Staff Psychological Debriefing Consultant (National) at Medecins du Monde (MdM) - 3 Openings

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Staff Psychological Debriefing Consultant (National)

Locations: Abuja, Borno and Katsina
Employment Type: Full-time

Objectives

• To Support Emotional Recovery: Provide a safe environment for employees to process their feelings and reactions to traumatic incidents, reducing acute stress levels, and fostering emotional relief. This objective focuses on immediate well-being and psychological recovery.
• To Promote Team Unity and Prevent Burnout: Foster team unity, facilitate sharing of practices, and address personal issues to prevent secondary traumatization and burnout. This objective focuses on team well-being, support, and growth.
• To Prevent Long-Term Psychological Issues: By addressing initial reactions and providing timely support, psychological debriefing contributes to the prevention of long-term psychological issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Methodology:

• The Methodology utilized by the external facilitator will be participatory and utilize  techniques such as group/team sessions and one -on-one session amongst other.

Outcome Improve Participant's knowledge by:

• Providing staff with requisite skills in managing stress and practicing positive adopting positive self-care practices
• Improving staff psychological, emotional and physical well being
• Help reduces immediate stress and anxiety
• Improving coping mechanism/skills by exploring personal problems and find new ways of dealing with them
• Early detection of issues,  It will help identify staff members who may be suffering from effects of traumatic events
• Providing ways that will facilitate self-knowledge and self-understanding (personal growth) of MdM staff
• Preventing secondary traumatization, burn out, and other psychological suffering among staff members
• Communicating to MdM management any concerns or special support required by staff(s) that may limit them from carrying out their roles.

Summary of Response  

• Review of mental health issues in the frontline response.
• mental health and psychosocial well-being
• Trauma, healing and recovery
• Ethical guidance in work environment
• Stress management

Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology
• 5 years of clinical consultancy practice
• Knowledge of trauma healing and stress management
• Registered member of the NACP

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2025.