We are looking for a Consultant (Mental Health) who is driven with a mission to bring transformational change in the mental health space through policy action. The Consultant will work under the supervision of the Project Manager SHC, the PMU and THF who will delineate his/her/their roles and responsibilities from time to time.
The ideal candidate would have a strong commitment towards improving the mental health of children and be adept in handling critical psychological cases. The Consultant (Mental Health) will be involved in the everyday functioning of the school health clinics, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, reviewing and providing feedback and contribute in designing strategy for all mental health aspects of SHCs.
Role and Responsibilities
Understanding, reviewing, and supporting the psychologists appointed in the SHCs in supervising critical psychological cases of children.
Provide specialised regular individual supervision to the psychologists engaged in SHCs and help them in navigating through complicated psychological cases
Providing evidence-based advice to the PMU and ngo for dealing with different challenges and aspects of mental health as and when they surface during the implementation of the project.
Providing research-based inputs and suggestions to the PMU for the sustainable expansion of the SHC project in the mental health space.
Identification of major mental health issues in different schools and different socio-economic contexts, examining and designing sub-interventions to resolve these issues at the macrolevel.
Working in close coordination with the Monitoring Associate for regular monitoring of all sessions and cases undertaken by the SHC psychologists, identifying, and reducing gaps in coordination with relevant stakeholders of the project.
Working in close coordination with the Project Associate to identify medico-legal and critical cases and facilitate the escalation and de-escalation of all suc