Psychologist and Mental Health Specialist
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RESPONSIBILITIES
From providing psychological first aid to survivors of natural disasters to counselling HIV patients, our mental health specialists play a vital role in our projects.
As a mental health specialist with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support people suffering from post-traumatic stress related to a conflict situation or disaster, survivors of sexual violence, or people being treated for HIV/AIDS and/or tuberculosis. Your work will be mostly clinical. You will also have to recruit, train and supervise locally hired mental health professionals, who will then ensure the continuity of care. You will have to adapt tools to local cultural needs and contexts as well as to changing circumstances.
As a mental health specialist, you will be responsible for supporting the program and the team by suggesting improvements in line with MSF’s objectives and strategies, providing individual clinical consultations, organizing psycho-pedagogical activities and organizing training sessions for the team.
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Full and current registration
Be a certified clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, or a certified clinical social worker. Social workers must have a master’s degree in social work with clinical specialization.
Minimum two years of relevant post-qualification work experience
At least six months of clinical experience within the last two years
Professional experience in mental health issues associated with at least two of the following areas:
HIV/AIDS
post-traumatic stress disorder
sexual violence
trauma
tuberculosis
Experience in individual and group counselling
Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training)
Fluency in English and French (Intermediate+, minimum level B2 in both). Refer to this evaluation grid . Other languages such as Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese are valued but not required.
Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies or situations of healthcare exclusion)
Available to work six to 12 months
MSF CORE COMPETENCIES
Behavioural flexibility: Level 2, Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation
Teamwork and cooperation: Level 2, Shares information and coordinates with team and others
Result and quality orientation: Level 2, Works towards objectives, preserving established standards
Commitment to MSF principles: Level 1, Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles
People management: Level 2, Gives feedback and sets limits
Cross-cultural awareness: Level 3, Demonstrates an integrating attitude
Stress management: Level 2, Manages own stress
Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI): Level 1, Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context.
To find out more about MSF core competencies, please look here.
You can find a comprehensive view of MSF career paths here.
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