Clinical Psychologist for development of mental health capacity building workshop for parents and caregivers

Embrace in a non-profit organization dedicated to mental health and has played a crucial role in recent years by breaking the stigma and igniting conversations about mental health on a national level in Lebanon through its campaigns and impact-oriented projects. Embrace works towards this mission through raising awareness, advocacy, and providing dignified mental health services across the spectrum of care. We fulfil our mission through several key pillar programs that cover a wide range of mental health care areas from prevention to direct and specialized intervention through  the following programs: national Lifeline, CEDARS Program, National and International Capacity Building Trainings, Embrace Mental Health Center, Embrace the Workplace Program, Awareness & Outreach and Embrace Mobile Mental Health Clinic.

Description

The clinical psychologist is responsible  to develop relevant content for creating a workshop on mental health tailored to parents and caregivers (teachers, frontlines). Eligible candidates are licensed clinical psychologists with a background in providing support to children and parents.

Key responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive and structured outline for a 2-hour workshop including but not limited to these topics.
  • Introduction to mental health (definition and statistics including children’s)
  • Risk factors and protective factors of mental health among children and adolescents
  • General warning signs (physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral)
  • Age-related mental health warning signs (early childhood, school-aged children, adolescence)
  • Responding and supporting children in distress (active listening skills/ communication skills/ de-escalation skills).
  • Impact of caregivers’ mental health on children
  • How to engage in self-care for caregivers.
  • Mental health professionals they can refer to (for children or themselves).
• Develop an elaborate content based on the approved outline, with appropriate activities, tailored to general and vulnerable populations. Content needs to be developed in both English and Arabic.
• Create informative and engaging visual and supporting documents (e.g: pamphlets, key messages, and any other relevant material) relevant to groups of different backgrounds.
• Provide guidance and resources to workshop facilitators to ensure they are equipped to deliver the content effectively.
• Develop evaluation tools/ surveys to gather feedback of participants on workshop.

• Licensed clinical psychologist, with experience working with children and caregivers.
• Fluent in English and Arabic
• Strong research skills, with ability to synthesize information, prioritize topics, and gather them into a comprehensive content for a workshop. 
• Previous experience working with vulnerable populations is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience in developing mental health content is preferred.