Consultant with expertise in Psychology (PE&D)

Job Description

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Type of Contract: Consultant
Required experiences: Have considerable experience in provide psychological services for vulnerable children and teenagers
Duration of contract: 1 year (December 2023 - December 2024)
Application Deadline: 17th December 2023

Introduction

Planète Enfants & Développement (PE&D) is a French Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1984 to protect children from violence and exploitation and create conditions conducive to their wellbeing and development. PE&D is also working in Vietnam, Laos, Nepal and Burkina Faso. For 37 years, PE&D developed a holistic approach to the child’s needs by intervening on health, education, socio-economic development and fighting against gender-based violence. Its expertise lies in the creation of strong partnerships with local actors, authorities and communities.

Project background

The ACT project is a partnership between PE&D and local organisation CSWC, the Capacity Building and Center for Supporting Women and Children. CSWC is a Vietnamese organisation that directly intervenes and supports poor/disadvantaged children. In the ACT Project, CSWC manages a day centre in Phan Thiet and works with local Binh Thuan Charity School in Phan Thiet to support vulnerable children experiencing or at risk of child exploitation.

In Vietnam, child exploitation (including child trafficking, labour exploitation and sexual exploitation) is a prodigious, multifaceted challenge that deepens social inequalities by targeting the most vulnerable communities and causes untold trauma which impacts all aspects of the victims' lives. Response mechanisms are restricted and do not encompass all victims. There is a need for a holistic approach to develop a co-built recovery and reintegration system to fight child exploitation and empower victims.

Project Objectives

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to build a support system, in conjunction with local authorities, for victims of internal child trafficking and exploitation in Southern and Central Vietnam, specifically Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, and Ho Chi Minh City. The project has 3 specific objectives: to reinforce the capacity of shelters in Southern and Central Vietnam to protect and support victims; to improve the socio-economic reintegration of children at risk or victims of child trafficking and exploitation in Southern and Central Vietnam; to prevent child trafficking and exploitation and the stigmatisation of victims in their communities to avoid the recurrence of exploitation.

Call for application

It is in this context that PE&D is seeking an expert to conduct the psychological services for child victims of trafficking or exploitation living at the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Social Work, Education and Vocational training for Youth (CTSE).

The selected consultant will work directly with PE&D and the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Social Work - Education and Vocational Training for Youth (CTSE for short), to provide assessment on the psychological condition, participate in case management meetings, design and implement intervention plan for vulnerable children who were victims of child trafficking or labour exploitation living in CTSE.

To achieve those expectations, a collective action plan would be designed as following activities (but not limited to...)

Expecting activities

Providing assessment of psychosocial support needs for 50 children living at CTSE
Providing individual counselling for 15 children who will reintegrate soon at CTSE (1 children would receive at least 4 sessions)
Participating in 07 case management meetings with SWs at CTSE (schedule would be set up with CTSE, 1 meeting will last 2 hours)
Design a group intervention roadmap
Group intervention activities (4 groups, 7 sessions/group)
Providing individual counselling for children living at CTSE (approximately 150 sessions)

Timeframe: The consultancy is estimated to be undertaken from December 2023 to December 2024

Activity implementation time: from December 2023 to December 2024

Location: Ho Chi Minh City

Criteria of selection:

About required certifications and experience:

Vietnamese nationality
At least Master degree on Psychology
At least 10 years of experience working with vulnerable children
Demonstrate consulting experience and coordination skills with relevant parties, synthesis and analysis skills; and have the ability to perform the job, respond to requests, and provide feedback in a timely manner;
Knowledge of governance and cultural context in Vietnam.
Deep understanding of child protection and issues of child exploitation.
Effective communication skills and the ability to write reports and develop clear, easy-to-understand documents in Vietnamese.

How to apply

Application Documents:

CV
Budget proposal for 6 activities listed above.

Interested candidates are invited to submit CV and cover letter in English with the subject line of “Psychology Call for Proposal - candidate full name” to phamthi.minhnguyet@planete-eed.org and tran.lam@planete-eed.org Please refer to the attached call for proposal for more information.