Level: • 7

Contract of

Employment • Service Agreement for 1 month, renewable.

Main objectives • Providing psychological support to patients according to MSF principles, standards and procedures in

order to improve the patients’ mental health.

Accountabilities

• Carrying out evaluation of mental health needs of patients and establishing a diagnosis and a plan of

treatment. Informing the patient and his/her relatives about the possible consequences of the illness and

the drug treatment to follow and referring patients to other health professionals whenever necessary, in

order to provide the most appropriate treatment and improve the patient's condition

• Implementing the Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) protocol, identifying possible victims of

SGBV and referring them to the medical team so that they receive the necessary treatment.

• Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients

according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions

• Assisting and training staff members and resourceful people whenever necessary in order to enhance

Main responsibilities

the scope of MH activities. Working in close collaboration with translators in order to ensure appropriate

terminology and behavior during sessions

• Collecting statistical and monitoring data about mental health activities

and tasks

• Informing the supervisor and the medical team about any issues or problems that may arise related to

patients’ treatment in order to provide the best possible solution from a medical perspective

• Ensuring that all patient information is kept confidential.

Context Specific Accountabilities

The mental health and psychosocial support activities in Daraa project will be provided in two

locations namely Nawa hospital and tasil PHCC in Daraa governorate. The psychologist will be

responsible to perform the following MHPSS activities based on MSF guidelines and protocols in the

above mentioned locations.

• Conduct psychological assessments/ Evaluations and diagnose common mental health disorders.

• Providing psychological support and psychotherapy sessions (individual, family, group) to patients from

mild to severe symptoms according to MSF protocols in order to improve their mental health conditions.

• Continuously collaborate with counselors, MH gap doctors, psychiatrists, social workers and otherVac#2025085

medical staff to ensure comprehensive, and multidisciplinary care for beneficiaries.

• Provide appointment to patients/benefciaries for first and follow-up sessions and trace the patient in

case of no-show or lost to follow-up.

• Provide individual and group general psychoeducation and awareness sessions.

• Provide PSS level II and III group sessions and other non-psychotherapeutic group sessions including

recreational activities for children and adults to improve the well-being of the target population.

• Take part in the development of mental health awareness materials on different topics.

• Ensure patient files and other materials are safely archived according to MSF Data Protection

Guidelines to preserve confidentiality.

• Provide mental health and psychosocial support trainings to MHPSS and medical teams in the project

area.

• Participate and contribute in regular case discussions/supervisions.

• Prepare and maintain reporting (patient) files for each session/activity and to update the same on time.

• Preparing and submitting MHPSS related periodic reports in weekly and monthly basis.

• Carrying out any new MHPSS assessments and activities in newly identified facilities and interventions,

according to MSF operational guidance.