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- Starting date: ASAP
- Type of contract: Fixed-term contract, 5 months, 100% Activity rate. Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and paid leave.
- Place of work: Rmeileh, Chouf, with frequent movements and possible relocation to Nabatiyeh (when situation allows)
- Salary: LBP 162,890,000 per month
Scope of responsibility:
Providing psychological support to patients according to MSF principles, standards and procedures in order to improve the patients’ mental health.
Accountabilities:
- Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of patients and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of treatment. Informing the patient and his/her relatives about the possible consequences of the illness to follow and referring patients to other health professionals whenever necessary, in order to provide the most appropriate treatment and improve the patient's condition
- Implementing the Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol, identifying possible victims of SGBV and referring them to the medical team so that they receive the necessary treatment.
- Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions
- Assisting and training staff members and resourceful people whenever necessary in order to enhance the scope of MH activities. Working in close collaboration with translators in order to ensure appropriate terminology and behavior during sessions
- Collecting statistical and monitoring data about mental health activities
- Informing the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise related to patients’ treatment in order to provide the best possible solution from a medical perspective
- Ensuring that all patient information is kept confidential.
Specific Activities:
- Provide MH awareness and psychoeducation sessions beneficiaries in locations we operate (and via Helpline), based on the shared structured psychoeducation scripts and materials shared by MHAMs and MHAs.
- Distributes brochures and leaflets when relevant, according to the topic.
- Actively promotes interdepartmental collaboration and awareness raising of MH services within the staff and facilitates multidisciplinary approach (MDs, nurses, CHEs).
- Regularly and proactively reminds the staff (MDs, CHW and nurses) about MH referral criteria and requests support in case management.
- Monitors the MH needs in the community and actively proposes ideas for improvement of our activities.
- In collaboration with HP team, actively welcomes people arriving in the location we operate, informs about MSF services (incl. MH), guides them to the services they need.
- Provide high quality individual/family/parent-child/group psychological support sessions tailored to the presenting problems and according to the shared Standard Operation Procedures, the MSF MHPSS guidelines for adults and children and other guidelines and material available (for example, one-shot session training, S/GBV protocol etc).
- Fills in the proper data collection tools for every case, updates after every follow up session and shares with MH supervisor. Keeps the files in a confidential place, under the shared responsibility of psychologist and supervisor.
- Sets therapeutic goals and intervention plan for every patient and shares with MHS/MHAM in supervision.
- Refers cases in need for psychiatric care, via the MH supervisor, only according to the shared referral criteria.
- Informs the Line manager timely of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
- Provides high quality one-on-one psychological support sessions for patients with Severe mental disorders (SMD) and culturally-informed psychoeducation for families or care takers of the patients, according to MSF principles, guideilnes and protocols.
- Provides high quality one-on-one psychological support sessions for survivors of S/GBV, according to MSF principles and protocols, including patient-centered approach, needs assessment and safety planning.
- Engages in proper and safe case management, via networking with key internal staff (MHS, MDs, MAM) and key external actors via the SW. When managing cases with complex needs, the psychologist mobilizest all relevant resources, together with support from MHAM, SW, MAM, MDs, PMR, HP and refer cases with complex needs to MHS.
- Actively participates in clinical supervisions and group debriefings, brings cases for discussion, provides feedback to colleagues, to ensure quality of care.
Requirements:
- Education: Essential degree or diploma in Psychology, Preferably trained in a recognized psychotherapeutic approach (e.g., CBT, Interpersonal Therapy or other evidence-based modalities).
- Experience: Essential 2 years’ experience minimum as a Psychologist, Desirable previous experience with MSF or other NGO’s in Lebanon, knowledge of South Lebanon an asset
- Languages: Fluent in Arabic and English
- Desirable computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
Competencies:
- Results and Quality Orientation
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Behavioural Flexibility
- Commitment to MSF Principles
- Stress Management
