Background
The Center for Victims of Torture is hiring a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work as part of a mental health capacity-building project. The professional will strengthen the quality of psychological services provided at an independent, locally-run torture treatment center, and build the capacity of the center to better meet the mental health needs of survivors of torture. The position focuses on assessment, training, supervision, program evaluation, and community collaboration. This one-year position is based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, starting immediately. This may be an accompanied post.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in psychology, counseling, clinical social work, or related field. Master’s degree or equivalent required.
- Fluency in English. Ability to speak Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian desirable but not required. If candidates do not have fluency in any of the
languages, experience working through interpreters is helpful.
- Extensive experience providing individual and group psychotherapy to trauma survivors.
- Significant experience working with locally-run NGO organizations and negotiating multiple relationships within and between
organizations.
- 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.
- Understanding of and experience developing curricula and providing training on counseling approaches, sensitization on the effects of
trauma and war, and designing interventions.
- Experience working in low and middle income countries.
- Experience supervising mental health counselors.
- Experience conducting program needs assessments, program development and program evaluation.
- Competency in Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Clinical supervision: Provide individual and group supervision to counselors, including case discussions, live supervision, and supervision of
supervisors.
- Training: Design and carry out training programs for counselors through formal training sessions, mentoring and modeling. Continually
assess development of counselors and adapt training to meet their needs.
- Psychotherapy: Serve as co-therapist with counselors in individual, family and group settings to model treatment methods that are
culturally relevant and empirically supported.
- Clinical Assessment: Collaborate with PATH and partner center research teams on the design and implementation of appropriate
assessment tools and processes.
- Community Assessment and Collaboration: In collaboration with the treatment center staff, provide co-training and coordination with other
organizations to better address the needs of torture survivors in the community.
- Reporting and Administration: Write and submit regular reports on clinical and training activities.
Deadline: 30 April 2013
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