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
Indonesia: A story from Bogor
26 August 2022
Thailand: Early Childhood Development (ECD)
31 December 2020
Thailand: Gender-based violence among displaced people
07 December 2024
40th Anniversary: Choose Empathy
21 August 2020
Asia Pacific: A Call of Hope (World Refugee Day 2020)
07 December 2024
Thailand: “I am among you as the one who serves.” (Lk 22,27b)
28 November 2018
Thailand: Refugees find safe haven in sports
10 July 2018
Indonesia: The forgotten refugees
15 February 2018
#Do1Thing: My unexpected swimming teachers
19 January 2018