Women’s Rights Awareness Programme
(WRAP) is a non – governmental Organization based in Nairobi and whose core
objective is to provide shelter and other related supportive services for
abused and violated Women and Children.
WRAP is seeking to recruit a Counselling Psychologist
Responsibilities: include and are not
limited to:
- Provide counseling services and other short
term therapeutic services to WRAP clients who comprise mainly of abused
and violated women and children.
- Provide support to social workers in the
tracking of individual cases, updating status and maintaining client
database etc
- Design psychosocial interventions within the
community focusing on the needs of at-risk women and children.
- Assist in the development of training
materials and facilitate internal and external capacity building
activities to beneficiaries
- Undertake home and school visits when the need
arises, to find out the home situation and provide counseling services to
parents, relatives with a view to finding lasting solutions.
- Write counseling reports for each client seen
and also prepare monthly and quarterly reports for work done.
- Work with partner organizations in the
provision of and referral for services and attend stakeholder meetings on
behalf of WRAP
- Undertake any other tasks that maybe assigned
from time to time by management.
Qualifications:
Education:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in
Psychology, Counseling Psychology or its equivalent from a recognized
university
Experience:
- At least 3 years previous work experience in
Counseling preferably in an NGO setting
- Experience working with Women and Children
will be an added advantage
Skills and Competencies:
- High level of integrity, commitment and
professional responsibility.
- Mature (30-35yrs) with a passion for helping
women and children in crisis.
- Experience in capacity building including
facilitation of community-based training and awareness raising;
- Good knowledge of child rights and prevention
and response to SGBV issues;
- Excellent communication, organization and
presentation skills
- Computer literacy is mandatory; knowledge of
MS office required;
- Ability to work in a team with minimal
supervision in a diverse cultural working environment
- Proficiency in English and Swahili.
- Willing to work long hours
Please send your curriculum vitae
(CV) with an application letter together with testimonials to:
The Project Coordinator
Women’s Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP),
PO Box 3006-00200
Nairobi.
The Project Coordinator
Women’s Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP),
PO Box 3006-00200
Nairobi.
eMail: wrapkenya@hotmail.com
Please include a day time telephone contact, current and expected salary and availability,
Important: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Availability: Immediately
Application close date Monday September 15, 2014