Program Manager

Job Purpose: You will be overall responsible for the inclusion and rights of people with mental illness to achieve their fullest potential by promoting a rights-based approach in the project area. Authority: You will: - Hold charge as the Program Manager of the CMH program in the districts of Belagavi. - Develop plans and budgets for your programs annually and forward them to the Director - Divisions and Director - CMHP. - Be authorized to operate and implement all agreed programs under the guidance of the Director - Divisions and Director - CMHP. - Ensure ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and training support to Community Mental Health programs and Caregivers Association for continual growth and improvement. Responsibilities: - Identify people with mental illness (PWMI) in the community and ensure psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and counseling services. - Promote PWMI and their caregivers" association members" leadership and parents as role models for advocacy and lobbying. - Create mass awareness on mental health and illness, its causes, rehabilitation, prevention aspects, rights of PWDs, The National Mental Health Act -1987, and The National Mental Health Care Act-2017. - Build a good rapport and network with DPO, NGO, GO, and CBOs to promote the rehabilitation of PWMIs in the project area. - Advocate and lobby with all departments on PWMI issues at various levels and coordinate with relevant entities. - Work with media, different commissions, and the State Mental Health Task Force regarding denial of rights of people with mental illness. - Train and prepare volunteers in the community to identify and rehabilitate PWMI in their respective areas. - Organize annual events like World Mental Health Days, World Caregivers Day, etc., to promote the visibility of CMHP in the districts. - Write SOP for the community mental health program, develop assessment tools for PWMI, and provide technical support to strengthen staff skills. - Set up counseling clinics in all branches of APD and ensure counseling support to those in need. - Develop a sustainability livelihood model for PWMI and caregivers to ensure livelihood support. - Ensure to meet planned targets and achieve satisfactory progress against annual plans and budgets of all districts. - Submit monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual reports along with forecast requirements to the Director - CMHP and LCA Srinivasapura. - Develop communication materials periodically and prepare fact-finding studies as required. - Undertake any other tasks entrusted to meet the APD goal by the management and comply with the organization's rules and regulations. Accountability: You will: - Report to the Director - CMHP and Director - Division and coordinate with LCA Managers, District executives of CMHP, and other district staff. - Ensure compliance with all APD norms and procedures by you and your staff. - Avoid misuse or illegal operations of APD funds and ensure optimal utilization of resources allocated to the CMH program.,