Job Description

Title: Mental Health Assistant (Ukhiya Base)

Company Name: Terre des hommes

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least completed 4-years graduation in Psychology.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Mental health

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Mental Health and Psychosocial support to beneficiaries through Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention.
∎ Support project to conduct in-depth analysis of mental health and psychosocial issues.
∎ Explore the causes of adversity and psychosocial distresses among the target’s population, at individual level, family, and community level.
∎ Explore the existing stakeholders who are providing psychosocial support; formal and informal stakeholders, including traditional healers. Analysis the support/referral mechanism.
∎ Identify population who are vulnerable to mental health and psychosocial distress. Identify individuals who need mental health and psychosocial support by using PM+ intervention.
∎ Assessment of individuals that need MHPSS services, creating care plans, follow up sessions to ensure implementation of care plan, setting goals to better guide the individual through PM+ intervention.
∎ Organize awareness and information session on mental health and psychosocial issues among vulnerable population, abuse/violence survivors and users.
∎ Ensure compliance with Tdh technical quality standards, in close coordination with the Mental Health Technical Specialist.
∎ Provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) based on need and emergency.
∎ Family Strengthening support.
∎ Conduct Effective Parenting sessions to the parents/caregivers as a part of Tdh Family Strengthening Approach.
∎ Ensure the proper identification and referral services from the group session for the children, adolescent, and parents/caregivers.
∎ Support to develop, contextualize, and adapt new MHPSS resources based on findings from community consultations including with children, adolescents and caregivers that are gender, age, and disability sensitive.
∎ Conduct community outreach activities to identify most vulnerable children (with a focus on inclusion of children with disabilities) and their caregivers and encourage their participation in other CP activities.
∎ Cross-cutting psychosocial and mental health issue.
∎ Strengthen existing MHPSS service mechanism, through capacity building training, regular follow-up, etc.
∎ Strengthen referral mechanism on psychosocial and mental health issues, which is suitable with local context and sustainable.
∎ When necessary, training to project staff and volunteers on psychosocial and mental health issue thus they can integrate this issue within their regular work and better coordinate with Mental Health Officer.
∎ Monitoring and Accountability.
∎ Contribute in developing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials and its dissemination; ensure inclusion of psychosocial issue within IEC materials for instance, child protection toolkit, documentary film, etc.
∎ Respect Donor/project communication and visibility guideline.
∎ Collect necessary data and enter Tdh monitoring mechanism. Collect case stories and good practices on mental health and psychosocial issues.
∎ Networking, Coordination and Representation
∎ Assist Mental Health Officer to develop linkages and maintaining regular contact and working relation with all relevant stakeholders for referral purposes and following through on the referral pathways.
∎ Exchange experiences and lesson learning with the network organization to better guide our service mechanism.
∎ Establish and maintain positive and efficient relations with target beneficiaries, community members, Tdh partners, CP and non-CP actors, formal and informal local authorities, Site Management, CiC etc
∎ Participate in fora and meetings held at the Camp/ host community level, when relevant and necessary
∎ Child Protection/ Safeguarding
∎ Promote inclusion and equal access for every child, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable and at-risk children and children with disabilities
∎ Identify potential cases of children in need of additional support, care or protection and refer them for support.
∎ Maintain strict confidentiality regarding information and data of beneficiaries at all times
∎ Ensure Child Protection Minimum Standards are mainstreamed into all the activities
∎ Report serious cases of abuse committed against children to the CP Project Manager/coordination team. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
∎ Other
∎ Fully comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Policy is upheld at all times
∎ Ensure adherence to Tdh standards and quality requirements in all the project activities.
∎ The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are not exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project needs.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 19 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 2 years working expriecne on PM+
∎ Master in General Psychology/Clinical Psychology/Educational and Counselling Psychology/Child Psychology will be preferable.
∎ Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.
∎ Basic IT knowledge (Microsoft Office, Internet, excel)
∎ Knowledge of child protection systems in Bangladesh/ Excellent facilitation skills.
∎ Competencies :
∎ Fluent in Chittagong dialect, good mastery of English
∎ Compassion, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills.
∎ Excellent communication and active listening abilities.
∎ Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations and respond to crises effectively.
∎ Physical and emotional resilience, as the role may involve exposure to challenging situations.
∎ Understanding of and commitment to maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy.
∎ Team player with the capacity to work collaboratively within a team.
∎ Basic knowledge of mental health conditions and treatment approaches (specific requirements may vary by employer).
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 39600 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 25 Dec 2023

Company Information:
∎ 17 Dec 2023
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Address : House no: 52 (1st and 2nd Floor), Road no: 15, Block: D, Banani, Dhaka – 1213
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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