
National Consultant (Support Review & Mapping of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Policies, Programmes and Services)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) About
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
Job Description
UNICEF Bulgaria is looking for a consultant to provide a mapping of mental health and psychosocial-support" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #007bff !important;">psychosocial support interventions targeting children and adolescents aged between 0-18 and to document promising and good practices.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a childhood.
UNICEF Bulgaria is looking for a consultant to provide a mapping of mental health and psychosocial support interventions targeting children and adolescents aged between 0-18 and to document promising and good practices. The mapping comes as a first step to strengthen UNICEF and partners’ understanding of the mental health context and availability of services aiming to promote and support mental health of children, adolescents and families in the country. In addition, the mapping of mental health services will provide specific recommendations on the accessibility and suitability of existing health and psychological services for the most disadvantaged children (incl. refugee and migrant children, GBV survivors and people at risk).
The specific objectives of the mapping are to:
TOR Mental health mapping 03062021.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have
- Provide base-line data of the situation in country with regards to mental health policy, programmes and services for children, adolescents, and their families.
- Identify gaps in policy frameworks, programmes and service provision and formulate recommendations for overcoming the challenges.
- Identify and document promising practices to promote an exchange of knowledge on initiatives for children and adolescent mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
- Collect primary data through carrying out interviews, surveys and other appropriate sources.
- Analyze and triangulate the data collected.
- Identify and document promising practices.
- Provide recommendations on accessibility and suitability of existing services for disadvantaged children and adolescents.

- Relevant university degree in social sciences, psychology, anthropology, human rights, or others related fields.
- At least five years of relevant professional experience into research in academia or research institute or similar.
- Experience in data collection and analysis, and of designing surveys and interviews.
- Relevant experience in childhood studies and mental health. Good understanding of the Bulgarian context with a focus on children and adolescent mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
- Excellent analytical and written skills.
- Good planning and organizational skills.
- Respect for cultural diversity and human rights.
- Proficient command of English.
- Knowledge of the UN system and UNICEF mandate is an advantage.
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