Psychologists, Psychiatrists

Responsibilities

• Providing emergency mental health care and psychosocial support during or after emergencies or conflicts.
• Designing, implementing and evaluating treatment programs that have a clinical and community-based component.
• Ensuring interdisciplinary collaboration, training and supervision of staff implementing psychosocial support activities, e.g. through the creation of a network of groups of similarly affected people.
• Collecting data, analyzing statistics, writing regular project reports.

Requirements

1. Psychiatrists

   • Specialization diploma (completed specialization) in psychiatry. 
   • Minimum 2 years experience in the field of adult psychiatric care, preferably within a hospital and community setting.
   • Work experience with child and adolescent patients, inmates and substance users is very useful.
   • Ability to work on assignment for a minimum of 3 to 6 months.

2. Psychologists and Psychotherapists

   • Master's degree in a master’s program in psychology with a final exam in clinical psychology.
   • Completed psychotherapy training accredited by the Ministry of Health.
   • Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience (we do not accept internships).
   • Ability to work on assignment for a minimum of 6 to 12 months.

3.  Psychiatric nurse

   • Diploma in general nursing and specialization in psychiatric nursing.
   • Minimum 2 years relevant work experience.
   • Ability to work on assignment for a minimum of 6 to 12 months.

Required work experience (for all positions listed above)

• Work experience in individual and group settings.
• Clinical work experience in a hospital ward or community mental health service.
• Demonstrable experience in the clinical treatment of male and female clients with trauma (PTSD), HIV or TB (counselling and prevention during long-term care)
• Experience in managing and training staff.
• Creativity and enjoyment working with non-professionals in a different cultural settings.
• Experience working with survivors of sexual violence as well as in violence prevention.
• Experience working with children and adolescents.
• Experience with working in a community-based approach.
• Experience developing culturally relevant and environmentally appropriate information materials.
• Experience of working in an NGO abroad or with clients from different cultures and lower-income countries.
• Strong knowledge of English is essential.
• General requirements for all professions also apply.