Mental Health, Psychosocial Support and Protection (MHPSS) Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct psychological assessments and plan the appropriate interventions and follow-up for the beneficiaries;

Ensure an appropriate, safe and confidential environment for psychological interventions (framework to discuss highly emotional issues, set up group rules, values, exercises, etc.) , in communities, schools, camps, primary health care centres, community based-organizations, and home visits;

Ensure the high quality of intervention and care are provided to beneficiaries;

Ensure regular and proper use of psychometric scales;

Provide individual and group therapeutic sessions and activities for persons in need, including children, adolescents, adults, families and persons with specific vulnerabilities;

Strictly follow standard ACF protocols;

Ensure confidentiality and proper documentation of clinical details in the patient file;

Ensure referrals to specialized services (MHPSS, Health, Protection etc) when needed, according to ACF protocols and national standards; Follow-up the quality of care provided by partnering agencies and actors; Follow-up closely on protection issues;

Provide staff care to health workers and community helpers, according to ACF protocols and national policies;

Provide psychological support remotely if needed (in case of no access to the field);

Prepare (with the program manager) and conduct trainings for general practitioners, nurses, midwives, health workers, and psychosocial workers in primary health care centers, hospitals, on MHPSS, protection and care practices, according to ACF international standards (like mhGAP, PM+, IPT, Thinking Healthy, child development, basic helping skills, Life skills, Social and Emotional skills, etc);

Conduct regular on the job and group supervision of trained non-specialists, including technical support, case management, patients assessments, counselling skills;

Assist the ACF psychosocial workers to prepare and conduct training and technical supervision for community-based organisations and stakeholders (conduct trainings in absence of psychosocial workers);

Contribute to the training and supervision of ACF psychosocial workers and ACF teams of other department (particularly on Psychological First Aid and psychosocial/protection issues and referral);

Ensure the high quality standard of capacity building;

Participate actively in clinical and technical supervision conducted by the Program Manager and HoD MHPSS; proposing monthly case studies;

Contribute to the design of sectorial guidelines, protocols, SOPs and methodologies of work for tailored interventions;

Industries:Non-profit Organization Management

Function: NGO & Social work