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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

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