Mental Health Officer

Vor 3 Tagen

Genf, Schweiz TN Switzerland Vollzeit

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Responsibilities
  • Manage the mental healthcare activities for an entire hospital/project
  • Provide care for victims of sexual violence
  • Ensure mental health activities with patients are performed with regular follow-ups
  • Manage, train and supervise the mental health team
  • Ensure that the mental health team remains neutral during sessions, regardless of personal feelings/beliefs
  • Ensure that the interpreters are trained in terminology and appropriate behaviour
  • Identify the mental health support needs in the target population and plan the mental health strategy
  • Map the details of existing mental health services, including other NGOs, community groups and government health services
  • Identify and manage possible advocacy and protection issues
  • Ensure that the mental health department participates in counselling, as well as prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT), and voluntary counselling and testing activities when needed
  • Ensure psychiatric patients receive proper treatment, including psychotropic medication and psychosocial support, either within an MSF programme or via an alternative resource
  • Ensure the implementation of all MSF standard mental health protocols and procedures

Depending on our activities and needs, your responsibilities may be adapted according to the specific projects.

You will not face these challenges alone; other MSF team members (both international and locally hired staff) will provide technical support, including comprehensive guidelines and protocols.

Requirements

  • Master’s in clinical psychology
  • Two years’ relevant professional experience, including behavioural techniques or counselling
  • Recent clinical experience (at least six months within the last 24 months)
  • Experience working with vulnerable people in an intercultural context
  • Fluency in English and/or French
  • Available for a minimum of three months
  • Commitment to MSF’s work and values
  • Strong team player
  • Willingness to work in all kinds of contexts worldwide, including unstable areas
  • Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
  • Flexible and able to manage stress
  • Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach
  • Ability to train others

Assets

  • Experience with post-traumatic stress disorder, or victims of trauma and violence
  • Additional psychotherapy training such as cognitive therapy, clinical social work or counselling
  • Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic or Russian
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