Hope for Justice (former Retrak Ethiopia ) Senior Clinical Psychologist Jobs in Ethiopia
Hope for Justice (former Retrak Ethiopia ) Senior Clinical Psychologist Jobs in Ethiopia
Job DescriptionAbout the PositionThis position created to strengthen the quality of care delivered to children who have experienced complex trauma, abuse and damaged attachment.
It will enable our staff teams to provide more consistent and deeper care and therapies for all children, as well as target particular children with highly complex needs and provide them with more specialised clinical assessment and interventions.
The person will also play a role in training all staff around general approaches to traumatised children and help them gain confidence in, for example, de-escalation techniques, so that children receive consistent care and messaging 24/7.
It will ensure that our social work, case managers and counsellor/therapist staff have clinical supervision and debriefing so that we can improve standards of care and support to all clients, as well as help to prevent our staff experiencing secondary trauma.
Role Responsibilities
Provide psychological and therapeutic support to children experiencing complex trauma and attachment issues
Mentoring, training and oversight of all staff engaged in direct child care to build and strengthen the whole team’s ability to provide holistic 24 hour/day psychological care within all HFJ programmes
Debriefing and clinical supervision of social-workers, counsellors and therapist in all HFJ programmes
Provide clinical advice to Hope for Justice staff and managers about ethical and effective ways to address complex trauma and wellbeing needs of beneficiaries
To design, evaluate and assist in the implementation of evidence based Psychological interventions; contribute to the design, development and evaluation of the Hope for Justice’s psychosocial programs and services including life skills, individual and group counselling and therapies
Contribute to the design, development of the Hope for Justice’s psychosocial programs guidelines and manuals including life skills, individual and group counselling and therapies
To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions, including trauma focused and victim centred therapy for individuals, children, carers, families and groups, within and across teams.
Responsible for undertaking psychologically
based risk assessment (using
standardised questionnaires and clinical interview) and risk management.
To manage highly complex information and sensitive situations involving exposure to highly distressing, traumatic and emotional material and communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients.
To ensure that all members of the team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding the care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
To act as a resource to colleagues from other professions, providing teaching, consultation and supervision in relation to the psychological care of clients, their families and carers presenting with highly complex needs.
Conduct relevant research to assist in the improvement and evaluation of Hope for Justice services in consultation with senior manager or delegate;
To attend team meetings and casework supervision meetings as required;
To communicate with referring agents and clinicians in the community involved in the ongoing management of individual consumers and their carers.
Job Requirements
Qualifications[
Master degree in Clinical Psychology
Experience
5 years’ experience working with traumatised, abused and/or exploited children and at least 3 years’ experience of senior clinical supervision at NGO context
Essential Skills
Ability to write accurate, concise and informative reports in a high standard of English
Skills in participatory training techniques to a range of professional/non-professional staff
Able to maintain clinical and staff confidentiality whilst also ensuring child protection issues are professionally managed and escalated as appropriate
Strong skills in working within teams, in groups and individually
Ability to be organised, meet deadlines,
Ability to work within a team
Practical experience:
TOT training in TF-CBT
Experienced in Life Skill manual preparation
Experienced in Counselling manual preparation
How to Apply
Qualified women are encouraged to apply.
All qualified applicants can send an application letter and 2-3-page CV to Hope for Justice, email to info.ethiopia@hopeforjustice.org
Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Please put ‘Senior Clinical Psychologist’ in subject line.
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