Shamiri Institute
29 days ago
10/01/2024
10/31/2024
Clinical Lead T1 2025
KiambuKE
Our mission is to provide youths, in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and beyond, with evidence-based tools to improve their life outcomes. We believe in a world where youth, anywhere, can actualize their life outcomes.
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About the role:
- Clinical Leads will be part of our Shamiri Program —a youth-led, youth-oriented mental healthcare program and delivery system that integrates two essential elements: 1) a rigorously tested evidence-based mental health intervention (the Shamiri, or “Thrive!” in Kiswahili, intervention) that includes simple, empirically supported psychological elements, uses stigma-free, culturally appropriate content, and 2) dissemination in secondary schools by youths trained as lay-providers and integration into a three-tier mental health care model.
- The Clinical Lead is a ‘supervisor of supervisors’ who works directly with in-need students and supervises clinical supervisors handling clinical cases. The clinical lead oversees referrals of students to their best-suited providers and collaborates with school staff, parents/guardians, and community members to ensure —to the best of their ability— that in-need students benefit fully and find/meet no harm.
Roles and Responsibilities
Clinical Service Delivery and Oversight
- Handle risk-associated student cases to ensure they receive the care they need.
- Lead the case management of child welfare/protection student cases.
- Overseeing referrals of students to their best-suited service providers.
Clinical Supervision
- Facilitate weekly group clinical supervision sessions for clinical supervisors.
- Facilitate individual supervision sessions for clinical supervisors as needed.
- Regularly conduct clinical supervisor wellness checks and implement restorative solutions as needed.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Monitor the progress of clinical service delivery and perform required assessments and evaluations.
- Regularly review clinical records to ensure case handling and treatment approaches adhere to relevant clinical protocols.
- Ensuring caregiver practices meet ethical and organizational standards.
Collaboration and Advocacy
- Develop relationships with community service providers to ensure in-need students receive needed support.
- Collaborate with school staff, parents/guardians, and community members to support in-need students.
- Oversee and approve all external clinical case reporting and briefings, e.g., school administration.
Liaison
- Develop and provide necessary reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
- Develop and provide supervision reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
- Develop and provide clinical training needs reports to the clinical operations team or other relevant parties.
Requirements
- At least an undergraduate degree in psychology, counselling psychology or a similar psychology field; a master’s qualification is preferable but not required.
- Registered with the Counselling and Psychologists Board of Kenya (or show proof of registration being in progress)
- Minimum of four years of relevant continuous working experience in a mental healthcare setting.
- Experience supervising mental health providers (e.g. counsellors) in a mental healthcare setting.
- Experience working with adolescents in a counselling/psychotherapy setting.
- Experience in a leadership/team management role in a healthcare setting.
- Excellent written communication skills, both writing and speaking.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaborate with others; a positive team player with a strong work ethic and passion for helping others.
KiambuKE
Bachelor
Healthcare