Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in the development of professional, effective, and appropriate psychosocial programming, including direct individual and group counseling support.


• Provide professional and confidential services to SGBV and trauma


• Assist in the development and provision of psychosocial activities within LWF/WS project areas in the Kakuma Refugee Program.


• Provide counseling, training and technical counseling support to learners directly involved with the psychosocial component of LWF Kakuma.


• Ensure timely implementation of the psychosocial program in schools in Kakuma refugee camp.


• Lead awareness-raising and/or sensitization campaigns on the LWF Kakuma’s psychosocial activities and other SGBV-related services in collaboration with schools and the EARC unit, among other units.


• Development of monthly outreach plans based on case trends and school going children.


• Provide one-on-one and/ or group counseling services (6–8 sessions per person) to learners with personal and social challenges such as truancy, indiscipline, conflict, parenting, SGBV issues, death or grief, dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder among others.


• Provide periodic group therapy sessions on a weekly basis.


• Establish and support school guidance and counseling and closely work with the teachers and head teachers in addressing psychological concerns in schools.


• Secondary referrals to other psychosocial providers and other child protection partners.


• Provide extensive and comprehensive programs and assessments for stress management, depression, anxiety, bipolar management, and other mental illnesses.


• Monitor, analyze, and document the behavioral, mental, and emotional disorder trends and patterns in the Kakuma schools.


• Develop, monitor, and document a case management system for monitoring and dissemination of referred cases.


• Compile and submit quality and timely periodical reports on the referred cases and the best lessons, experiences, and practices learned.


• Perform any other professional duty assigned by the supervisor and/or his/her designate.


• Conduct regular home visits to assess the progress of learners.

Skills and qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in counseling, psychology, or a higher diploma in counseling with a minimum of 3 to 5 years of related work experience


• Experience in the provision of psychosocial services to refugees and asylum seekers is an advantage.


• Good report-writing and communication skills


• A team player with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision


• Ability to maintain professionalism in service delivery and ethics


• Experience in case management, including the management of cases

Personal Attributes:

• Good report-writing and communication skills


• A team player with a high degree of initiative, flexibility, tolerance, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision


• Ability to maintain professionalism in service delivery and ethics


• Experience in case management, including management of case conferences


• High level of motivation, integrity, commitment, and professional


• Ability to tolerate cultural, educational, and religious diversity in the work


• Excellent communication, time management, organization, and presentation