Clinical Psychologists job at African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims ( ACTV )

Clinical Psychologists job at African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims ( ACTV )

JOB DETAILS:
Job Summary:
The Clinical Psychologist will provide quality psychological care services to torture survivors at individual and group levels thereby improving the psychological well-being of the clients.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Deliver mental health services to torture survivor’s responsibilities.
• Provide holistic and quality care to torture survivors
• Screen clients for eligibility for mental health services.
• Conduct psychological assessments to identify client’s needs
• Establish a baseline intervention and set the psychological treatment plan
• Plan sessions by using the session plan template and conduct psychological counseling
• Make client referrals based on appropriate identification of clients needs
Devising and monitoring appropriate treatment programmes including counseling, therapy session, etc.
• Conduct psychological assessments to identify client’s needs
• Offering therapy and treatments for mental health clients.
• Provide psychological care services to clients through psychological counseling or psychotherapy.
• Evaluate each psychological counseling/psychotherapy session
• Conduct follow-up assessments.
Seek and receive clinical supervision
• Revise and monitor appropriate treatment programmes
• Fill the session evaluation template.
• Actively participate in individual and group clinical supervision sessions
• Prepare cases for case discussion on a periodic basis
Coordinate with other mental health staff.
• Coordinate with other mental health staff
• Participate in clients management meetings
• Participate in mental health coordination meetings
• Participate in mental health service fundraising activities
• Participate in mental health capacity building activities
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside medical officer, nurses, social workers and psychiatrists.
Ensure documentation of all mental health activities.
• Prepare and submit activity reports on mental health activities and periodic reports to the mental health coordinator
• Ensure that the clients psychological care process
• Compile minutes of all meetings related to mental health services
Prepare reports.
• Give inputs to the ACTV strategic plan and Annual work plan
• Compile activity reports on mental health activities
• Facility preparation of periodic reports
Appear as an expert witness in courts of law
Maintain an efficient system for keeping patients records and other important documents

Key Performance Indicators
• Provision of appropriate mental health treatment
• The number of survivors who receive appropriate mental health treatment
• Timely and accurate reports
• The number of activity and periodic reports
• Knowledge of professional ethics and code of conduct
• Knowledge of psychosocial need assessment
• Knowledge of effects of torture and psycho trauma
• Listening, questioning strategy skills
• Knowledge of mental health case management systems
• Reports submitted to the UHRC and courts of law

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant must hold a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, counselling psychology or any other related qualification
• Two years of relevant working experience in a similar position
• Aged 35years and below

Competencies
• Knowledge of professional ethics/ethical code of conduct
• Psychological interviewing skills
• Knowledge and skills of bio psychosocial need assessments/MH diagnostics and case formulation
• Knowledge of torture and science of psycho trauma
• Communication skills
• Active listening and questioning strategy skills
• Case management systems in mental health
• Documentation and reporting skills

Job application procedure

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should send their applications, cover letter and updated CV to these Emails: actv@actvuganda.org and ceo@actvuganda.org

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