Program Manager

Job Purpose: To be overall responsible for inclusion and rights of people with mental illness to achieve fullest potential by promoting right based approach in the project area.

Authority:

You Will:

§ Hold charge as Program manager – CMH program Districts of Belagavi.

§ Develop Plans and Budget of your programs annually and forward the same to the Director - Divisions and Director - CMHP.

§ Authorized to operate and implement of all the agreed programs under the guidance of Director - Divisions and Director - CMHP.

§ To ensure ongoing monitoring, evolving and training support to Community Mental Health programs and Caregivers Association for its continual growth and improvement.

§ Authorized to operate and implement all agreed programs under the guidance of Director - Divisions and Director - CMHP.

Responsibilities:

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  Identify PWMI in the Community and Ensure psychiatric treatment & rehabilitation and counselling services. Ensure Taluk level Mental health Camps through DMHP and DDRC and sustain the psychiatric services in the Project areas
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  Promote PWMI and their caregivers Association members leadership and parents as role model for advocacy and lobbying
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  Create mass awareness on Mental health and illness & its causes , rehabilitation and prevention aspects, rights of the PWDs and The National Mental Health Act -1987 and The National Mental Health Care act-2017. Ensure social security schemes through capacity building.
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  Ensure to have good rapport and Network with DPO, NGO,GO and CBOs and individuals to promote rehabilitation of PWMIs at project area.
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  Advocacy and Lobbying with all departments on PWMI issues at Village, wards, taluk, district and state level and coordinate with DYPs , parents federations and disability collectives
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  Work with media and different commissions and State Mental Health Task Force regarding denial of rights of the people with mental illness and Work with DMHP, DHO,THO and PHC level doctors to ensure psychiatric services in the project areas.
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  Train and prepare volunteers in the community to identify , rehabilitate the PWMI in their respective areas in the project areas. Ensure Child Mental health program through the education department and PU board
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  Ensure regularly capacity building of the staff on need of the project.
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  Involve in the develop human resource in other organization staff on CMHP for effective implementation of CMHP.
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  Organize the annual events like World Mental Health Days , World Caregivers Day etc and promote visibility of CMHP in the Districts.
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  Write SOP for community mental health program and bring best practices and develop assessment tools for PWMI. Give technical support to PWMI and strengthen the staff skills
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  Train CMHP staff about Assessment tools, Scales, best practices and Technologies. Bring good documentation system in CMHP
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  Set up counselling clinic in all Branches of APD and ensure counselling support to needy people. Create prevention model in CMHP program.
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  Develop sustainability livelihood model for PWMI and care givers. PWMI will get Livelihood support.
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  To Ensure to meet planned targets and to achieve the satisfactory progress against to annual plans and budgets of all districts
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  To Ensure monthly, quarter, half and annual reports and fore cost requirements to Director – CMHP and LCA Srinivasapura

• To develop required communication materials periodically for and prepare fact finding studies.

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  To take up any other tasks that may be entrusted to meet the APD goal by the Management.
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  Obey the rules and regulations of the organization

Accountability:

You will:

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  Report to Director – CMHP and Director -Division and Co-ordinate with LCA Managers, District executives – CMHP and other district staff .
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  To ensure all APD norms and procedures are followed by you and your staff's.
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  To avoid or misuse or illegal operations of APD funds.
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  To ensure optimal utilization of resources allocated to CMH program on yearly basis to ensure the reach to all people with disabilities.
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  Dotted line reporting to Director –Divisional Work