Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age 18 to 59 years

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Experience:

•        Essential : experience in community and/or social work

•        Preferable: experience in the facilitation of groups on different MHPSS topics,

•        Preferable : experience working one to one with families and children

•        Preferable : experience working directly with Rohingya refugees of different ages and genders

Languages:

•          Essential : written and spoken Bangladeshi and spoken Chittagong dialect

•          Desirable: English language

Knowledge:

•          Essential : strong knowledge of the affected populations (local and Rohingya)

•          Strong communication, organizational and social skills (attentive listening, open attitude, empathy, sensitivity)

•          Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary team

•          Initiative, creativity and flexibility

•          Capacity to adjustment to change

•          Interest in helping vulnerable population

Competencies:

•          Results and Quality Orientation

•          Teamwork and Cooperation

•          Behavioural Flexibility

•          Commitment to MSF Principles

• Stress Management

Responsibilities & Context

Accountabilities:

•          Providing information and education to the affected population on mental health/psychosocial (psycho-education), according to specific needs

•          Working together with other team members to prepare/produce various mental health psychosocial education messages/topics, according to specific groups and needs e.g. caretakers of malnourished children, population affected by armed conflict, etc.

•          Identifying and appropriately referring patients who need medical or mental health assistance and providing psychological first aid to identified community members in need.

•          Organizing supportive activities in the community (art for children, discussion sessions, etc.), if required.

•          Ensuring that all patients attending MSF activities are well informed about services provided.

•          Visiting families in their home/tent/shelter if required, in order to facilitate defaulters’ tracing or to offer psycho-education.

•          Attending supervision sessions and educational sessions with members of the team.

•          Maintaining monitoring data and producing regular work reports to the supervisor.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:

•          Offer psychosocial group activities and assist group MH sessions for  refugees and for host community participants.

•          Collaborate closely with PSS community members, model good PSS practices – and provide feedback for training of PSS community team to MH Sup and Psychologist.

•          Supervise the play area and provide play session in play area and wards for children and their parents in accordance with therapeutic play and MSF guidelines.

•          Offer psychosocial group activities and assist group MH sessions for  refugees and for host community participants.

•          Collaborate closely with PSS community members, model good PSS practices – and provide feedback for training of PSS community team to MH Sup and Psychologist.

•          Supervise the play area and provide play session in play area and wards for children and their parents in accordance with therapeutic play and MSF guidelines.

•          Collaborate closely with medical team and MH team for identifying and supporting responsibly children through psychosocial activities in hospital.

•          Provide psychoeducation sessions in IPD and OPD waiting areas according to MSF guidelines.