Mental Health Specialists

(Psychologists, Social workers, Psychiatrists)

Responsibilities

As a mental health specialist working with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), you can help ensure accessto life saving health care for people in need. MSF mental health specialists:

• supervise and train staff
• provide direct clinical care

MSF provides early psycho social support to survivors of trauma in an effort to reduce the possibility oflong-term psycho logical problems developing. Mental health specialist simplement mental health programs through set-up, monitoring and evaluation of culturally and socially appropriate psycho social interventions.

Essential requirements:

• full and current registration
• minimum of a master’s degree in psychology or psychiatry
• minimum two years relevant post-qualification work experience (PTSD, depression, anxiety)
• experience in individual and group counseling
• available to work six to 9 months
• experience supervising, training and managing others
• strong command of English
• relevant travel or work experience in a developing country

Desirable experience:

• relevant experience in: counseling HIV/TB patients, survivors of sexual assault orviolence, psycho education
• experience with immigrant or refugee clients
• knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and family planning programs
• knowledge of other languages, especially French and Arabic