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Save the Children

Global independent charity improving children's lives

Asistente SMAPS

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeArauca, Colombia

About the Job

Requirements

  • Technologist, final-semester student, or professional in Psychology.
  • At least two years of certified professional experience in individual and group psychological care.
  • Demonstrable experience in crisis intervention and applying Psychological First Aid.
  • Experience assessing mental health risks and providing individual care to women, girls, adolescents, or survivors of gender-based violence.
  • Knowledge of guiding principles for supporting survivors of gender-based violence, including confidentiality, informed consent, non-discrimination, and a survivor-centered approach.
  • Skills in active listening, emotional containment, needs assessment, and case management in humanitarian or community settings.
  • Ability to build trusting relationships and provide care using differential, gender, and human-rights approaches.
  • Experience managing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) cases and activating and following up on referral pathways.
  • Experience providing brief focused care or using a single-session methodology.
  • Experience in displacement, armed conflict, migration, emergency, or humanitarian assistance contexts.
  • Knowledge of the health system and mental health referral pathways.
  • Experience working with children and adolescents, preferably in a humanitarian context, and with survivors of sexual violence.
  • Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Knowledge of gender and intervention strategies for children and adolescents.
  • Sensitivity and respect for cultural diversity, and commitment to human rights and gender equality.
  • Verbal communication skills for internal coordination and external work with organizations in the territory.
  • Written communication skills for preparing reports.
  • Ability to manage workplace conflicts and work in complex, difficult, and high-risk contexts, including multicultural, multidisciplinary, and interinstitutional teams.
  • Must reside in Arauca and be willing to travel to other municipalities in the department and other cities in the country as project needs require.
  • Applicants must be Colombian citizens or foreign nationals legally authorized to work in Colombia.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design and implementation of mental health and psychosocial support prevention and response strategies for children, adolescents, and their caregivers.
  • Support facilitators, mobilizers, and assistants in child-friendly spaces, protection committees, and community meetings to identify and support children, adolescents, and adults with mental health concerns.
  • Support facilitators in child-friendly spaces to identify and support highly vulnerable children and adolescents, including survivors of gender-based violence and those showing signs of stress, distress, sadness, or behavioral problems.
  • Work with the health and nutrition team to support individual cases requiring focused, non-specialized psychosocial support.
  • Support the health and nutrition team in implementing psychosocial assessment and intervention tools.
  • Coordinate clear and effective referrals for children, adolescents, and families with mental health and psychosocial support needs among programs and local actors.
  • Identify and update, with team members, a mapping of local actors to enable effective coordination on mental health, psychosocial support, and gender-based violence cases.
  • In coordination with the health and nutrition team coordinator, develop and facilitate group sessions for parents and caregivers on mental health and psychosocial support, gender-based violence, psychosocial risk identification, and rights promotion.
  • In coordination with the health and nutrition team coordinator, develop and facilitate group sessions on claiming rights related to access to health and protection services.
  • Support teams in developing MHPSS activities that follow the do-no-harm principle.
  • Prepare periodic narrative reports under the direct supervision of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer.
  • Identify and report family or community capacity-strengthening needs identified through intervention activities.
  • Carry out other duties inherent to the position.

About the Company

Save the Children

Global independent charity improving children's lives

Save the Children is a global, independent charity that helps children in crisis and everyday life. It works in about 120 countries by running programs and campaigns that aim to keep children alive, protect them, help them develop, and let them participate in society. The organization directly delivers services and also advocates for policy changes, working with local partners and communities. Its approach combines field programs with advocacy and partnerships to reach millions of children—last year more than 55 million were helped through its work. What sets it apart is its large international footprint, its clear focus on children’s rights, and its commitment to transparency, collaboration, and integrity while pursuing concrete, measurable changes. The goal is to ensure every child has the right to survival, protection, development, and participation, and to drive immediate and lasting improvements in children’s lives.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
1919

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