Program Manager

Job Purpose: To be overallresponsible for inclusion and rights of people with mental illness to achieve fullest potential by promotingright based approach in the project area.Authority:  YouWill:§  Hold charge as Program manager  – CMH  program  Districts of  Belagavi.§  Develop Plans and Budget of yourprograms annually and forward the same to the  Director  - Divisions and  Director  - CMHP.§  Authorized to operate and implement ofall the agreed programs  under  the guidance of Director  - Divisions and  Director  - CMHP.§  To ensure ongoing monitoring, evolvingand training support to Community Mental Health programs and Caregivers Association for its continual growth and improvement.§  Authorized to operate and implement allagreed programs under the guidance of Director - Divisions andDirector  - CMHP.   Responsibilities:·       Identify PWMI in the Community  and Ensure psychiatric treatment   & rehabilitation and counsellingservices.  Ensure Taluk level Mental healthCamps through  DMHP  and DDRC and sustain the psychiatricservices  in the Project areas ·       Promote  PWMI and their caregivers Association  members   leadership    and   parents as role model for advocacy and lobbying·       Create  mass awareness  on Mental healthand illness  & its causes ,rehabilitation and prevention aspects, rights of the PWDs and The  National Mental Health  Act and  The National Mental Health  Careact Ensure social security schemes through capacitybuilding.·       Ensure to have good rapport and Network withDPO, NGO,GO and CBOs and  individuals topromote rehabilitation of PWMIs  atproject area.·       Advocacy and Lobbying with all departments onPWMI issues at Village, wards,  taluk,district and state level and coordinate with   DYPs , parents  federationsand  disability collectives·       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. ·       Train   and prepare volunteers in the community to identify   , rehabilitate the PWMI  in their respective areas in the projectareas. Ensure Child Mental healthprogram through the education department and PU board·       Ensure regularly capacity building of the  staff on need of the project.·       Involve in the develop human resource in otherorganization staff on CMHP  for effectiveimplementation of CMHP.·       Organize the annual events like World MentalHealth Days , World Caregivers Day  etc  and promote  visibility of CMHP in the Districts.·       Write SOP for community mental health programand bring best practices and develop assessment tools for PWMI.  Give technical support to PWMI and strengthenthe staff skills·       Train CMHP staff  about  Assessment tools,  Scales, best practices and Technologies.  Bring good documentation system in CMHP·       Set up counselling clinic in all Branches of APDand ensure counselling support to needy people.  Create prevention model in CMHP program.·       Develop sustainability livelihood model for PWMIand care givers. PWMI will get Livelihood support.·       To  Ensureto meet planned targets and to achieve the satisfactory progress against to annual plans and budgets of alldistricts·       To Ensure monthly, quarter, half and annualreports and fore cost requirements to Director – CMHP and LCA SrinivasapuraTo develop required communication materials periodically for and prepare fact finding studies.·       To take up any other tasks that may beentrusted to meet the APD goal by the Management.·       Obey the  rules and regulations of the  organizationAccountability:Youwill:·       Report to Director – CMHP  and  Director  -Division    and  Co -ordinate with  LCA  Managers, District  executives –CMHP  and  other district  staff .·       To ensure all APD norms and proceduresare followed by you and your staff's.·       To avoid or misuse or illegaloperations of APD funds.·       To ensure optimal utilization of resourcesallocated to  CMH  program on yearly basis to ensure the reach to all peoplewith disabilities.·       Dotted line reporting to  Director –Divisional Work