SECOURS ISLAMIQUE FRANCE TENDER SEPTEMBER 2025
| TERMS OF REFERENCE |
FOR ENGAGEMENT OF A PSYCHOLOGIST TO PROVISION OF COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS IN MUKURU INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
Closing date: 19 Sep 2025
Background and Context
Founded in 1991, Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a French-based international NGO dedicated to responding to humanitarian and social needs worldwide. For over 30 years, SIF has provided emergency relief, implemented development programs, and conducted advocacy campaigns without proselytizing or discriminating against beneficiaries.
Vision: A more just and caring world in which the basic needs of vulnerable people are met.
Mission: To reduce poverty and vulnerability in France and around the world through emergency relief, development programs, and advocacy, guided by principles of neutrality, impartiality, and human dignity.
SIF implements the Education & Child Wellbeing (ECWB) Project in Nairobi (Kenya), Marsabit, and Kismayo (Somalia). In Nairobi, the project operates in Mukuru informal settlements, home to thousands of children and families who face a wide range of social, economic, and protection challenges. These conditions often give rise to psychosocial issues, including trauma, stress, family conflict, substance abuse, school-related difficulties, and exposure to violence.
Due to economic hardships, access to quality psychological support in Mukuru remains very limited. Yet, such support is essential for fostering mental health and wellbeing, strengthening resilience, and ensuring the protection and overall welfare of children and their families.
- Purpose of the Consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide trauma counselling and psychosocial support services to children and parents/caregivers who are referred by Secours Islamique France (SIF). The intervention seeks to strengthen emotional wellbeing, promote resilience, and enhance positive coping mechanisms for vulnerable families within Mukuru informal settlements.
- Objectives
The specific objectives of this consultancy are to:
- Provide individual counselling sessions for children experiencing trauma, emotional distress, or behavioral challenges.
- Facilitate counselling sessions for parents/guardians to help them cope with traumatic experiences and psychological issues.
- Build coping skills, resilience, and awareness among children and parents/guardians to strengthen mental health and wellbeing.
- Support children and parents/guardians affected by neglect, harassment, violence, exploitation, and abuse through appropriate psychosocial interventions
- Determine which cases need referrals to specialized mental health services and if possible, link them for appropriate services.
- Scope of work & Deliverables
The Psychologist will be expected to:
- Offer at least five (5) counselling sessions to 11 children/adolescents and 9 parents/guardians, tailored to the individual needs and magnitude of the issues presented.
- Facilitate both individual and group sessions as appropriate, ensuring confidentiality and professional ethical standards are upheld.
- Provide referrals for specialized mental health services in cases requiring additional support.
- Document sessions, progress, and outcomes while maintaining client confidentiality.
- Submit monthly progress reports and a final comprehensive report at the end of the consultancy.
- Methodology
The counselling sessions should be participatory, confidential and age appropriate.
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