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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services - Consultancy based in Rakhine, Myanmar

Sittwe

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Sittwe
  • Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Closing Date: Closed

Consultancy for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services for Northern Rakhine State with UNICEF Myanmar.

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If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose of the Assignment

Background:

On 9 October three Border Guard posts were attacked in Northern Rakhine State. Since then an army operation has been on going and has intensified after further attacks on 12/13 November. It is estimated that there are over 30 000 newly displaced people, of which half are estimated to be children. Many of those displaced have lost their homes, including food stocks. Many have escaped across the border, into Bangladesh. These events bring an increased risk of mental health and psychosocial distress that can have negative effects on children if left unaddressed. UNICEF has been working in Northern Rakhine with partner organisations running emergency psychosocial programmes. With increased stressors in the area it is anticipated these activities will need to expand and develop in quality and sustainability.

These events have also had consequences in the IDP camps in Central Rakhine State, re-igniting fear among both communities which has had an impact on local trade and livelihood activities and added strain on already food insecure households.


Objectives of the consultancy:

The main objectives of the consultancy would be twofold:
Develop a quality MHPSS programme for children and families in emergency settings.
• Develop and conduct a psychosocial baseline with partners.
• Work with the implementing partner to develop monitoring tools for psychosocial programmes
• Build capacity of partner staff through supervision and monitoring of programmes giving feedback and recommendations so staff are comfortable to roll out sustainable MHPSS programming with a low resource context.
Support the development of a sustainable support system for staff affected by psychosocial distress through capacity building of staff skills in self-care and recommendations for external networks of support.
• Complete a training in staff self-care practices
• Support regular staff care sessions in field locations
• Develop support materials for sustainability of staff self-care network
• Recommendations for external options of support for staff

 

Assignment Tasks, expected Deliverables and Duration

1a) Develop and conduct a psychosocial baseline with partners.
• Baseline report on psychosocial conditions of children in targeted communities in northern Rakhine.
First 2 weeks

1b)Contextualisation and implementation a MHPSS toolkit that can work in low resource contexts with children and families
• Toolkit prepared and translated into appropriate language - 6 weeks

1c)Work with the implementing partner to develop monitoring tools for psychosocial programmes
• Psychosocial Monitoring tools and analysis developed and implemented in target communities 8 weeks

1. Support the development of a sustainable support system for staff affected by psychosocial distress through capacity building of staff skills in self-care.

2a) Complete a training in staff self-care practices
• Field report is completed - Within 3 weeks

2b) Support regular staff care sessions in field locations
• Weekly staff care sessions are completed and discussed in field report
Weekly basis

2c) Develop support materials for sustainability of staff self-care network
• Staff have a take-away to support continuation of self-care - By end of consultancy

2d) Recommendations for external options of support for staff
• Field report - By end of consultancy

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education


• Masters degree in Clinical Psychology and/or child development

Years of relevant experience


• Experience of psychosocial assessment tools and analysis for children and families. Familiarity with working in low resource settings with limited access to health facilities and trained mental health professionals.
• Has a toolkit or resources that can be tailored to the context in northern Rakhine in MHPSS programming and self care
• Proven ability to understand the situation quickly, identify potential problems and recommend appropriate solutions manner
• Ability to work productively in a multi-cultural environment
• Good health and willingness to travel.

Language Proficiency

Fluency in English is required (oral and written)

Competencies of Successful Candidate

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Interested candidates are required to complete the Expression of Interest Form circulated with the call for proposals, answering the technical questions included.
The consultant will be identified by UNICEF based on a competitive selection process, taking into account the candidate's experience, the quality of the answers produced, and of the lump-sum requested.
If deemed opportune, UNICEF will require a telephone interview with shortlisted candidates.

 

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

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