Psychotherapist/ Tripoli

Main responsibilities:

• Properly assess, diagnose, support and treat mental health and substance use cases; respond to emergency cases
• Coordinate with the case management team and supervisor for the implementation of all Mental Health (MH) and Substance Use (SU) interventions and activities.
• Assist in the coordination of MHPSS and SU activities with PHC and hospital staff as well as other stakeholders.
• Actively participate in the development and implementation of psycho-social activities, including group support.
• Raise awareness and build the capacities off PHC and hospital staff, outreach volunteers about MHPSS.
• Assist in the development and implementation of preventive activities
• Main responsibilities and activities of the Psychotherapists can change according to the organization of the work and to the composition of the team.

Main activities:

• Diagnosis and treatment of mental health and substance use cases in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Support the case manager in assessing the person’s situation
• Properly assess, diagnose, support and provide appropriate mental health and substance use support and/or treatment through individual counselling, couple therapy, group therapy, and psycho-education to all beneficiaries in need.
• Work directly with the case-management team to develop individualized intervention plans.
• Participate to case discussions for the person enrolled in the project with the multidisciplinary team (including case managers, nurse, psychiatrist, supervisor, receptionist).
• Make sure the appointment are properly schedules and respected
• Ensure proper follow up, including outreach and psychoeducation
• 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 work with the technical advisor
• Development of mental health and substance use activities
• Assist in the assessment of mental health and substance use needs and proposition of interventions
• Design, organize and implement group support
• Participate in establishing and implementing innovative PSS activities
• Participate in the development and implementation of preventive activities
• Awareness raising and capacity building about mental health and substance use
• Participate in the preparation of awareness/training sessions about MH and SU for staff at PHCs and hospital
• Support the case manager in the provision of awareness sessions in the waiting areas of PHCs
• Support in the training of the case management team, outreach volunteers and other stakeholders on MHPSS and SU issues.
• Utilization of the referral system between community and PHC Centre as well as to secondary treatment level
• Assist in the development of effective referral systems.
• Utilize the referral system to secondary mental health care.
• Reporting and meetings
• Daily data collection and entry, respecting deadlines
• Monthly reporting on mental health and substance use activities
• Participate in internal meetings and individual meetings.
• Participate in regular meetings with key actors, NGOs/INGOs and PHC, hospital
• Participate in network/coordination meetings concerning mental health and substance use.