Psychologist and Mental Health Specialist

Medecins Sans Frontieres; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading humanitarian organization as a mental health specialist in Toronto. In this critical role, you will provide clinical support to individuals affected by trauma and mental health issues, while training and supervising a local team. Experience in managing multicultural teams and language proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of relevant post-qualification work experience.
• At least six months of clinical experience within the last two years.
• Excellent command of English, as well as French or another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual clinical consultations.
• Organize psycho-pedagogical activities and training sessions.
• Support the program by suggesting improvements aligned with MSF's objectives.

Skills

Clinical experience in mental health

Counselling (individual and group)

Behaviour flexibility

Teamwork and cooperation

Stress management

Education

Registration as a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or clinical social worker

Master’s degree in social work with clinical specialization

Job description

As a mental health specialist with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support people suffering from post-traumatic stress related to a conflict situation or disaster, survivors of sexual violence, or people being treated for HIV / AIDS and / or tuberculosis. Your work will be mostly clinical. You will also have to recruit, train and supervise locally hired mental health professionals, who will then ensure the continuity of care. You will have to adapt tools to local cultural needs and contexts as well as to changing circumstances.

As a mental health specialist, you will be responsible for supporting the program and the team by suggesting improvements in line with MSF’s objectives and strategies, providing individual clinical consultations, organizing psycho-pedagogical activities and organizing training sessions for the team.

Requirements

• Full and current registration
• Be a certified clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, or a certified clinical social worker. Social workers must have a master’s degree in social work with clinical specialization
• Minimum two years of relevant post-qualification work experience
• At least six months of clinical experience within the last two years
• Professional experience in mental health issues associated with at least two of the following areas : – HIV / AIDS post-traumatic stress disorder sexual violence trauma tuberculosis
• Experience in individual and group counselling
• Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training)
• Excellent command of English, as well as French (level B2) or another language (Arabic, Spanish). Refer to thisevaluation grid
• Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies or situations of healthcare exclusion)
• Available to work six to 12 months

MSFCore Competencies

• Behaviour flexibility : Level 2 Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation
• Teamwork and cooperation : Level 2 Shares information and coordinates with team and others
• Result and quality orientation : Level 2 Works towards objectives, preserving established standards
• Commitment to MSF principles : Level 1 Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles
• People management : Level 2 Gives feedback and sets limits
• Cross-cultural awareness : Level 3 Demonstrates an integrating attitude
• Stress management : Level 2 Manages own stress
• Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) : Level 1 Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context

Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context

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