Senior Psychologist

Job Description

Title: Senior Psychologist

Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's Degree in Psychology or Human Services related field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project: Protection, Project: Promoting Women and Girl`s leadership for prevention of Gender Based Violence in Emergency project funded by UNICEF (Phase III)
∎ Duration: Up to 22 October, 2020

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Facilitate psycho-educational groups.
∎ Participate in consumer outings.
∎ Provide individual psychotherapy for consumers on assigned caseload.
∎ Coordinate all treatment services (PSR, case management, psychiatry, primary care, etc.) for consumers on assigned caseload.
∎ Complete authorizations for services with managed care companies.
∎ Complete annual Mental Health Assessments for consumers on assigned caseload.
∎ Collaborate and develop individualized Treatment Plan every six months for consumers on assigned caseload.
∎ Document all consumer services in electronic clinical record.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Minimum of five years' experience working with individuals with mental illness and working knowledge of the recovery model preferred.
∎ Clear understanding of gender, adolescent and women health, reproductive health Rights, self-reliance building, life skill education, human rights, issues surrounding violence against women and girls.
∎ Experience working in emergency responses targeting vulnerable women and girls.
∎ Minimum of one-year experience working with individuals with mental illness and working knowledge of the recovery model preferred.
∎ Must be willing to work evenings/weekend hours as necessary and be on call to respond to emergencies.
∎ Knowledge of the local languages spoken in the operation
∎ Computer literacy (MS office, excel Internet, email)

Salary: Tk. 108900 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other admissible benefits such as mobile & modem allowanace, medical benefit, group life insurance etc.

Application Deadline: November 4, 2019

Company Information:
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
∎ Business : ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply.