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Handbook for Community Volunteer Counsellors
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Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on March 6, 2012. 108 downloads
This is a handbook developed by AVSI to support the community volunteer counsellors (CVCs) in the Kitgum and Pader Districts in Uganda under the Psycho Social Support Program (PSSP), in their work with their communities.| Comment -
Community based psychosocial services in humanitarian assistance- A facilitator's guide:2005
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Uploaded by Gayathri Jayasooriya on September 3, 2012. 71 downloads
Version 2, May 2005 www.svenskakyrkan.se/psychosocialservices
This guide highlights the need to identify and assist people in meeting their psychosocial needs following a major emergency or disaster. Meeting these psychosocial needs is as important as fulfilling the obvious needs for food clothing and shelter.
This guide meets the need to train community-based psychosocial workers following major emergencies or disasters. The choice of topics that are included in this guide is made out of our common experience as the most essential to build awareness and knowledge in psychosocial assistance in humanitarian assistance.
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Handbook on Participatory Methods on Community-Based Projects to Psychosocial Care & Protection of Children
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Please note: this report is also posted under the Psychosocial Care and Protection of Children group. The handbook provides a step-by-step guide in implementing the participatory methods described in the community-based participatory action report. (See Community-Based Reintegration of War Affected Young Mothers-Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda report uploaded to this group previously). It answers the ‘how to’ questions of all the processes involved in working with the targeted vulnerable groups in the community.
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Community-Based Reintegration of War Affected Young Mothers-Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda
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Please note: this report is also posted under the Psychosocial Care and Protection of Children group as I feel it is relevant to both groups. This is a report of a study designed to include girl mothers, both formerly associated with armed groups and other vulnerable young girls who became pregnant or gave birth when they were under 18 years of age over a three year period.
The report describes a community-based participatory action research (PAR) project involving approximately 658 young mothers and over 1200 of their children living in the three war-torn countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda. The report seeks to understand reintegration from the young mothers’ perspectives, learning from them about what constitutes successful reintegration for themselves and their children. The project supported the young mothers in implementing actions that they thought would assist them in achieving their notion of successful reintegration. The young mothers were actively involved in leadership roles in program development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, working to reduce the powerful stigma they face through their garnering of local resources. The project works to develop organizational capacity to implement programs using highly participatory approaches.| Comment -
Psychosocial Support and Communitarian Mental Health after the earthquake: Murals to see and dream
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Sistematization of a community mobilization work implemented in Chincha-Perú, by the American Red Cross, after the earthquake in 2007. A training process was developed with the leaders of 17 communities (urban and rural).
Comments: Useful to people/institutions who would like to implement communitarian and participatorian activities, offers a step by step description.
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Children and older carers affected by HIV and AIDS: Priorities for regional and national legislation, policy and programming for children affected by HIV and AIDS living with older carers
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A two page brief addressing older carers of HIV affected children PSS and Social Protection issues and designed to assist with advocacy at the regional and national levels in eastern and southern Africa.| Comment -
“I am taking care of my granny properly and she is taking care of me” Intergenerational issues between older caregivers and children in the context of AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, RIATT-ESA and HelpAge, 2011
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This study responds to regional recommendations to strengthen families as a unit of care within the context of children affected by HIV and AIDS. In particular it addresses the recommendation to strengthen the skills of child, youth and older caregivers with age- and gender-sensitive training, including life and parenting skills, and awareness on sexuality and HIV and AIDS.
An operations research study was undertaken comprising a literature review and qualitative field research with older carers and children in seven countries in eastern and southern Africa. The objective of the research was to better understand intergenerational issues for older carers and children orphaned by AIDS and identify policy gaps, lessons learnt, and good practices with regards to support mechanisms for the enhancement of intergenerational relationships. The study makes a number of recommendations relating to PSS for both older carers and the children they look after based on the findings.
This study is unique in that it addresses the psychosocial needs of older carers who are engaged in a very common living arrangement in Africa where they are caring for young children. In addition it highlights the mutual PSS gains which can be derived from this type of living arrangement for both older carers and children, with a strong emphasis on ensuring that social protection measures are in place to support these vulnerable households. The study can guide policy-makers and programmers who are seeking guidance on family strengthening and support.
