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Job Title:   Clinical Psychologist (3 Jobs)

Organisation: TPO Uganda

Duty Station: Bidibidi, Imvepi, and Kyaka II, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator as line supervisor MHPSS Supervisor as overall supervisor

About Organisation:

TPO Uganda is a local Ugandan NGO that has been operating in the country for 27 years. Our programs comprise interventions organised around the following themes: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Care and protection of OVC; child protection, livelihoods support, response and prevention of all forms of violence against women and children as well as emergency response and humanitarian action. TPO Uganda is active in over 45 districts in the region and is a member of several partnerships and coordination mechanisms in the country.

Job Summary:  The Clinical Psychologist will provide technical support to the project team and supervise the implementation of the different Psychotherapy interventions delivered by Social Workers at both group and individual levels.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clinical Supervision: The Clinical Psychologist will be responsible for supervising Social Workers and providing guidance throughout implementation of Project MHPSS intervention approaches.
• Case management; build up case management repository for the project in accordance to the standard case management principles and TPO Uganda case management process.
• Assessment and diagnosis; provide guidance towards the use of various global and internal assessment tools in relation to project needs and in accordance with diagnosis.
• Mainstream PSS into all projects activities and build resource materials for MHPSS adaptable to the project according to the project theory of change.
• Capacity strengthening and enhancement; Train Social Workers, partners and Community Support Structures on MHPSS, mhGAP HIG, PFA and any other skills as required by project objectives and arising needs during implementation
• Provide support supervision, consultation, mentorship, and specialized clinical care to beneficiaries, and support Social Workers to manage complex MHPSS cases
• Supervise and support implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy sessions, Psychological first Aid, problem management Plus as well as provision of psychoeducation and awareness raising to the community.
• Conduct quarterly review meetings with community support structure members to review progress, challenges and developing actions to improve psychosocial work across the refugee settlements/ project scope.
• Participate in all MHPSS settlements and District MHPSS related meetings and Working Groups

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Masters in Clinical Psychology.
• Membership of any psychology Association is an added advantage.
• Research experience and sound clinical practice experience is an added advantage.

How to Apply:  

Please send your CV, letter of interest and academic documents with 3 work related referees via email: jobs@tpoug.org Please include your salary history for the past 3 years (Attached as one document of not more than 2MBs).

Deadline: 20th June 2024

NB: TPO Uganda is an equal opportunities employer that does not discriminate on any basis.

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