Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge on counselling, training, coordination, monitoring, report writing, presentation preparation, and safeguarding.
• Knowledge on people management.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders in a sensitive environment.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Have computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, and Excel).
• Excellent influencing, negotiating and communication skills.
• Excellent organization, and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to think technically, prioritize and meet deadlines in a complex and challenging environment; must be culturally sensitive.
• Ability to operate in a complex organization, across functions and work on own initiative and collaboratively as part of diverse teams.

Responsibilities & Context

Psychologist will ensure effective MHPSS services and will develop material, do research work, provide training and workshops on MHPSS components. The concerned person will provide supervision and monitor the activities of the Community Para Counselors, and Community Psychosocial Volunteers. This position will also provide counseling services through facility and home-based services and participate in meetings.

• Conduct individual counseling sessions for the FDMNs and field staff. Training facilitation on MHPSS components to the Community Para Counsellors, and Community Psychosocial Volunteers.
• Provide supervision to the assigned supervisee Attend Meetings, provide necessary reports, and monitor the field staff
• Provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) services in emergencies
• Support the Field Research Assistants (FRA) for research purposes
• Prepare and compile daily/bi-weekly MIS data, weekly report to the donor, bi-weekly 4W report of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), etc.
• Prepare MHPSS situational report on MHPSS Services.
• Coordination within health facilities, mhGAP trained doctors, and strengthened referral mechanism.
• Ensure proper reporting and documentations.
• Conduct Focus Group Discussion (FGD), Interview Method and documentation etc.
• Develop and translate the module through contextualization.
• Attend the visitors and donors from national and international agencies to visit centers and programs of CP such as HPL, Adolescent Clubs, Health centers, etc.
• Arrange a meeting with respective focal in camps and relevant premises Take responsibility for the 24/7 emergency helpline and monitoring Support in an arrangement of different seminars, workshops, and training related to the services
• Receive clinical supervision from the Head of Mental Health, MHPSS specialist, and consultants as applicable.
• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization, and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the program’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.