Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST EHSAS



ABOUT SNEHA A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women\'s health is essential to building
viable urban communities. SNEHA is 450+ person strong, innovative and progressive organization that works on health and
nutrition in urban slum pockets with women and their families. SNEHA follows the life-cycle approach to health and nutrition,
by intervening at critical junctures (adolescence, preconception, conception, pregnancy, postnatal, infancy and toddlerhood,
family planning) to ensure improved health and nutritional outcomes for women and children living in some of Mumbai\xe2\x80\x99s
most vulnerable and deprived slums and in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well.

SNEHA recognises that, in order to improve urban health standards, our initiatives must target both care seekers and care
providers. We work with communities residing in informal settlements to empower women and communities to be catalysts
of change in their own right and collaborate with existing public health systems and health care providers to create
sustainable improvements in urban health. We have different programs running across SNEHA. Empowerment Health and
Sexuality of Adolescents (EHSAS) is one such programme focusing on adolescent health and well being.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Our vision of the EHSAS Program is to enable the health and wellbeing of adolescents and youth, and transform
them into healthy, gender-sensitive and responsible citizens. The program\xe2\x80\x99s focus is on: 1. Health, 2. Gender
equality, 3. Sexuality, 4. Prevention of violence against women and children, 5. Participation

An important learning from our intervention has been that the program requires a long term plan with creative
strategies to sustain the interest of adolescents, and this helps to reduce the rate of attrition in the program. The
information provided through participatory group education sessions if coupled with interesting activities,
wherein adolescents get an opportunity to explore precarious and unanswered questions, leads to self and peer
learning. We are introducing information, communication and technology in our program. We are in the process
of developing website for adolescents, which is ancillary to SNEHA website. The program will engage the
adolescents in workshops to create other web-based platforms. These web-based platforms will be managed by
older adolescents in co-ordination with SNEHA staff.



THE PROFILE The role of clinical psychologist is necessary for screening, identification and planning treatment for adolescents
in schools with mental health issues. the role also requires enabling EHSAS team to integrate mental health
intervention

JOB LOCATION Kandivali DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: \xef\x82\xb7 Demonstrate and deal with adolescents with mental health issues effectively. \xef\x82\xb7 To collaborate intervention of adolescent\xe2\x80\x99s parents with required psychoeducation. \xef\x82\xb7 To train the staff in conducting screening tools that can be used for mental health intervention \xef\x82\xb7 To screen adolescents in schools / communities where EHSAS is working for mental health issues and plan appropriate interventions along with the program team \xef\x82\xb7 To conceptualize EHSAS mental health intervention in a larger context \xef\x82\xb7