Female Community Mental Health Worker

Job Description

Title: Female Community Mental Health Worker

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: --

Age: 18 to 59 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 47500 (Monthly)

Published: 19 Jan 2025

Education:
∎ Higher Secondary
∎ Desirable : Trainings on MH topics and/or psychosocial approaches and/or health related topics and modules (for example PFA, PM+ group or PM+ individual, PSS trainings)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 59 years
∎ Essential : experience in community and/or social work
∎ Preferable: experience in the facilitation of groups on different MHPSS topics,
∎ Preferable : experience working one to one with families and children
∎ Preferable : experience working directly with Rohingya refugees of different ages and genders
∎ Languages:
∎ Essential : written and spoken Bangladeshi and spoken Chittagong dialect
∎ Desirable: English language
∎ Essential : strong knowledge of the affected populations (local and Rohingya)
∎ Strong communication, organizational and social skills (attentive listening, open attitude, empathy, sensitivity)
∎ Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary team
∎ Initiative, creativity and flexibility
∎ Capacity to adjustment to change
∎ Interest in helping vulnerable population
∎ Results and Quality Orientation
∎ Teamwork and Cooperation
∎ Behavioural Flexibility
∎ Commitment to MSF Principles
∎ Stress Management
∎ Experience:
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Competencies:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Providing information and education to the affected population on mental health/psychosocial (psycho-education), according to specific needs
∎ Working together with other team members to prepare/produce various mental health psychosocial education messages/topics, according to specific groups and needs e.g. caretakers of malnourished children, population affected by armed conflict, etc.
∎ Identifying and appropriately referring patients who need medical or mental health assistance and providing psychological first aid to identified community members in need.
∎ Organizing supportive activities in the community (art for children, discussion sessions, etc.), if required.
∎ Ensuring that all patients attending MSF activities are well informed about services provided.
∎ Visiting families in their home/tent/shelter if required, in order to facilitate defaulters' tracing or to offer psycho-education.
∎ Attending supervision sessions and educational sessions with members of the team.
∎ Maintaining monitoring data and producing regular work reports to the supervisor.
∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:
∎ Offer psychosocial group activities and assist group MH sessions for refugees and for host community participants.
∎ Collaborate closely with PSS community members, model good PSS practices - and provide feedback for training of PSS community team to MH Sup and Psychologist.
∎ Supervise the play area and provide play session in play area and wards for children and their parents in accordance with therapeutic play and MSF guidelines.
∎ Offer psychosocial group activities and assist group MH sessions for refugees and for host community participants.
∎ Collaborate closely with PSS community members, model good PSS practices - and provide feedback for training of PSS community team to MH Sup and Psychologist.
∎ Supervise the play area and provide play session in play area and wards for children and their parents in accordance with therapeutic play and MSF guidelines.
∎ Collaborate closely with medical team and MH team for identifying and supporting responsibly children through psychosocial activities in hospital.
∎ Provide psychoeducation sessions in IPD and OPD waiting areas according to MSF guidelines.
∎ Accountabilities:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Two (2) annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents.
∎ 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
∎ There will be no provisions for relocation.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Gender:
∎ Only Female

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Job Highlights:

Read Before Apply:

Please apply through the following link by 27/01/2025 with updated resume, cover letter, and other relevant documents i.e. NID, Experience Certificate, degree and training certificate.Application Link: https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/single/AFRS5Ntt

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Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Address::
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Application Deadline: 27 Jan 2025

Category: NGO/Development