Goal
Responsible for the implementation of MHPSS and care practice integrated with nutrition and health intervention.
Objective 1: Participate in implementing MHPSS and care practice integrated with nutrition and health intervention:
- Identify the psychosocial and care needs of the mothers and caretakers in the health facility and design a methodology for improving the psychosocial
- Assess the existence of a psychosocial care service within the health facilities, work to improve/strengthen psychosocial care services in the health facilities
- Participate in elaborating teaching aids and adapting them according to the target population needs ;
Objective 2: Improve child stimulation and encourage mothers in the relationship with their child:
- § Implement as many play sessions as possible and provide toys tailored to match the age and capacities of the children
- § Provide children and accompanying adults with the opportunity to play together and to improve the mother/child relationship;
- § Conduct stimulation activities for the mothers and children according to the beneficiaries’ needs
- § Conduct individual counselling for the mothers and care takers
- § Evaluate the beneficiaries’ knowledge before and after the sessions
- § Provide support to the health instructor and take part in appetite testing as often as possible
- § Organize and direct sessions on breast-feeding practices or on child development
- § Make use of the appetite test to observe and encourage the mother/children bond
- § Provide as much help as possible to any parent/guardian whose child experiences difficulties during the appetite test
Objective 3: Organize discussion groups and working groups with the beneficiaries:
§ Stimulate exchange between beneficiaries in discussion /working groups on a particular theme and make them more dynamic.
§ Be capable of observing and analysing the content of a group session and evaluate it on the basis of an evaluation grid
§ Be capable of receiving and restraining expressions of strong emotions
Objective 4: Contribute to the follow up of the beneficiaries’ care practices:
- § Identify the beneficiaries and attendants who need special attention (unusual behaviour, aggressiveness, isolation, food refusal, etc.)
- § Ensure that these persons are given support through interviews, individual counselling and by referring them to the medical team in sensitive situations;
- § Inform the supervisor or psychologist of any information or observations made following an educational activity session ;
- § Keep the files concerning social activities up to date
- § Data entry of MHPSS cases in MHPSS database and reporting to the line manager
