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The main role of the Stress Counselor will be to support the Senior Field Stress Counselor in building a sustainable stress management system in UN Offices in the country, and in improving critical incident stress management preparedness of the local UN security system in the case of an emergency.

Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Senior Field Stress Counselor (SFSC), the duties of the Stress Counselor are:

1. To provide direct stress counseling services to UN staff and their dependents.
2. To travel regularly to UN sub-offices around the country in order to conduct staff psychosocial needs assessments, and to implement preventative and mitigating stress management activities accordingly.
3. To work extensively with UN staff and family members in order to implement preventative and mitigating stress management activities.
4. To work with the SFSC in ensuring that all stress management activities in UN offices in Pakistan are in line with the UN policies on Respect for Diversity and Gender Mainstreaming.
5. To identify, address and follow up on critical incident stress cases among UN staff and their dependents.
6. To liaise with local mental health care providers in order to build a network of professionals ready to support UN staff and families in case of a disaster;
7. To monitor the critical incident stress management program implementation in UN offices across the country, including data collection, analysis and documentation.
8. To conduct training sessions related to stress management and psychosocial support for UN staff;
9. To provide technical support, coordinate and facilitate the activities of the UNDSS Critical Incident Stress Intervention Cell (CISIC) at the country level.
10. To perform all other stress-related activities deemed necessary by the SFSC.
11. To provide regular written reports on performed activities to the SFSC.