Avis de recrutement : Centre pour les Victimes de la Torture recrute un(e) Expert(e) psychothérapeute/formateur en Ethiopie.

Avis de recrutement : Centre pour les Victimes de la Torture recrute un(e) Expert(e) psychothérapeute/formateur en Ethiopie.

Qualifications

Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations

• Graduate degree in psychology, counseling, clinical social work or related field
• 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 of 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 in humanitarian settings, including camp-based settings
• 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 in various contexts.
• Understanding of and experience developing curricula and providing tailored training for mental health counselors on counseling approaches, sensitization on the effects of trauma and war, and designing culturally and contextually appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Experience training varying levels of mental health workers, including psychologists with graduate degrees and supervision responsibilities and paraprofessionals with no or limited prior exposure to mental health work; and demonstrated ability to provide them with on-the-job coaching, supervision, and support to ensure continuous capacity building and no harm to the clients.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity in professional environments, ideally in mental health care.
• Demonstrated experience working in a mental health capacity with both adults and children. Experience working with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence preferred.
• Experience working in environments with limited resources and infrastructure. Experience working in East Africa preferred.
• Skilled at carrying out program needs assessments, program development and program evaluation.
• Strong organizational skills and experience initiating systems for the efficient workflow of a team.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Associate psychotherapist/trainer, counseling supervisors, counselors, psychosocial counselors (PSCs)

Work Environment: Amhara Region’s security situation is unstable, includes areas of high volatility, high density of internally displace people and those who have returned to their places of origin after a severe deterioration of the infrastructure. The position will be based in Debark, Amhara with service delivery in Dabat town and Alemwach refugee site. There may also be travel to other CVT program sites in Ethiopia and Addis Ababa. Therefore, diplomacy, negotiation abilities to maintain productive relationships with other agencies, is key to the success of this position.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit; stand; walk; climb stairs; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift supplies of up to 15 pounds. Ability to travel by car for up to 2 hours per day on rough roads.

Application process

deadline : April 16^th, 2023