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Community-based psychological support – Module 6: Helping the helpers
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The traditional heroic role of helpers includes expectations that they are selfless, tireless, and somehow superhuman. Helpers are, however, also affected by their jobs. Red Cross - Red Crescent volunteers will often leave their jobs with a feeling of not having done enough, because needs in many situations are so overwhelming that they by far exceed their capabilities. A volunteer might be troubled by the tormenting stories of disaster survivors, first aid volunteers may feel guilt at the death of a patient, or volunteers in HIV/AIDS programmes feel despair faced with the repetitive cycle of death. It is not uncommon that volunteers are also infected and must cope with their own fears of death and deterioration as they assist others.
This module emphasizes ways in which helpers can support themselves and their colleagues by recognizing the signs of stress and burnout, and learning techniques which may help to alleviate or prevent severe emotional reactions. While it is not aimed specifically at programme managers, it does demonstrate the role that managers have in creating and sustaining a supportive working environment if helpers are themselves to be supported.| Comment -
Community-based psychological support – Module 5: Populations with special needs
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
The mandate of the Red Cross - Red Crescent is to care for the world’s most vulnerable people. Such care includes meeting their material, social and psychological needs, while at the same time recognizing that all people have a vital role to play in social and community structures, and no matter how vulnerable, they still have resources to offer in terms of knowledge, skills and experience.
This module describes those populations that are likely to be particularly vulnerable with respect to psychological needs, and who may require specific attention.| Comment -
Community-based psychological support – Module 4: Promoting community self-help
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
This module describes how to engage communities in their own recovery process, with the underlying beneficial effects on the psychological consequences of critical events. Community self-help is relevant to all relief operations and humanitarian interventions and therefore to all Red Cross - Red Crescent programmes. It is not a new approach, and has been used as part of methods relevant to Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) and Participatory Rural Approach (PRA)123 where the intention is to enable communities to identify their own vulnerabilities and capacities.
You are experiencing community participation in this course. The learning method used underlines participation by encouraging participants to take an active role in their own learning. Activities are primarily focused on communication and dialogue among participants, and on collaboration, using their own experiences, skills and capabilities to achieve joint goals.| Comment -
Community-based psychological support – Module 3: Supportive communication
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
In times of crisis, “supportive communication” is the recommended communication style. This implies communicating empathy, concern, respect and confidence in the abilities of the affected person, as well as practical information. The most basic skills for supportive communication with affected people are covered in this module. While it is likely that you already know and practise many of the ways of communicating, even experienced psychologists can benefit from an occasional refresher course in this area.
A skilful helper must use every available tool to help people in need. Because you will encounter people at various levels of distress, of various ages and backgrounds, different genders and under varying conditions, this section attempts to anticipate and address those differences with helpful suggestions. However, situations will always arise that defy expectations where you will need to be flexible, confident, and creative as required.| Comment -
Community-based psychological support – Module 2: Stress and coping
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Stress represents a central theme in Red Cross - Red Crescent activities and volunteers are generally better equipped to handle their job both for the benefit of people affected and themselves if they understand the basic components of stress and coping. Disaster relief and other emergency assistance services, like first aid, ambulance service and search and rescue activities, commonly encounter situations with very high stress. Other services that may prove equally stressful are social or psychological services designed to help people in need, such as services for street children, orphans, famine victims, people living with HIV/AIDS, etc.| Comment -
Community-based psychological support – Module 1: Psychological support
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2001)
This module introduces psychological support, shows why it is needed and explains the role of volunteers in helping to relieve emotional suffering by mobilizing the power of humanity and helping people to rely once more on their own resources to rebuild shattered lives.
While the module focuses on the provision of psychological support in larger-scale critical events, the approach is also applicable and adaptable to many other Red Cross - Red Crescent settings.| Comment -
Disaster PS Response:Handbook for Community Counsellor Trainers
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This training manual aims to provide an overview of substantive concepts to assist psycho-social program administrators, planners, and trainers in developing the training component of community counseling projects, including how disasters affect children, adults and older adults, the importance of tailoring the program to fit the community, and descriptions of effective counseling interventions.| Comment
