Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 21 Oct 2016
The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work in a refugee camp program with Eritrean refugees who have suffered torture and war trauma. The position will oversee psychological interventions, including group and individual therapy with adults and children; provide training and supervision to a team of national staff counselors and local refugee psychosocial counselors; and liaise with other NGOs and local organizations. The position has a one-year renewable agreement. This is an unaccompanied post. The position will begin immediately.
Location: Shire, Ethiopia
Duration: 1 year employment agreement with the possibility of renewal
Start date: October 1, 2016
Reports to: Clinical Advisor for Mental Health
Post status: Unaccompanied
Organization:
The Center for Victims of Torture works toward a future in which torture ceases to exist and its victims have hope for a new life. We are an international nonprofit dedicated to healing survivors of torture. We provide direct care for those who have been tortured, train partners around the world who can prevent and treat torture, and advocate for human rights and an end to torture. We are headquartered in Minnesota with offices in Africa and the Middle East.
Responsibilities:
- Psychotherapy Oversight: Oversee and coordinate mental health assessments and individual and group psychotherapy provided by counselors.
- Clinical Supervision and Training: Design and carry out training programs for staff counselors – including ongoing training, mentoring, modeling and clinical supervision. Continually assess development of counselors and adapt training to meet their needs.
- Staff Management: Build and maintain a strong and cohesive team of counselors. Coordinate workflow, resources and priorities and facilitate communication across the team. Hire, coach, mentor and develop staff members.
- Program Development: Work as part of the country team to achieve program objectives. Manage day-to-day operations of the program to ensure activities run smoothly and in parallel across 2 camps. Adjust or develop new program activities in accordance with client population needs. Participate in regular meetings with lead program staff.
- Community Assessment: Mentor counselors to complete needs assessments, sensitizations and psychoeducation in refugee camps in order to identify target populations and determine appropriate mental health interventions for people who have been tortured and/or traumatized by war.
- Community Collaboration: Coordinate services and provide training to other organizations to better address the needs of identified client populations in the camps.
- Reporting: Contribute to the writing, review and submission of regular reports regarding clinical and training activities.
- Program/Project Evaluation: Participate in the implementation of program evaluation.
Qualification
Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
- Graduate degree in Psychology, Counseling, Clinical Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy
- 4 years of experience providing individual and group psychotherapy to trauma survivors
- 3 years of experience supervising mental health professionals and paraprofessionals
Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
- Certification or licensure as a psychologist or psychotherapist
- 6 or more years experience providing individual and group psychotherapy
- Extensive experience providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, families and SGBV survivors.
- 5 years of experience supervising mental health professionals and paraprofessionals
- Experience working in the field of torture treatment
- Experience working with interpreters
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)
- Understanding of and extensive experience implementing culturally appropriate mental health interventions, including individual, group and community-based approaches for people who have suffered torture and trauma.
- Understanding of and experience developing curricula and providing training for mental health counselors on counseling approaches, sensitization on the effects of trauma and war, and designing interventions.
- Demonstrated cultural sensitivity in professional environments, ideally in mental health care.
- Experience working in developing countries. Experience working in East Africa preferred.
- Skilled at carrying out program needs assessments, program development and program evaluation.
- Skilled at working as a member of a team.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a developing country and in an isolated environment lacking in amenities.
- Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements, client needs and political climate.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel)
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills
- Ability to travel by car up to 1 hour per day on rough, unpaved roads.
- Fluency in English required. Fluency in Tigrinya desirable but not required.
- Interest in or commitment to human rights
How to apply:
Submit CV and letter of interest at http://cvt.simplicant.com