Mental Health Supervisor

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Belgium is hiring a Mental Health Supervisor in Borno.

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

General Objective:

• Under the supervision of the Mental Health Activity Manager, the Mental Health Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day supervision, coordination and technical support of the mental health team, ensuring the delivery of quality mental health services in accordance with MSF protocols, standards and operational objectives.
• The MHS ensures effective team management, clinical supervision, monitoring of activities and continuous development of counsellors' competencies.

Main Responsibilities: Team management and supervision:

• Directly supervise and support mental health counsellors in their daily activities, ensuring appropriate task allocation and workload distribution.
• Organise regular individual and group supervision sessions and monitor staff performance. Provide constructive feedback, identify staff development needs and support capacity-building.
• Coordinate staff schedules, leave planning and coverage to ensure continuity of services.
• Identify and escalate significant team management issues to the MHAM.

Clinical supervision and quality of care:

• Provide regular clinical guidance to counsellors. Facilitate case discussions and case conceptualisation to strengthen clinical reasoning and intervention planning.
• Support counsellors in managing complex cases, including psychosis, trauma, suicide risk and other significant mental health presentations, within their competencies.
• Promote clinical learning through modelling, co-therapy, observation, role plays and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Monitor the quality of counselling interventions, patient follow-up, referrals and continuity of care. Ensure adherence to clinical protocols, ethical standards, confidentiality and patient-centered care.

Activity planning and monitoring:

• Coordinate the implementation of mental health activities across assigned service delivery points, including nutrition services, CEmONC and outreach.
• Prepare and monitor weekly work plans and activity schedules in coordination with the MHAM. Monitor consultation, identify gaps and propose corrective actions.
• Conduct regular field visits to support counsellors and assess service delivery.
• Review activity reports and ensure accurate and timely documentation.

Capacity-building and professional development:

• Identify clinical and technical learning needs of the mental health team.
• Organise regular clinical learning sessions, case presentations, paper reviews and refresher training. Encourage peer learning and continuous professional development.
• Support counsellors in developing competencies in assessment, counselling, risk management, case formulation and referral procedures.

Coordination and reporting:

• Strengthen collaboration with medical, nursing, nutrition, Health Promotion and other relevant departments. Ensure appropriate identification and referral of patients requiring mental health support.
• Coordinate with the psychologist and social worker for patients requiring multidisciplinary interventions.
• Provide regular updates to the MHAM on activities, team performance, clinical concerns and operational challenges. Ensure timely reporting and appropriate follow-up of agreed action points.

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

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