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Responsibilities

♦ Providing optimal preventive and psychosocial aid to people with mental health and psychosocial needs at community level according to the organization principles, standards and procedures in order to provide the most appropriate mental health support for patients.

♦ 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.

THE ORGANIZATION Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

♦ In collaboration with the MHAM (Mental Health Activity Manager) and the lay counsellors ensuring that they provide the most appropriate informations for migrants in the clinic and in Al-Hol main Camp about MSF’s services provided.

♦ In collaboration with MHAM increasing the knoledge and information about the SGBV component in the clinic (and in other possible locatios to be identified) to better support clients.

♦ In collaboration with the medical team support the activities intgreting the MH component.

♦ Ensuring the quality of care and data collection for mental health activities.

♦ Ensuring confidentiality in and out MSF working places.

♦ Flexible and respectful towards the other staff members.