Mental Health and Psycho – Social support Manager - Afghan Nationals Only

Job Description

- Lead the setting up of the mental health PHC integration program in line with the National Mental Health Program plans and strategies that are aligned with the WHO mhGAP HIG and IASC MHPSS guidelines and IRC Outcome and Evidence Framework (OEF) in the supported health facilities, Mobile Health Units and through the community health component. - Assess the current MHPSS programming within IRC Afghanistan for protection and GBV, identify gaps, duplications, challenges and best practices - Based on the internal assessment findings; in the first month, develop a 6 month feasible work plan clarifying roles and responsibilities of all relevant parties including sector coordinators. - Provide clinical mental health and psychosocial program supervision to project staff (re: General Practitioners, MHPSS mentors, Protection and GBV case workers) inclusive of ongoing capacity building, professional development, technical support and performance reviews. - Conduct field visits to monitor and support MHPSS activities and interventions provided, and support technical quality of programming by providing feedback and mentorship - Lead and facilitate monthly team meetings with program staff and share minutes of the meetings with the health coordinator - Facilitate trainings and workshops, including organizing logistics, collaborating with co-trainer/s, and documenting program indicators. - Assist in developing budgets and proposals. - Track budgets, procurement plans, and work plans to ensure proper personnel, facilities, and supplies are available to meet grant deliverables. - Conduct mhGAP Operations training for health managers, team leaders and health leadership, develop an mhGAP implementation plan to coordinate the mhGAP activities at all levels. - Participate in rapid needs assessments with other IRC sectors and external agencies as required

Program Management of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support:

- Actively participate in coordination mechanisms, represent the IRC in the MHPSS Technical-working group and ensure the implementation of IASC MHPSS guidelines where relevant - Coordinate with the National Mental Health Program team to ensure that IRC is aligning their activities with the N-MHP strategies and plans - Work closely with the in-country senior health leadership to ensure proper coordination and timely reporting. - Lead the development and implementation of data collection, M&E and quality control measures (e.g. on the job supervision checklists, impact measurement tools, client satisfaction measures and mhGAP training reports) for mental health services in static and mobile clinic, and community-based psycho-social activities - Support the development of referral pathways to strengthen links to available services for MHPSS in an integrated approach. - Develop a community MHPSS awareness package in coordination with the community health team and protection coordinators - Lead the development of appropriate IEC materials on MHPSS, to build awareness of services and promote key messages - Support the recruitment of MHHPSS team members when relevant - Support with team building, performance review and professional development of future staff. - Participate in the development/review of mentorship plans and other activity plans on quarterly basis - Work closely with the health coordinator and country pharmacist to ensure availability of WHO essential psychotropic medications at the clinics at all time - Coordinate with other MHPSS stakeholders to ensure complementation.

Partner Management

- Work closely with project coordinators to identify implementing partners, designing interventions, monitor their implementation and provide supportive supervision. - Ensure the development of regular performance monitoring plan of partners to achieve the set project’s objectives; provide technical support and guidance. - Conduct partner’s assessment to understand and plan for the technical capacity building support. - Development of capacity building plan for partner organizations along with close monitoring of performance improvement and training uptake. - Arrange regular meetings with implementing partners to discuss the future program implementation cycle and understand the challenges and barriers that might delay the progress.

**Documentation and Reporting****:

- Ensure disaggregated and cumulative tracking of clients and documentation of all activities and outcomes - Participate in preparation of internal and external reports, including submission of monthly reports to health coordinator. - Take responsibility for collection and reporting of mental health project data including HMIS reporting and patient outcomes (e.g. functioning scale, client satisfaction surveys). Support project staff to maintain program records and documentation as per project management minimum standards, including maintaining the confidentiality and security of MHPSS client data - Promote the culture of learning and documentation so that lessons learned and good practices are documented and shared for institutional memory and learning as well as to advocate on behalf of the targeted communities - Support the development of MHPSS monitoring and evaluation tools and related activities for improving performance - Working on donors’ reporting and contribute to proposal and CN development along with donor reporting - Ensure proper documentation of all trainings, completion and analysis of pre and post knowledge tests and on the job supervision checklists as well as mental health PHC integration checklists. Sharing copies with MHPSS team data management, M&E, and reporting. Perform other duties as assigned by the Health Coordinator

Qualifications

- Medical Doctor specialized Psychiatrist (preferably) or Psychologist (with a Masters degree in clinical psychology or counselling psychology) with minimum three years of experience working on MHPSS programs. - Sound knowledge and experience on implementing IASC MHPSS guidelines in emergency settings - mhGAP training and supervision experience including IG, HIG and operational manual - Training experience on Psychological First Aid, - Capacity building/ curriculum development experience in community based MHPSS approach - Fluency in English. Knowledge of local languages will be an asset

EEXPERIENCE:

- Previous NGO experience in a conflict-affected setting in MHPSS management capacity - Strong experience in MHPSS coordination and project management. - Management, training and supervision experience required - Strong organizational and supervisory skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to work within different cultural environment - Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources - Experience in mental health and protection work with displaced persons, refugees, returnees and migrants - Excellent command of the use of Microsoft Office especially Outlook, Work, Excel and Power Point - Good communication, teamwork skills and ability to work independently