Lebanon: Community Mental Health Case Manager

▪ Complete the intake on all first visits to the CMHC psychiatrist.

▪ Act as a resource for patients on all general and mental health issues

▪ Assist in the assessment of mental health needs, propose appropriate interventions, and collaborate with other CMH team members in the development and implementation of each person’s MH care/recovery plan.

▪ Provide appropriate psychosocial support to all beneficiaries.

▪ When necessary, visit the patient’s place of residence.

▪ Provide timely follow-up on referral issues.

▪ Be able to effectively manage crises when patient or family member is agitated, aggressive, or highly distressed.

1.Be knowledgeable of all CMHC processes, condition-specific care pathways, assessment tools, outcome tools, forms, policies, procedures and standard operating procedures.

2.Provide case management and psychosocial support for mental health beneficiaries:

▪ Assist in the assessment of mental health needs, propose appropriate interventions, and collaborate with other CMH team members in the development and implementation of each beneficiary’s coordinated MH care/recovery.

▪ Provide proper, timely case management to all beneficiaries.

▪ Provide appropriate psychosocial support to all beneficiaries.

▪ Referral of case-managed beneficiaries to all other needed services.

▪ When required, accompany other CMH Team members on visits to beneficiary’s place of residence.

3.Community mental health interventions:

▪ Participate in defining effective and culturally appropriate approaches and interventions at the community level.

▪ Conduct targeted mental health sensitization, public information sharing, and destigmatization activities in the CMH clinic, PHC/SDC, and throughout the community.

▪ In coordination with the mental health team, develop evidence-based mental health interventions at the community level.

▪ In collaboration with the mental health team, explore and detect potential risk factors influencing mental health status of the target population.

▪ Initiate and facilitate mental health support groups.

▪ Advocate on all mental health related issues and/or concerns.

▪ In collaboration with the mental health team, develop and implement innovative preventive mental health interventions and activities to be undertaken within the PHC/SDC as well as the wider community.

Upon submission, please send your updated resume via lebanonrecruit@promocionsocial.org and include " Community Mental Health Case Manager" in the subject of the e-mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. It is a national posting.