Psychologist - Mount Lebanon

Main Tasks:

• Implement strategies in collaboration with the SW after the SCM’s approval and  intervene according to the resilience program’s procedures

• Submit a decision to the SCM regarding:

• Primary investigation/ evaluation
• Internal referral (to prevention team)
• External referral
•  Emergency intervention

• Draft  the action plan and update the objectives  with the SW all along:

• The assessment
• The intervention
• The revision
• The closure

• Conduct weekly meetings  with the assigned SW to follow up on  the cases  they are handling

• Conduct bi-monthly meeting with the SCM to  follow up on the case’s action plan implementation 

• Respect the meeting’s implementation deadline with the family or other stakeholders according to the planned weekly schedule

• Advise the SCM  when psychiatric or  psychotherapist referral is needed for the beneficiary & or family   and coordinate on the follow up with the external party

• Attend all monthly  meetings relevant to the team work:

• Weekly meeting with AM
• Bi-monthly meeting with SCM
• Monthly and Quarterly meeting with PM
• Quarterly meeting with the OP

• Submit psychological & psychosocial child protection reports  to the Senior Case Manager intended to court or other parties

• Sbmit reports and administrative documents to the SCM as per the annual plan

• Emergencies reports
• SOP documents
• Oracle
• True story
• Other initiatives

• Ensure a proper reception and documentation of  new cases through the hotline during working hours, when the SW & the SCM are not available

• Conduct Psychometric Tests when necessary

• Cover maximum two shifts outside himaya’s offices, within municipalities, NGOs… to conduct psychosocial family interventions and submit reports to the SCM about implementation’s challenges or success

• Participate to group initiatives that are intended to enhance performance:  

• Monthly case conferences with the SCM
• Quarterly with the PM & other colleagues from the same background
• Quarterly with other colleagues from the same background
• Peer to Peer
• Supervision
• Annual symposium

Educational Background And Needed Skills

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology
• Preferably 2 years of experience in psychological related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Ability to work under pressure and hard situations
• Ability to work in a multi-professional team while remaining within his or her area of ​​expertise
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Preferably Familiarity with child protection and implemented laws in Lebanon
• Able to collect, analyze and synthesize information in order to apply and support intervention methods and techniques
• Know how to transmit written and / or oral information to the various professionals and hierarchical referents
• Willingness to update their professional knowledge and skills
• Fluent in Arabic and English with basic knowledge in French