Psychotherapist

LOST is seeking to recruit a Psychotherapist in chtoura and baalbeck

Position Aim:

• This position is responsible for providing clinical treatment/support for students/families and coordinating/communicating with LOST caseworkers on beneficiaries/patients’ history and progress.
• Properly assess, diagnose, support and treat mental health and substance use cases; respond to emergency cases.

Main responsibilities:

• Coordinate with the case management team and the supervisor for the implementation of all interventions and activities.
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of psycho-social activities, including group and individual support.
• Conduct initial assessments through psycho-diagnostic interviews with children to provide diagnosis, case formulation, and treatment plan.
• Follow up on psychological progress of the patients and implement concrete treatment plans in collaboration with children and their parents.
• Conduct mental health awareness sessions or group support sessions as needed.
• Provide caregivers with parenting guidance and coaching on behavioral management when needed.
• Attend meetings with team members to discuss treatment plan and progress of therapy.
• Meet with the patient’s parents to discuss his/her progress.
• Provide psychotherapy for emotional and behavioral difficulties for the children based on referrals.
• Provide reports about the progress of each child. 
• Support the case manager in assessing the student conditions.
• Properly assess, diagnose, support and provide appropriate mental health support and/or treatment through individual and group counselling, and psycho-education to all beneficiaries in need.
• Coordinate with Psychiatrist/ MHPSS social worker/case manager to set a treatment plan for service-users. Work directly with the MHPSS multidisciplinary team (MHPSS case-management team, the nurse and the Psychiatrist) to develop individualized intervention plans.
• Work directly with the MHPSS case-management team and the nurse to ensure proper follow ups.
• Participate to case discussions for the person enrolled in the project with the multidisciplinary team (including case managers, nurse, psychiatrist, supervisor, clerks).
• Make sure the appointment are properly schedules and respected.
• Ensure proper follow up, including home visits and psycho education.
• Ensure that emergency cases are properly taken care of, referred and followed.
• Commit with clinical documentation of all individual and other MH/SU activities.
• Closely coordinate with all the technical MdM team.

• Participate in the clinical supervision provided by the Deputy MHPSS and case discussions with the Psychiatrist in addition to the team meeting.
• Follow up all the procedures and Sop’s for patient flow, discharge and treatment.
• Participate in the clinical supervision provided by the Deputy MHPSS Coordinator, the case discussions leaded by the Psychiatrist and to other necessary clinical and technical meetings.
• Support in the training of the case management team, outreach team and other stakeholders on MHPSS and SU issues.
• Take active role in different visits to the community mental health center while promoting the services.
• Participate in the trainings of integration of MHPSS into PHCCs in close cooperation with medical team and GBV.

Qualifications

• MA in Clinical Psychology
• 2 to 3 years of experience in clinical psychology
• Follows individual supervision
• Believes in a comprehensive and holistic approach towards positive mental health.
• Arabic and English languages are mandatory.
• Experience working with NGO is preferred.
• Excellence in organizing, planning and prioritizing tasks.
• Ability to identify strengths and weakness and in proposing shared solutions for the continuous improvement of providing quality services.
• Strong ability to observe, analyses, report and take initiative.
• Ability to work with a team as well as to work independently.
• Ability to seek, collect, and critically analyses data and information needed to achieve the tasks.
• Ability to communicate any technical or non-technical topic with clarity and to share any important project information with the team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft word and excel.