Organization: Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
Country: Turkey
Closing date: 03 Feb 2019

Position: Psychologist

Job Location: Gaziantep
Reporting to: MHPSS Team leader and technically Senior MHPSS officer

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey

Number of positions open: 2

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships: Psychiatrist, Team Leader, PSS workers, MHPSS Center staff

General objective of the position:

Psychologist is to provide Psychotherapy service through comprehensive assessment, Therapy plan, implementation, follow up in additional to participating with other MHPSS activities.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Working effectively with the other MHPSS Center’s team members to ensure a high quality of work with full respect of the Humanitarian Work Principles.
• Conducting comprehensive assessments of the situation of the individuals on the psychological, social and mental level.
• Conducting psychotherapy sessions with individuals with MHPSS Disorders and supporting their care givers to understand the individuals’ problems and how they can support them.
• Conducting group psychotherapy sessions with groups of individuals with similar MHPSS Disorders.
• Conducting additional assessments such as (IQ test…etc.) when needed.
• Following up on the recovery process through gradual coordination with the psychiatrist and the PSS workers for the beneficiaries who are receiving additional PSS and Mental Health Sessions.
• Continue coordinating with the others MHPSS Center’s team members to ensure linking the beneficiaries with the suitable services to their needs when it exceeds the MHPSS center’s abilities.
• Providing the needed psycho-education to the beneficiaries and their care givers and family members.
• Taking in consideration the reported evaluations of Beneficiaries’ satisfaction into consideration to improve the MHPSS service quality.
• Ensuring the confidentiality of beneficiaries’ information documented in the assessment forms and the clinical soft and hard copies with ensuring good quality of documentation of the beneficiaries’ files and information.
• Participating in the ongoing group and individual technical supervision sessions.
• Providing weekly/monthly regular updates and reports to the supervisor.
• Participating in raising awareness regarding the MHPSS disorders and the rights of people who suffer from them on both individual and the community level.
• Active participation in advocacy campaigns and celebration of world days related to MHPSS such as (World Mental Health Day, international Day for people with disability…etc.).
• Facilitating group activities for beneficiaries and group activities of care providers of the beneficiaries.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required

• A university degree of relevant field of study (e.g. bachelor of Psychological counseling/Psychology or any related field of study.

• One Year experience at least of working as a psychologist.

• Ability to conduct individual and group psychotherapy sessions and group activities specifically in MHPSS issues.

• Attended Psychotherapy Techniques training and having experience certificates.

• Having basic proficiency in using e-mails and filling beneficiaries’ information on electronic forms.

• Commitment to the basic morals of working with vulnerable people and respecting confidentiality.

• Ability to work independently and with a team in the same time.

Languages

§ Fluency written and spoken in Arabic

§ Upper-intermediate written and spoken English

How to apply:

CONTRACT CONDITIONS

The salary will be defined regarding the SAMS Turkey Office salary scale on-going.

Interested candidates may please send their resume and fill the application in the following link

https://recruitment.sams-hr.com/

Last date for application is 03/ February / 2019