Psychosocial Support

JRS recognises that the most effective mental health and psychosocial supports are implemented through layered, complementary services capable of meeting a variety of complex experiences and needs.
Forced displacement can disrupt relationships and practices that foster resilience and healing in individuals, families, and communities. In the wake of such disruptions, displaced persons may require additional psychological and social support as they adapt to new, unexpected circumstances.
JRS recognises that the most effective mental health and psychosocial supports are implemented through layered, complementary services capable of meeting a variety of complex experiences and needs. To this end, the psychosocial programmes provided by JRS aim to strengthen community and family supports through emphasis placed on building hope, restoring human dignity, and strengthening social cohesion. JRS staff provide safe spaces and activities for vulnerable groups, case management services, individual and group counselling, and training and supervision of non-specialists recruited from the communities we serve. Much of JRS mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is integrated into all JRS programmes.
A cornerstone of the JRS mission is to offer holistic human services through companionship, warmth, and recognition of human dignity; through this mission and JRS’s lens of accompaniment we provide psychosocial support to those in need.
Programme Stories
From Violence to Hunger
30 May 2023

The story of Hawa: resilience and strength
23 February 2023

Matching ahead: From Victim to Survivor
02 December 2022

JRS Mabans, Response to the floods
01 December 2022

Risks of Mines, MHPSS in Maban
27 October 2022

Interview with François Akilimani, young Albino from DRC
19 March 2022

Music Class and Therapy for Children
08 July 2022
