Center for Victims of Torture Psychosocial Counselor Jobs in Uganda

Objective:

To assist individuals, groups, and communities to recover from the effects of torture and war trauma, and enable them to rebuild their lives and their communities. .

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Counseling: Works to provide mental health services to individuals, groups and communities to assist them to recover from the effects of torture and war trauma by:

• Completing an initial screening and intake assessment; individual and group treatment plans; case management including timely referral, follow-up, and advocacy if necessary; home visits; and follow-up assessments.

• Carrying out individual or family counseling sessions with clients affected by war trauma or torture.

• Work to ensure safety and stabilization for clients who are at risk of harm to self or others.

• Facilitating of group counseling processes, including selection of group members, planning the group process, and group facilitation.

• Providing interpretation between clients and other CVT staff members when needed.

• Ensuring that all clinical documentation is competed in a timely and professional manner.

• Ensuring that all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed at all times.

• Community Sensitization, Collaboration and External Training:

• Assist in planning and implementing community’s awareness, sensitization, education campaigns, understanding and engagement with the issues relating to mental health, war trauma, and torture.

• Make CVT services known and accessible to people whose psycho-social functioning

• Psychosocial Counselor, has been impaired by their experiences of torture and war trauma.

• Representative of CVT: Good knowledge of CVTs policy, program objectives and interventions to be able introduce to others.

• Identification of potential clients, identification of potential external training participants, facilitating access to CVT services, development of referral systems and encourage collaboration between local groups and leaders, CBOs, local and international NGOs, and government ministries.

• Attend interagency meetings to improve service delivery to our client groups and access opportunities to forward CVT’s work.

• Assist in designing, planning, implementing and facilitating external and community training programs in order to develop a more supportive environment for people whose psycho-social functioning has been affected by experiences of torture and war trauma.

• Ensure that the

reporting and documentation of community activities and external trainings are completed in a timely manner.

• Reporting:

• Assist with gathering of information and writing of regular reports regarding clinical and training activities.

• Liaise with Admin and Logistics as needed to ensure:

• Planned coordination and requisition of needed counselling and office supplies in good time, and to ensure stewardship and care of materials and supplies.

• Promote Self-care through Support and Supervision

• Attend regular support, debriefing, case conferences, and/or supervision meetings to ensure information and skill-sharing.

• Attend trainings provided by CVT and other agencies as directed by Psychotherapist

• Trainer or Associate Psychotherapist Trainer

• Request support and provide feedback to Psychotherapist Trainer or Associate

• Psychotherapist Trainer on training and supervision as needed.

• Submit files to Psychotherapist Trainer or Associate Psychotherapist Trainer for regular review and support.

• Set objectives for each week and month which contributes to achieving the objectives of the site. Plan the activities required to achieve these objectives.

• Submit weekly and monthly M&E forms and reports.

• Set and follow through on a personal self-care schedule to avoid burnout and vicarious traumatization.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Psychotherapist Trainer or Associate Psychotherapist Trainer

Qualifications:

• A diploma or above in Counseling, Social Work or related field.

• Fluency (spoken and written) in English and Acholi.

• Experience (at least a year working as counselor, social worker or in a similar position with LRA survivors.

• Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements and client needs.

• Skilled at working as a member of a team.

How to Apply

Applications deadline is 31st December 2020 at 5pm (East Africa Time).

Please send all applications to:

gmarini@cvt.org

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