
Mental Health Officer
From providing psychological first aid to survivors of natural disasters to counselling HIV patients, our mental health officers play a vital role in our projects. Trauma is often the most painful aspect of surviving a conflict or disaster or living with a disease, and mental healthcare is vital for recovery.
Responsibilities
Our mental health officers (MHOs) often head a group of outreach workers and counsellors, providing care in the health facilities but also out in the community.
It’s a challenging and exciting role and you would be responsible for some or all of the following:
- Doing a community mental health assessment.
- Planning a mental health strategy.
- Managing mental healthcare for an entire hospital/project.
- Providing care for victims of sexual violence.
- Supporting groups of displaced people.
- Identifying and managing protection issues.
Requirements
- Postgraduate education in one of the following: Clinical Psychology or Psychiatry along with 2 years post qualification experience
- Currently licensed to practice one of the above areas with independent licensed clinical practice.
- Experience in managing and training mental health workers.
- Experience in the clinical supervision of others and treating trauma related problems.
- Able to work well as a part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.
- Willing to work in unstable areas and ability to cope in a difficult and unpredictable environment.
- Available for a minimum of nine to twelve months.
- Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering or travelling experience in developing countries.
- Fluency in English is essential.
Desirable
- A second language (preferably French, Arabic, Spanish or Portuguese).
- Experience working in the field of HIV/AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual violence, Tuberculosis (TB) care.
- Experience with emergency mental health/crisis interventions.
If you are an external applicant please apply via the link below:
If you are a locally hired MSF staff (or have previously worked with MSF in the last 12 months), please apply via the link below: