Turkey: Team Leader (MHPSS Center)

Organization: Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
Country: Turkey
Closing date: 03 Feb 2019

Position: Team Leader

Job Location: Gaziantep
Reporting to: Psychiatrist and technically under Senior MHPSS Officer

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey

Number of positions open: 1

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships: Psychiatrist, psychologist, PSS workers, MHPSS Center staff

General objective of the position:

The role of the MHPSS Team Leader is to provide the technical and administrative supervision to the Psychologists and PSS Workers in the MHPSS Center, compiling the regular reports and outputs of the team members.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Cooperating with the psychiatrist to provide the technical and administrative supervision and follow up for the psychologists and the PSS Workers in the MHPSS Center through in person supervision sessions and group supervision sessions.
Supporting the psychologists and the PSS workers when they work with the severe and complicated cases of beneficiaries.
Compiling the regular and requested quantitative and qualitative reports by the supervised Psychologists and PSS Workers and working on a final report summarizes them and sharing them when they are requested.
Ensuring commitment of the MHPSS Center’s team members of the work’s times and fulfilling their tasks.
Organizing the process of monthly and quarterly planning for the activities of the center and providing the technical supervision and follow up on the conducted Support groups, raising awareness sessions, advocacy campaigns and outreach visits through review and follow up on outlines and plans, outcomes, implementation and periodic and final reports.
Ensuring a high level of coordination internally and externally with other service providers in Gaziantep and other Turkish cities regarding the active referral system for the beneficiaries needs.
Participating in facilitating building capacities training sessions to the psychologists and the PSS Workers in the MHPSS Center.
Ensuring the documentation of the written files in the MHPSS to be respecting confidentiality and humanitarian work principles and ensuring clinical accuracy.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

A university degree of relevant field of study (e.g. psychological counseling, psychology… etc).
At least 2-year experience in supervising a team and having a high level of supervision skills.
At least one-year experience in MHPSS.
Good knowledge of therapeutic techniques such as (CBT. EMDR…etc).
Having a good background on protection and general health subjects.
Experience in dealing with severe and complicated MHPSS cases.
Being a certified trainer in many MHPSS related subjects.
Having good proficiency in using e-mails and MS office programs.
Having previous coordination experience.

Languages

§ Fluency written and spoken in Arabic

§ Upper-intermediate written and spoken English

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