Job Requirements
Education:
Post-graduate education
Work experience:
2 years
Language skills:
English
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Full time
Being a mental health officer (MHO) with MSF is an intense but rewarding job.
From providing psychological first aid to survivors of natural disasters to counseling HIV patients, our MHOs play a vital role in our projects. Trauma is often the most painful aspect of surviving a conflict or disaster or living with a disease, and mental healthcare is vital for recovery.
Requirements
• Postgraduate education in one of the following: Clinical Psychology or Psychiatry along with 2 years post qualification experience
• Currently licensed to practice ?one of the above areas with independent licensed clinical practice
• Experience in managing and training mental health workers
• Experience in the clinical supervision of others and treating trauma-related problems
• Able to work well as a part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
• Willing to work in unstable areas and ability to cope in a difficult and unpredictable environment
• Available for a minimum of nine to twelve months
• Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering, or traveling experience in developing countries
• Fluency in English is essential
Responsibilities
• Doing a community mental health assessment
• Planning a mental health strategy
• Managing mental healthcare for an entire hospital/project
• Providing care for victims of sexual violence
• Supporting groups of displaced people
• Identifying and managing protection issues