Psychologist

Médecins du monde or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian organization which provides emergency and long-term medical care to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Médecins du Monde (MDM) is operating in Ethiopia since 1986 in different types of health projects. MDM–France invites qualified candidates to apply for the following position:

Job Summary

The psychologist will be based at the Tigray Region /Axum – Ahasea field office with frequent travel to the Project sites The overall responsibility is to directly or indirectly carry out prevention, management and/or research activities in the area of mental health and psychosocial support. S/he will be under the direct supervision of Health Program manager with technical link with the mission MHPSS / GBV Advisor.

Essential duties and responsibilities.

Under the supervision of the Health Program manager  (plus technical link with the medical coordinator mission and  MHPSS / GBV Advisor , the psychologist has the responsibility to:

•  Implementation of the activities according to the logical framework: counselling, identify GBV cases, creating links with organizations working on MHPSS services.
• Assess patient needs, their personal situation and, strengths in order to develop plans to improve their well-being.
• Determines the state of wellbeing of beneficiaries’ situation by interviewing the client; assessing psychological, emotional, and social information; making on-site visits.
• Coaches Social workers, HEWs and community mobilizers in their community-based at project sites.
• Designs and animates psychosocial and recreational and group activities with the community Mobilizers, HEWs and Social workers. Those activities aim to create awareness about M H and psychological needs and develop positive copying mechanisms, self-care and community care practices and promote positive self-esteem among beneficiaries.
• Offers individual counselling for cases self-referred or referred by the HEWs or community mobilizers or health care providers at different program sites.
• Conduct psychosocial activities e.g. individual counselling, group counselling sessions or support groups for special needs e.g. PLHIV or GBV survivors, risk reduction sessions.
• Organizes, facilitates and conducts specific trainings on GBV issues/MHPSS/PFA for health care workers according to the needs.
• Obtains assistance for the beneficiaries referring them to community resources; arranging for appointments; establishing referral linkage with other agencies.
• Maintains records of cases by documenting the beneficiaries’ situations and adhering to data protection regulations.
• Monitors planned actions through regular follow-up.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of beneficiaries personal information receiving PSS services
• Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing interrelated results as needed.
• Follows up with beneficiaries to ensure that their situations and wellbeing has progressed
• Participates in MHPSS work group coordination meetings at field level
• Reports on MHPSS activities in the monthly progress activities report
• Performs any other task assigned by the Health Program Manager
• .Participates in demand creation activities to increase service utilization

Duty station: The Psychologist will be based at Tigray Region -Axum – Ahasea field office with frequent travel to the Project sites.

Employment Term: 6 Months with possibility of extension

Basic Salary: 37,440.00 ETB

Reported to: Under the direct supervision of Health Program manager with technical link with the mission MHPSS / GBV Advisor.

Required positions: 1 (One)

Educational Qualification

• Msc /BSC Degree in Clinical  Psychology or related field having Training / certification in MH Gap in PHC

Work Experience

• At least 3 years of working experience as Psychologist in health care setting / Counsellor in a health facility in emergency situations
• Experience with other NGO is a plus.
• Demonstrable experience in reporting, supervising and training others in a team setting.

Skills and qualities required

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good computer skills: MS Word and MS Excel
• Ability to assess people’s mental capacities.
• Organize an individual or institutional therapeutic framework (adjusting treatment to patients and their environments)
• Identify the individual’s family and social environment and identify mental capacities and vulnerabilities
• Choose a psychological support method (including referral), suggest psychosocial support activities
• Know how to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Formalize and communicate professional know-how
• Lead an individual, group and family psychotherapy session, guide people during exercises (role playing, relaxation, etc.)
• Conduct and interpret personality and cognitive tests
• Conduct psychological interviews
• Draft and format clinical notes, documents and/or reports relating to the specialist area
• Understand clinical psychology and psychopathology, particularly in relation to the group in question.

Languages

• English and  Tigrina  language are mandatory (speaking and writing)
• French language a plus.
• Women are strongly encouraged to Apply