Clinical Psychologist - Bekaa

Key responsibilities  

Accountability and Complexity 

• Provide specialized mental health services to individuals, including S/GBV survivors, NCD patients, and other vulnerable groups referred by PHCC staff. 
• Supervise PHCC staff trained in mhGAP to ensure proper detection and management of mental health cases. 
• Conduct structured clinical assessments, develop treatment plans, and monitor psychological progress. 
• Participate in weekly team meetings to review cases and ensure alignment with best practices. 
• Ensure confidentiality and ethical considerations are maintained in all interactions with beneficiaries. 
• Conduct home visits when necessary to ensure accessibility to mental health services for beneficiaries unable to reach PHCCs. 

Clinical Interventions 

• Provide individual and family mental health interventions and psychoeducation sessions. 
• Facilitate group support sessions based on RI's curricula or WHO's PM+ or SH+ frameworks. 
• Refer severe cases requiring psychotropic medication to psychiatrists. 
• Offer crisis intervention and psychological first aid when necessary. 

Training and Capacity Building 

• Deliver well-structured mental health training sessions for PHCC staff and community health workers. 
• Provide ongoing supervision and mentorship to PHCC teams to enhance their capacity in mental health case management. 
• Ensure clear and effective communication during training and outreach activities. 

Outreach and Coordination 

• Conduct field visits jointly with the PHC satellite unit targeting displaced populations. 
• Collaborate with Case Managers and Community Health Workers for outreach activities and field-level assessments. 
• Build and maintain networks with MH actors for effective referrals and service coordination. 
• Ensure timely follow-up on referrals from field teams and external actors. 

Behavior and conduct  

• Ensures that behavior inside and outside of work promotes the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies. 
• Acts with integrity and holds themselves accountable for being respectful, inclusive and professional. 
• Reports any concerns. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Relief International is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact. We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Relief International (RI) is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to RI’s Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct e-learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

RI Values

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

Integrity

Adaptability

Collaboration

Inclusivity

Sustainability

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