Psychologist

Job Description

Action Against Hunger is an international non-governmental organization working in more than 40 countries in the fields of nutrition, food security and livelihoods, water sanitation and hygiene, and care practices. ACF is looking for its program in Jordan for?Psychologist?Work place: ?IRBID - Jordan?Monthly Basic?Salary Range: ?854? JOD?Specific Objectives:To provide mental health capacity building and supervision to MHPSS and non-specialized professionals into primary health care centers?Main Objectives?Mission 1: To build capacities of MHPSS non-specialized professional????????? Train general practioners, family doctors, nurses, social workers and health professional in primary health care centers and hospitals on WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP), Thinking Healthy and Problem Management (PM+).????????? After training, according to the planning, supervise regularly trained health and social professionals on mhGAP implementation: assessments of clients, basic helping and counselling skills, case studies and referral pathway. Include on the job supervision and clinical group supervision.????????? If necessary, propose some direct individual and group clinical consultations for Syrian refugees and Jordanian population, by involving the moH professionals.????????? Contribute to the training of ACF psychosocial workers and teams of others department on Psychological First Aid.????????? Ensure the high quality of interventions in order to integrate these approaches into PHC system?Mission 2: To contribute to the other MHPSS activities????????? Participate to ACF psychologists training and supervision on WHO approaches and ACF methodologies conducted by the MHPSS programme manager and the technical expert.????????? Contribute to identification and mapping of PHCCs, CBOs, other actors and potential partners in the area with the aim to build their capacities or coordinate with them????????? Contribute to needs and gaps assessments????????? Contribute to MHPSS campaign and awareness raising sessions on mental health issues (such as stigma)????????? Participate to local and national workshops organized by the programme manager, involving partners, community members, etc????????? Organize and conduct direct individual and group psychological support (with ACF guidelines and protocols) if needed????????? Contribute to monitoring and evaluation by collecting data in the field????????? Understand and follow the logistics, financial and security procedures enabling the project implementation?Mission 3: To guarantee and ensure the confidentiality of data collected during the project????????? Ensure data confidentiality, ownership of project beneficiaries and ACF????????? Guarantee the confidentiality of clinical interviews / individual or group counselling with the psychologists in charge?Mission 4 : Ensure adherence to Action against Hunger gender requirements????????? Commit and comply with the organization gender, age and diversity principles & policies (working with people, communication)????????? Support on the implementation and the promotion of gender, age and diversity principles through daily activities and or through the management of their teams (Managing performance & development)?

Keyskills :
Mental Health