods to adapt activities in accordance with the needs of the different target groups (children, women etc)

• Community mental health interventions:

Participate in defining effective and culturally appropriate approaches and interventions on the community level.

Focus on information dissemination and collecting opinions to foster knowledge and self-care practices for communities in areas of intervention.

Initiate and facilitate group interventions.

Analysis, detection, and reduction of risk factors influencing the mental health status at community level:

In collaboration with the mental health team, explore and detect potential risk factors influencing mental health status of the target population.

Coordinate with other actors concerned to reduce and/or eliminate potential risk factors.

• Education:  Degree in Psychology, MHPSS Counselling diploma, Psychiatric Nursing, or related field from a recognized institution
• Experience:  At least 1 - 2 years of professional experiences in relevant field (MHPSS counselling, clinical psychology, educational psychology, Psychiatric Nursing, or other related field)

Skills:

• Strong communication and facilitation skills,
• Experience working in humanitarian sector is an asset – specifically in MHPSS programs.
• Good knowledge of counselling and community mobilization methods and tools
• Proactive and ability to work with multicultural team would be highly appreciated.
• Ability to communicate effectively in local languages both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to speak and write English language is an asset.
• Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationship and able to work on own initiative.

Technical Competency:

• Communication and reporting skills.
• Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.
Please Mention the announced position and vacancy number in the email subject please like (MHPSS Nurse-RI-AHF-2025-26)
Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV without RI Application form your application will not be consider. 
http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572844955489.DOCX
Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Safeguarding

• Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
• Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Relief International values: 

• We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:
• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

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