Psychologist
Job Description
Title: Psychologist
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Clinical Psychology, Counselling, Psychology.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Duty Station: Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Report To: MHPSS Coordinator
∎ Liaises with: Program Manager
∎ The position is based in Ukhiya.
∎ Program Objective:
∎ The main aim of the mental health program is to support the organization in scaling up the mental health sector in the camp, ensuring the provision of comprehensive, quality services to the community.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The incumbent will work under the supervision of the MHPSS Coordinator to provide support to the community through the performance of the following duties
∎ Work within a multidisciplinary team in the designated health facility according to the case management, bio-psychosocial approach;
∎ Conduct screening and assessment of beneficiaries and develop individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans according to their needs;
∎ Provide psycho-education to beneficiaries and their families;
∎ Provide psychological support and counselling services to beneficiaries and their families;
∎ Provide family support when needed;
∎ Facilitate group therapy and support group sessions in coordination with the multidisciplinary team;
∎ Organize community, rehabilitation and awareness activities for beneficiaries and their families in coordination with the multidisciplinary team;
∎ Attend and contribute to the weekly clinical supervision meeting;
∎ Ensure the complete and updated filing of beneficiary information, including follow- up visits and referrals.
∎ 10. Provide capacity building activities to develop skills and abilities of beneficiaries and CPV.
∎ Conduct regular supervision visits on the mhGAP program to trained health workers.
∎ Deliver trainings and supervision on MHPSS to various partners and providers.
∎ Assist in performing other tasks as requested by the MHPSS Coordinator.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 1-2 years of experience in psychosocial or mental health counselling experience required
∎ Experience with other NGOs-INGOs desirable.
Application Deadline: July 23, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.
Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.
Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org
Category: NGO/Development
