Consultant for capacity Building & Technical Supervision of MHPSS activities – Libya (Remote)

Country : Libya (Remote)

Starting date : 01/07/2022

Duration of mission : 6 months

GENERAL CONTEXT

PUI Libya mission is seeking support for mental health and psychosocial (MHPSS) capacity building and technical supervision activities for staff, based in Libya. The staff are responsible to conduct individual or group sessions, in order to accompany patients with non-communicable diseases and their families; at health centre level. Indeed, chronic illnesses (asthma, hypertension, diabetes, etc) can be caused or aggravated by emotional and stress-related issues and have a significant impact on the patients’ lives or their relatives who may require psychological support. In the framework of this project, PUI aims at supporting the targeted health facilities to integrate MHPSS into primary health care through fostering health workers listening skills and clinical sensitivity.

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

To implement quality activities, PUI is currently seeking technical support for the provision of capacity building trainings and technical supervision follow-up to PUI MHPSS staff.

SPECIFICS OBJECTIVES

• Build the capacities of the MHPSS provider (PUI staff)
• Support the MHPSS provider in her clinical practice
• Support the MHPSS provider in training other medical staff in PUI supported primary health care facilities, through cascade trainings
• Ensure quality MHPSS services are delivered to the beneficiaries
• Ensure the clinical approach and tools used are in line with the defined MHPSS framework and SOPs for PUI Libya mission
• Address concerns related to clinical work that includes giving the alert in case of a critical ordangerous practice or situation (for both the client and the clinician).
• Liaise with the focal points at PUI coordination level in case such alert rises.