Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Objective of the Position:

Participate in the planning, supervision, and coordination of mental health/psycho-social-related services in the program in accordance with MSF standards in order to provide the most appropriate mental health support for patients.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in the planning, organization, and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with the Medical team leader and other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and capacity building, and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Compile the data and statistics linked with Mental Health and social support activities and report to the Medical team Leader
• Coordinating and monitoring the daily working plan of the team under his/her responsibility, and active participation in clinical care if necessary.
• Provide regular assessment of gaps and evaluation of Mental Health activities in all areas of need at the Hospital(HBCTRH), Mobile activities (chronic diseases and palliative program), and Community Activities.
• Ensure that high quality psychological care is provided to all patients: assure the regularity of protocols and confidentiality of patient’s information across the clinical sites; Ensure that appropriate psychotherapy for patients and their caregivers considering its principles and appropriate ethical issues
• Ensuring that appropriate documentation for care is in place and in use; work with the clinical team on the diagnosis of psychological and psychiatric disorders.
• Build the capacity of the counsellors to develop and implement new psychological and diagnostic skills for the common psychological disorders; support and strengthen the Psycho-Social elements in patient support groups and support the development and deployment of relevant tools.
• Strengthen referral and linkage capacities and maintain regular communication and collaboration with other components of the project according to objectives and context.
• Ensure the Safety of patients and actively participate in prevention, reporting and management of any abuse or misbehavior towards patients

Requirements:

Education

• Essential: Degree in Clinical Psychology or related field.

Knowledge & Experience

• Mandatory: Minimum of at least 2 years psycho-social counselling experience.

Languages

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili

Competencies

• People Management and development, Commitment to MSF principles, Behavioural Flexibility, Results & Quality Orientation, Teamwork & Cooperation

Deadline for application: 19th Dec 2022