Background and rationale

Research Institute for Development (RIDEV) is a civil society organization under Cameroonian law which was created in 1999 and registered on May 28, 2002 in the prefecture of Bafoussam-Cameroon.

RIDEV primarily intervenes in the themes of inclusive governance and local development, gender promotion, prevention/mitigation and response to gender-based violence. Our mission is to “  Build resilient and strong communities  ” particularly in fragile areas.

The organization’s headquarters are located in Yaoundé; RIDEV has an antenna in Maroua, another in Bafoussam and an office in Douala. RIDEV operates throughout the territory of the Republic of Cameroon through a partnership with local organizations. RIDEV also collaborates with international organizations such as Avocat Sans Frontières (France), Global Center on Cooperative Security (USA).

The consortium composed of Avocat Sans Frontière-France (ASF-France), Réseau Camerounais de Organisations des Droits de l’Homme (RECODH) and Research Institute for Development (RIDEV) will implement the Project to Support Human Rights-Based Prison Governance in Cameroon (PAGOC). The PAGOC project includes various components including legal and psychosocial assistance, support for socio-professional reintegration, promotion of alternative sentences and finally support for civil society actors through cascading grants. It benefits from the technical and financial support of the Delegation of the European Union in Cameroon and will be implemented for a period of 42 months; the psychosocial reintegration component extends over 36 months.

As part of the implementation of this project, RIDEV will lead the Psychosocial Reintegration component. The purpose of this call for applications is to select eight (08) psychologists. They will be recruited as service providers in the PAGOC project sites. The psychologists will not work full-time. Their interventions will be one-off, in two phases: (1) – identification of reintegration beneficiaries; (2) – monitoring and evaluation of reintegrated beneficiaries. This service provision will be paid per session. Each session will result in a set of meetings with the beneficiary. 

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

Provide support to prisoners to promote their mental and emotional well-being, more specifically for better social reintegration after prison.

A-MISSIONS

His/her mission will be:

A-1) Cross-functional missions:

·         Assess the mental health of beneficiaries;

·         Ensure the care of beneficiaries;

·         Develop diagnoses on the psychological functioning of prisoners;

·         Provide individual counseling and psychological support for psychological support;

·         Strengthen the integration of beneficiaries within their family, cultural and professional group;

·         Ensure the referral of beneficiaries to the appropriate services;

·         Encourage beneficiaries to adopt new positive behaviors;

·         Work closely with other project stakeholders;

·         Ensure the confidentiality of all interventions carried out on behalf of beneficiaries and project stakeholders.

A-2) Missions related to Identification of beneficiaries of reintegration

–          Organize 220 sessions to identify beneficiaries for reintegration;

–          Identify 100 prisoners who benefit from reintegration;

–          Organize motivation interviews and interest in the reintegration program;

–          Assess the psychological, psychosocial and reintegration needs of beneficiaries  ;

–          Organize selection interviews to join the program;

–          Facilitate the development of the beneficiaries’ professional project adapted to their needs and capacities;

–          Select and develop the database of 80 beneficiaries of the reintegration process.

A-3) Missions related to the monitoring and evaluation of reintegrated prisoners

–          Organize 160 psychological consultation sessions for beneficiaries;

ü  Organize follow-up consultation interviews for the evaluation of the integration of beneficiaries;

ü  Organize follow-up consultation interviews for the evaluation of the reintegration of beneficiaries;

–          Ensure monitoring of the final reintegration of beneficiaries;

–          Ensure monitoring of individual social reintegration action plans for beneficiaries;

–          Facilitate the reintegration of at least 15 ex-prisoners.

B- REQUIRED PROFILE:

·         Have at least a BAC + 5 in Psychology (clinical psychology, psychopathology, social psychology or developmental psychology),

·         Experience of at least two (2) years, including 01 year with a community or humanitarian organization,

·         Experience in the prison sector would be an asset,

·         Mastery of the Community approach,

·         Good ability to transmit knowledge and a considerable capacity for listening and a taste for contacts,

·         Experience in the field of psychological support for beneficiaries,

·         Capacity for analysis and strategic thinking with a results-oriented approach,

·         Good command of IT tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.),

·         Speaking one of the local languages ​​of the intervention area would be an asset.

C-COMPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION FILE:

Send the CV mentioning 3 professional references, cover letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of RIDEV and copies of diplomas no later than January 27, 2025 at 1 p.m. (Cameroon time) to the address: recrutementridev@ridev.org  (copy to ridevcam@ridev.org ) mentioning in the subject: Recruitment PSYCHOLOGIST