General
Description of assignment title: Psychological support, emotional containment and psychological first aid
Assignment country: Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Expected start date: Invalid Date
Sustainable Development Goal: 10. Reduced inequalities
For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required?
6 – 10
Host entity: UNICEF Bolivia
Type: Online
Duration: 12 weeks
Number of assignments: 15
Details
Mission and objectives
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children’s rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress. UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a “first call for children” and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families. UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority. UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social, and economic development of their communities. UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
Context
The free line 800 11 3040 contributes to preventing violence and mitigating the effects on the mental health of the Bolivian population. This service is free, the attention is from 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 at night, it has Aymara and Quechua-speaking professionals, and it has specialized clinical attention with professionals with extensive experience.
Task description
The online volunteers will carry out the following specific task: Attend in shifts (6-10 hours per week) in their spare time, the Bolivian community through a call center service, to provide emotional support, psychoeducational counseling and / or therapeutic care. The selected people will have an extensive training process on care protocols: First aid and emotional containment. Online volunteers will be accompanied and supervised by coordinators. It is important to participate in support workshops on mental health care and violence prevention, in different populations and/or sectors that UNICEF Bolivia will offer (doctors, police, teams from the child, adolescent and women’s protection system) (optional – recommended ). To perform this task they need to have: – A computer with a Windows 10 operating system onwards or a MAC computer with a Catalina operating system onwards. – Internet connection of 15 megabytes via network cable or 30 megabytes via WIFI. – Headphones with a microphone in good condition – Interference-free workspace (noise, noise, voices, etc.) Each online volunteer will support a specific task and we recommend entering the following link for more information on this type of Volunteering Online: https://www.unv.org/become-online-volunteer
Requirements
Required experience
Professional profile psychologist with clinical experience. Professionals licensed or graduated in Psychology, with experience in clinical care, who have the ability to provide psychological first aid and educational counseling. Soft skills, active listening, managing emotions and stress.
Languages
Spanish, Level: Fluent, Desirable
Other information
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Reasonable accommodation
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.
