The project aims to improve the quality and quantity of psychosocial services provided by state and civil society actors to community members in selected host communities with refugees. On the level of building capacities, the project aims to train selected personnel on psychosocial skills so they gain appropriate gender-, trauma- and conflict-sensitive attitudes and approaches towards their clients, and to conduct advanced psychosocial training for graduates of universities, especially social workers, psychologists and doctors as well as personnel within the health system. In December 2017, an agreement was signed with Yarmouk University to jointly establish a training course on Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the Context of Forced Migration.

Outcomes:

The Workshop “Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the Context of Migration”, was conducted through the partnership between the GIZ and RDFMSC/YU, on the 14th of December 2017, at the RDFMSC Centre, Yarmouk University. The aim was:

• Receive input and ideas from stakeholders coming from different organizations working in the field of psychosocial support in and around Irbid concerning the planned advanced training course.
• Get feedback on the possibilities of organizations to host interns who participate in the training course. 38 participants from different organizations attended the workshop.