Psychologist
Voice of Children (VOC), a Nepalese NGO, working with street children and deprived families in urban poor areas. Voice of Children (VOC) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established on November 2000 with a mission to contribute for the improvement of the living condition of the Street Children and their families in Nepal. The organization mainly focuses on those children, who suffer from various kinds of problems such as sexual abuse, harassment and other forms of violence and exploitation in the street and strives to re-establish them in the society with special attention to their needs and rights. Assistance in different ways and through different programs focused on the enhancement of the physical, mental, social and financial condition is catered to the needy street children and their families in order to reshape their lives.
Details / requirements:
A national level Nepalese NGO (Voice of Children) recognized nationally and internationally for its work in Child Protection, invites application for the following positions from qualified and result oriented Nepali citizen to successfully manage and implement a three year project on Combating commercial sexual exploitation of children: Preventing and protecting children against online sexual abuse.
Position: Psychologist -1
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct group and individual counseling in regular basis with the children to aware about psychosocial situation;
- Assess the psychological condition of the children applying relevant therapies;
- Coordination with Social Workers to assess psychological & social situation of children;
- Organize trainings, workshops, orientations to build the capacity of Social Workers;
- Assist Program Coordinator on planning, budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the program activities;
- Conduct the regular assessment of activities, analysis of target vs achievements, review and follow-up the planning of project;
- Develop and review session plans and workshop/training manuals based on the stakeholders and facilitate the training and workshop;
- Coordinate with stakeholders to effectively implement activities that aims to increase competence and resiliency of children at risk in combating sexual exploitation of children online (SECO) and child sexual abuse (CSA);
- Document and verify the cases; support social worker and rescue officer in rescue, legal proceedings and protection of victims;
- Design awareness tools, support and work closely with SECO team in implementing media response strategy;
- Prepare reports (monthly, quarterly, event, progress etc.) of the program/activities and make new planning for further development in future.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Masters in clinical psychology with minimum 1 years of working experience in I/NGO, especially on Child Protection issues (preferably Online Child Sexual Abuse issues). The candidate should possess excellent English and Nepali writing skills, strong management and coordination skills, effective facilitation/communication, advocacy and interpersonal skills. Prior experience in development and implementation of child protection programs and of working with government bodies will be preferred.
Salary & benefits will be as per the organization rules & regulation.
Interested candidates are requested to send a motivation letter and a recent resume with a passport size photo to GPO Box 8975, EPC 1936 Kathmandu or vacancyepc1936@gmail.com no later than 21st May 2017. Only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted for a further procedure.
VOC encourages applications from qualified women, members of ethnic minorities or disadvantaged groups.
Overview
| Category | Counseling / PsychoSocial |
| Openings | 1 |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Education | Please check vacancy details |
| Posted Date | 12 May, 2017 |
| Apply Before | 21 May, 2017 |
| City | Kathmandu |
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