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Women’s Voice Organization (WVO) is a non- governmental, non-partisan, non-political, non- profit, impartial, voluntary organization operating in Afghanistan and its environs. The Women’s Voice Organization (WVO) was established in June 2019 and is registered as a Non- Governmental Organization whose aims are to Alleviate Poverty, Promote Good Governance, peaceful and secure societies and Access to Public Education.

The formation of WVO was informed by the need to improve the risk awareness, peace building conflict resolution and prevention of violent extremist and other challenges of socio-economic conditions of the disadvantaged communities members with particular emphasis on youth and villages residents to alleviate the suffering which was on its peak at that time as a result of frequent insecurity shocks and natural disasters and lack of awareness. The NGO also sought to accelerate development of the rural urban poor areas, reduce poverty, morbidity and mortality rates of women and children

Entails the provision of counseling and psychosocial support services to vulnerable populations, including Women and Girls at Risk of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Individuals IDP, Returnee, and host community settings, ensuring survivor-centered approaches, confidentiality, safety protocols, and non-discriminatory.

The role involves upholding and advocating for the understanding, adherence, and implementation of Psychosocial Support (PSS) principles to ensure the well-being and resilience of beneficiaries.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support WVO to improve the quality of specialized services provided for most vulnerable cases.
• Ensure a correct individual psychological support for cases internally referred by WVO case management teams.
• Ensure a correct individual psychological support for cases referred by other agencies, based on the coordination, interagency support, and mutual agreements.

Case management

• Provide a psychological assessment on selected cases referred by the caseworkers/social workers.
• Provide psychological support to cases referred by the case workers in line with case plan objectives.
• Closely monitor and document the psychological recovery of cases referred by the caseworkers.
• If needed accompany the caseworkers during the home visits.
• Ensure the self-care program for all WVO case workers.
• Informs the Protection Officer and Project Manager about any difficulty met in WVO activities implementation or problems observed in team dynamics. 

Support to collective PSS

• Support WVO staff to improve the quality of specialized services provided (Specialized psychological services - group therapy, individual counseling) for different target groups, including individuals at risk.
• Design activities with psychological purposes for vulnerable women at risk attending collective PSS.
• Support WVO staff in organizing and conducting support groups for individuals at MPWC.

Reporting

• Produce and maintain accurate clinical records of the beneficiaries.
• Write technical reports on specific cases identified during the individual psychological support sessions.
• Case files and technical reports must be archived in locked and secure location; access to them should be restricted only to relevant, authorized protection program staff.
• Set up a monitoring system to evaluate the effectiveness and the impact of the planned individual and group psychological support intervention programs on the beneficiaries.
• Report to the supervisor any problems and/or training needs identified during the monitoring of social workers and caseworkers’ activities.
• Provide to the supervisor a bi-weekly and monthly reports on the activities conducted.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

• 3 Years as counsellor dealing with vulnerable women and girls.
• Education in counseling psychology, psychology, or any other related social sciences.
• English, Pashto, and Dari skills are required.
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet).
• Previous experience in working with vulnerable women and girls and coordinating with International and national organizations operating in protection in emergencies is preferable.
• Previous experience working for an international NGO is preferable.
• Commitment to WVO principles.
• Comply with all relevant WVO policies and procedures.
• Adhere to strict confidentiality and information management standards and protocols, sharing information only in compliance with these standards.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions from supervisor in the field.

Interested Candidates are requested to submit their applications (CV and Cover letter) by email to kquraishi95@gmail.com cc wvo.org.af@gmail.com by mentioning the job title and vacancy number in the subject line of your emails otherwise your applications will not be accepted.

kquraishi95@gmail.com