Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 60 years

Responsibilities & Context

The Psychologist will actively participate in the planning, supervision, and coordination of mental health/related psychosocial services within JRRP camps of operations, by MHPSS sector and national guidance ensuring humanitarian standards, to provide the most appropriate mental health support for patients with an aim is to reduce the distress and improve the psychological well-being of the Rohingya. This will be achieved through working in partnership with the patients to diagnose, assess, and find suitable plans to manage their condition.

These may include individuals, including children, adolescents, and adults, as well as families, couples, and groups in a range of camp settings within the health facilities, but also with selected outreach visits in collaboration with other professionals in multidisciplinary teams, including the CHW teams.

Please note: this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside doctors, nurses, social workers, and education professionals within the Primary Health Care settings and in cooperation with visiting psychiatrists and occupational therapists.
• Work in collaboration with doctors and diagnose psychological, behavioral, and emotional disorders by diagnostic criteria; offer therapy and treatments for issues relating to a range of mental health conditions;
• Participate in any assessments that may be conducted by the organization, MHPSS TWG, and comprehensive humanitarian response in support of adding to the evidence base of practice in the Rohingya refugees’ settings.
• Represent FH in the MHPSS Technical Working Group and Task Forces upon approval from the Medical Coordinator, as may be required. Strengthen coordination among MHPSS actors, other sectors, and agencies, and Community and camp-level governmental structures.
• Initiate and participate in camp-level coordination meetings (CiC meetings, Health and Protection meetings) Monitor MHPSS activities in the respective camp, identify gaps and challenges, and share With EPRP leads Coordinate with Health Focal, Protection Focal Point, GBV Focal Point, and other sectors for smooth referrals.
• Assess client’s needs, abilities, or behavior using various methods, including psychometric tests, interviews, and direct observation of their conduct. Provide psychological assessment and consultation services, devise and monitor appropriate treatment programs, including therapy, counseling or advice, and other psychosocial support in collaboration with colleagues;
• Help clients develop and define goals and plan action to achieve personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment and evaluate service provision for clients;
• Maintain an open line of communication with care providers, patients, and their family members to address arising issues efficiently;
• Provide therapy to groups and individuals using various evidence-based modalities;
• Provide consultation to other professions, including but not limited to nutrition counseling, survivors of gender-based violence, and NCD( Non-Communicable Disorder), encouraging a psychological approach in their work to counsel and support caregivers.
• Provide regular supervision & monitoring to community volunteers, field visits, reporting, awareness sessions, and documentation.
• Provide proactive remote counseling to beneficiaries, staff, or others. Conduct sessions with IPD (In-patient Department) and OPD (Outpatient Department) In consultation with the Medical Coordinator and MHPSS coordinator, support capacity building for other health care professionals, CHP (Community Health Program) team the community psychosocial volunteers as may be required.
• Monitor client progress through regular meetings, checkups, Mental health assessments, therapeutic plans, and follow-up of patients with severe mental health problems.
• Contribute to and follow up on psychological referral patients to other medical facilities. Keep track of and support referral linkages to other actors in the humanitarian response.

Compensation & Other Benefits