Mental Health Technical Consultant 12-414

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International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through
health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

The consultancy positions will be dedicated to the production of script writing for mental health and psychosocial department’s efforts to enhance its e-Learning approach to integrating mhGAP material into the primary health care. Consistent with an adult learning approach to use audio and visual learning aids, IMC will support the production of two mental health learning videos which focus on mental health disorders covered in the mhGAP treatment guide specifically, psychosis. Videos will be integrated into IMC’s e-Learning training.

Deliverables:

• Develop a script for 10 minute learning video on behavioral disorders using mhGAP material;
• The script should be consistent with mhGAP Intervention Guide regarding guidelines for assessment, management and referral;
• The script will organize time allocation as follows; 3 minutes on assessment, 3 minutes on management, and 3 minutes on follow up or referral;
• Scripts will be detailed specifying the number of characters (actors) in each script, with description of their profile (age/gender and description of how the actor should present);
• Script should be completed by 19th of August (aim to film the videos on 29th and 30th of August)