Asistente Psicosocial
Organizational Context
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Panama is a key UN agency dedicated to poverty reduction, inequality, and climate change mitigation. It operates across national, municipal, and regional levels, supporting sustainable human development. The role is within the Equality and Social Inclusion cluster, specifically for the "Latidos del Barrio" project, which aims to strengthen social inclusion, community cohesion, and creative economy in prioritized territories.
Job Purpose
The Psychosocial Assistant will provide preventive, community, and group psychosocial support to participants, families, and community stakeholders within the "Latidos del Barrio" project. This involves designing and implementing strategies to promote socio-emotional well-being, prevent psychosocial risks, and build capacities. The role contributes to fostering coexistence, inclusion, and participant retention by offering basic psychosocial guidance, emotional containment, and facilitating group activities. The position supports the project's objective of strengthening social inclusion and community resilience in targeted areas.
Responsibilities
Provide preventive, community, and group psychosocial support, including designing and facilitating activities for socio-emotional skills, self-care, resilience, and peaceful coexistence. Offer basic psychosocial guidance and basic emotional support, acting as a first responder in non-clinical situations. Identify psychosocial risk factors and assist in referring individuals to appropriate institutions. Contribute to designing and implementing strategies for violence prevention, emotional management, and conflict resolution. Facilitate workshops and awareness activities on psychosocial well-being and protective factors. Coordinate operationally with technical and community teams, ensuring logistics and information flow. Support capacity building for facilitators and community actors. Compile data, draft reports on psychosocial activities, and document qualitative information for monitoring and evaluation. Maintain psychosocial records, ensuring confidentiality and adherence to ethical protocols and safeguarding policies.
Work Experience
No specific work experience is detailed in the provided text. However, the role requires practical experience in designing and facilitating group activities, providing psychosocial support, and working with communities.
Skills
Psychosocial support, community engagement, facilitation, emotional support, risk identification and referral, conflict resolution, workshop delivery, data collection, report drafting, record keeping, adherence to ethical and safeguarding protocols, project coordination, capacity building.