• Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out, individual or in group counseling, basic psycho educational sessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.

• Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary in order to propose the best support available.

• Participate in the creation of any material needed for counseling activities and look after it,

• Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with other counselors, preserving confidentiality

• Inform the line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.

• Take an active part in trainings, supervisions/ interventions, and support the Psychosocial supervisor/activities manager when necessary in doing sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.

• Discuss difficulties and problems in counseling with the supervisor

• Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to the MH activity Manager

MSF SECTION/CONTEXT SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Individual, family and group psychosocial counseling for the patients of our cohort in the health center and on outreach in the communities within the catchment area.

• Strong collaboration and referral with and to the medical/psychiatric team and the psychosocial worker.

• Proactively advocating for counseling services and support in the development of the counseling strategy together with the Psychologist Supervisor and MHAM

• Participate in Clinic meetings, multidisciplinary case discussions, medical meeting, and team meetings in the health center and in the MSF office

• Flexibility in the venue of work

• Any other task assigned by the line manager.