Organization: International Organization for Migration, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Registration deadline: 10 Apr 2018
Starting date: 02 Jul 2018
Ending date: 14 Jul 2018
The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy & the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are offering the summer course:
"Psychosocial Interventions in Migration, Emergency and Displacement" - VII Edition
Pisa, Italy, 2-14 July 2018
Key facts:
Location: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, main campus, Pisa (Italy)
Time commitment: 12 days, Monday-to-Saturday, 8hrs per day on average, full time
Working language: English
Scientific Board: Prof. Andrea de Guttry (Scuola Sant'Anna), Prof. Guglielmo Schininà (IOM Geneva), and Prof. Renos K. Papadopoulos (University of Essex)
Faculty: will include academics, renowned experts and practitioners with considerable field and research experience.
Available places: max. 30, of which 15 reserved for IOMers and 15 chosen through public selection.
Course description
The psychosocial approach responds to the threats brought by disruptive events, or predicaments of life to the notion of individual, group and collective identity. For this reason said approach proves especially useful in situations where individual, group and community identity and roles are questioned, challenged, annihilated, in need for reconstruction-readjustment, as is the case of migration and displacement forced by wars, disasters, collective socioeconomic vulnerabilities, and return. That is why psychosocial activities have become an indispensable component of humanitarian responses to emergency displacement.
Yet, a non-harmonized approach to and understanding of psychosocial support tend to characterize those interventions.
The course will provide a given frame of understanding of the psychosocial dimension of migration, displacement and crisis-affected societies, as well as of the processes within the migration cycle of vulnerable groups, all while presenting harmonized ethics, approaches and tools associated with psychosocial support.
The course will enable participants to acknowledge the complexity of MHPSS Interventions in crisis situations or during the migration process, conceptualize holistic responses, understand the interrelation of the different sectorial responses and gain advanced specific knowledge in each sector of intervention.
Contents
The course will consist of about 90 hours: sessions will be spread over 2 weeks, from Monday to Saturday for an average of 8 hours per day, in a residential fashion. The content will be divided into the following didactic modules:
Epistemology, systems, international standards, legal framework, theories.
Tools and standards for psychosocial consideration in basic services and security, including: IASC standards, psychological first-aid, inductions for general humanitarian workers, MHPSS considerations in Camp management and urban settings.
Tools and standards for psychosocial considerations in family and community supports, including: IASC standards, family and systemic approaches, community messaging, community mobilization, rituals and recreation, sports interventions, social theatre, small scale conflict management.
Tools and standards for psychosocial focused services: including counseling methods, systemic approaches, family counseling basics, arts-therapies.
Understanding of specialized services: including protection for individuals with pre-existing disorders and the ones living in institutions, trauma and attachment, clinical responses to special needs.
Target group
The Course is open to psychologists, social workers, educators-teachers, medical doctors and psychiatrists, nurses, applied artists (e.g. dance therapists), humanitarian workers, emergency experts, development workers or similar, who meet the following minimum requirements:
• Have at least a 3 years University degree or equivalent in relevant disciplines, issued by a University institution or equivalent.
• Have at least 2 years of work experience in a related field.
• Have a proficient working knowledge of English.
Knowledge of any other language and/or any further relevant training, voluntary or professional experience would be an asset. Relevant publications are also an advantage.
Methodology
The Course has a practical orientation and relies heavily on case studies to enhance participants’ skills and abilities to effectively provide psychosocial support. Practical exercises will include advanced role-playing and simulations. Ample space will be devoted to testimonies and considerations drawn from the personal experience of trainers and participants.
Contact
E-mail: altaformazione@santannapisa.it
For additional info please visit: http://www.santannapisa.it/it/formazione/psychosocial-interventions-migration-emergency-and-displacement-0
How to register:
Application and selection process:
The application deadline is 10th April 2018
IOM candidates
15 places will be assigned by IOM to qualified IOM professionals/consultants following an internal selection process.**
Interested IOM candidates shall refer directly to their Office **for applications and selection criteria, or contact: gschinina@iom.int and lyounan@iom.int
All other candidates
15 placeswill beassigned by the Scuola to qualified candidates following a public selection.
Applications shall be submitted ONLINE AT:http://www.santannapisa.it/domandeSssup/login.jsp