Détails de l'annonce
Organisation : Médecins Sans Frontières - Artsen Zonder Grenzen
Site web : http://www.msf.be
Adresse email : geraldine.pellegrin@brussels.msf.org
Lieu de l'emploi : Brussels /
Type d'emploi : Contrat à durée déterminée
Type de contrat : Temps plein
Fonction : Gestion de projet
Date de publication : 24/08/2016
Date limite : 11/09/2016
Profil
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education Psychology degree
Experience 2 years clinical experience - Desirable: Proven experience as trainer - Experience in team management - Experience in brief therapy or solution focused counselling and group counselling - Experience in working with migrant population - Experience in working for MSF or other NGO
Language Dutch and French - Desirable: English, Arabic, Dari/Farsi or other languages spoken by migrants
Specific Cultural sensitivity, Interest in operational research
Transversal competencies
- Demonstrates loyalty, awareness and respect for MSF’s values
- Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation
- Understand other people’s stress
- Improves performance and sets ambitious and realistic goals
- Shares information and coordinates with team and/or others
- Gives feedback and sets limits
CONDITIONS
- Fixed-term contract 12 months, full-time, based in Brussels
- Hospital Insurance (DKV) - Pension plan – Canteen – 100% reimbursement for public transportation costs
- Starting date for position is immediate
Deadline for applications is 12/09/2016 - Interested candidates should send a letter of motivation and curriculum vitae by e-mail to Géraldine Pellegrin, Recruit-HQ-Operations@brussels.msf.org , with the following reference: “MHAM “
Description
BACKGROUND
MSF is planning a pilot project in Belgium targeting asylum seekers and newly arrived refugees (men, women and children) living in accommodation facilities or individual housing. The project aims to decrease morbidity and severity of mental health for the asylum seekers in Belgium with the specific objective to: Mobilise civil society and publicly demonstrate the need for mental health services for asylum seekers by piloting and documenting the efficacy of mental health and primary health services in a defined target population.
MSF plans to implement a Model of Care for mental health activities. The aim is to show that by intervening at an early stage, with not only specialized mental health staff, the mental health for asylum seekers and refugees can improve and reduce the burden of the primary and secondary health care. The project activities will be built on tree pillars: mental health activities – connection and networking with civil society – advocacy. The mental health activities will mainly consist of screening for mental health problems, and offering low threshold activities such as Psychological First Aid (PFA), Psychoeducation, Health Promotion, Group interventions and Individual counseling sessions (e.g. mental health assessment interview before referral). People who are in need of more specialized care will be referred to specialized care. Training and capacity building (e.g. on screening for mental health problems/detection and cultural briefing) will be given to staff at asylum centers, health care staff, schools and volunteers as part of the Model of Care. Care for staff and caretakers will be set up to prevent burnout due to emotional stress.
With a target population of 1200 people for the pilot project, MSF plans to have fixed and mobile teams to cover needs in collective and individual housing. The team composition will consists of Counsellors and Cultural Mediators with support from the Mental Health Manager. The Volunteer Focal Point will connect and network with volunteers from the civil society. The volunteers play an important part in organizing social activities/informing about psychosocial support for the individual and/or the family, in order to avoid worsening of people’s symptoms and stress.
Main purpose of the position
Define, implement and coordinate all mental health related activities in the project area; ensuring the quality of care, analyzing statistics and reports, managing staff involved in mental health related activities according to MSF protocols in order to provide the most appropriate support for patients.
JOB PROFILE
- Identify the need of MH support in the population within the scope of the project and participate to the setting up of MSF strategy accordingly
- Participate in the definition, planning, organization and update of the mental health activities and its budgeting, in close collaboration with other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective use of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF activities.
- Ensure the implementation of all Mental Health standard protocols and methodologies set by MSF and supervise their application by all professionals under his/her responsibility, in order to provide the most appropriate treatment for patients
- Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
- Supervise and ensure that mental health activities (in and outside health facilities), with the clients are performed with regular follow-up and according to all MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate treatment for clients with psycho social problems ensuring mental health team is calm and neutral during sessions regardless of personal feelings and/or beliefs.
- Review and develop the technical material, tools, guidelines and documents elaborated for the mental health activities in order to develop appropriate support for patients
- Do a mapping and its regular update of the existing services, including other INGO’s, local NGO’s, community groups and governmental health services, etc… and maintain regular communication and collaboration according to objectives and context.
- Ensure good communication with the other components of the project
- Ensures, in close collaboration with medical department, that mental health department participates in counselling, prevention parent to child transmission (PPTCT) and voluntary counselling and testing (VTC) activities when needed, and according to existing protocols in force at any time.
- Monitor and evaluate mental health support activities (define indicators and follow up tools, collect and analyze data, report regularly about mental health activities, etc.) in order to have reliable information about activities and adapt them accordingly. Participates in monthly reports according to guidelines (SitRep, statistical report, etc.)
- Share problematic situations and cases with the Medical Coordinator for help with decision making and problem resolution.
- Ensure that psychiatric patients coming to MSF facilities receive proper treatment including psychotropic medication and psychosocial support either within a MSF program or thru referral to an appropriate resource.
- Identify possible advocacy issues and inform MC and PC before taking any action. Advocacy is not under Mental Health Activities Manager accountabilities.
- Provide training and supervision on a regular basis.
- Ensure translators are trained about terminology and appropriate behaviour during sessions.