Job Title: Psychosocial Counselor
Organisation: Center for
Victims of Torture (CVT)
Victims of Torture (CVT)
Duty Station: Gulu,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to:
Psychotherapist Project Officer
Psychotherapist Project Officer
About US:
The Center for Victims of
Torture (CVT) is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA and is a
humanitarian non-governmental organization that provides mental health
rehabilitation to refugees around the world. In Uganda, CVT provides mental
health rehabilitation services to survivors of LRA-inflicted torture and
violent trauma; provides on-site mental health clinical mentoring and
supervision to counselors in partner NGOs; and works to build a network of
mental health service providers in northern Uganda.
Torture (CVT) is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA and is a
humanitarian non-governmental organization that provides mental health
rehabilitation to refugees around the world. In Uganda, CVT provides mental
health rehabilitation services to survivors of LRA-inflicted torture and
violent trauma; provides on-site mental health clinical mentoring and
supervision to counselors in partner NGOs; and works to build a network of
mental health service providers in northern Uganda.
Job Summary: The Psychosocial
Counselor will support individuals, groups, and communities to recover from the
effects of torture and war trauma, and enable them to rebuild their lives and
their communities.
Counselor will support individuals, groups, and communities to recover from the
effects of torture and war trauma, and enable them to rebuild their lives and
their communities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Counseling: Works to provide psycho-social services to
individuals, groups, and communities to assist them to recover from the effects
of torture and war trauma by:
individuals, groups, and communities to assist them to recover from the effects
of torture and war trauma by:
- Completing
an initial screening and intake assessment; individual and group treatment
plans; case management including timely referral, follow-up, and advocacy
if necessary; home visits; and follow-up assessments. - Conducts
individual or family counseling sessions with clients affected by war
trauma or torture. - Actively
facilitating of group counseling processes, including selection of group
members, planning the group process, and group facilitation. - Providing
interpretation between clients and other CVT staff members when needed. - Ensuring
that all clinical documentation is competed in a timely and professional
manner. - Ensuring
that all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are
observed at all times.
2. Community Sensitization,
Collaboration and External Training:
Collaboration and External Training:
- Support
in the planning and implementing community’s awareness, sensitization,
education campaigns, understanding and engagement with the issues relating
to mental health, war trauma, and torture. - Ensure
that the CVT services known and accessible to people whose psycho-social
functioning has been impaired by their experiences of torture and war
trauma. - Representative
of CVT: Good knowledge
of CVTs policy, program objectives and interventions to be able to
introduce to others. - Identification
of potential clients, identification of potential external training
participants, facilitating access to CVT services, development of referral
systems and encourage collaboration between local groups and leaders,
CBOs, local and international NGOs, and government ministries. - Attend
interagency meetings to improve service delivery to our client groups and
access opportunities to forward CVT’s work. - Support
in designing, planning, implementing, and facilitating external and
community training programs in order to develop a more supportive
environment for people whose psycho-social functioning has been affected
by experiences of torture and war trauma. - Make
sure that the reporting and documentation of community activities and
external trainings are completed in a timely manner.
3. Reporting:
support in the gathering of information and writing of regular reports
regarding clinical and training activities.
support in the gathering of information and writing of regular reports
regarding clinical and training activities.
4. Liaise with Admin and
Logistics as needed to ensure:
Logistics as needed to ensure:
Planned coordination and
requisition of needed counselling and office supplies in good time, and to
ensure stewardship and care of materials and supplies.
requisition of needed counselling and office supplies in good time, and to
ensure stewardship and care of materials and supplies.
5. Promote Self-care through
Support and Supervision:
Support and Supervision:
- Attend
regular support, debriefing, case conferences, and/or supervision meetings
to ensure information and skill-sharing. - Organize
trainings provided by CVT and other agencies as directed by
Psychotherapist Project Officer. - Request
support and provide feedback to Psychotherapist Project Officer on
training and supervision as needed. - Send
files to Psychotherapist Project Officer for regular review and support. - Set
objectives for each week and month which contributes to achieving the objectives
of the site. Plan the activities required to achieve these objectives. - Send
weekly and monthly M&E forms and reports. - Set
and follow through on a personal self-care schedule to avoid burnout and
vicarious traumatization. - Perform
any other duties as assigned by the Psychotherapist Project Officer.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) job should
hold a diploma or above in Counseling, Social Work, or related field. - At
least one year’s experience working as counselor, Social worker, or in a
similar position with LRA survivors. - Demonstrated
flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements and client needs. - Skilled
at working as a member of a team. - The
applicant must also maintain neutrality regarding any sensitive issues
such as religion, minority or political affiliation; - Exhibit
strong commitment to serving beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless of
their religion, gender, minority affiliation or political background. - Fluency
(spoken and written) in English and Luo (Northern Uganda).
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested
candidates should send a cover letter, updated CV, and 3 professional
references to [email protected], including the job title in the subject line
of your email. Priority consideration will be given to applicants from northern
Uganda.
candidates should send a cover letter, updated CV, and 3 professional
references to [email protected], including the job title in the subject line
of your email. Priority consideration will be given to applicants from northern
Uganda.
Deadline: 10th January, 2016
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