MENTAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR - BEKAA VALLEY

Function responsibilities include:

• Participate in the planning, organization and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with the Mental Health activity manager 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.
• Coordinates activities of counselling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
• Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for Patients with psycho social needs.
• Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
• Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial functioning.
• When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
• Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to the MH activity manager and to the Junior Project Medical Referent (PMR).
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors in collaboration with the Mental Health Activity Manager and the Junior Project Medical Referent (PMR).
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential.

Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Supervise the work of the MH team in the community and follow up on the progression of the group sessions conducted by the team.
• Provide the Psychologists with technical support and regular meetings for cases discussion to confirm the cases that need a more specialized support.
• Participate in regular meetings (Project and medical meetings) and ensure good collaboration with other medical and non-medical team members to ensure patients in need receive adequate MH support.
• Promote the professional development of MH staff, assess their training needs and encourage participation on relevant national training opportunities. Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial activities.
• Supervise the work of the CMHW in designing and conducting promotion and awareness activities.