Organization:
The Center for Victims of Torture exists to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families, and their communities and to stop torture worldwide. We work to build healing communities where torture survivors feel welcomed, protected and healed
Closing date: 08 Aug 2009
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work as part of a mental health capacity-building project. The professional will strengthen the quality of psychological services provided at an indigenous, locally-run torture treatment center, and build the capacity of the center to better meet the mental health needs of torture survivors.
The position focuses on training, supervising, and empowering staff to conduct services, not on direct provision of services.
Project Description:
This is a three-year, collaborative mental health capacity-building project involving CVT and four locally-run torture treatment NGOs in East and Central Africa. The project’s objective is to deepen and broaden mental health skills of the clinical staff at the local NGOs.
The two principle project activities are
1) intensive work with a locally-run torture treatment NGO in one of the four countries, with periodic visits to a similar NGO in another; and
2) semiannual, weeklong clinical workshops involving all of the project partners.
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Assessment: Conduct assessment of mental health services. Develop goals and implementation plans, in collaboration with staff of the treatment centers.
2. Training: Design and carry out training programs for local mental health professionals, including formal training sessions, mentoring, modeling and supervision. Continually assess development of counselors and adapt training to meet their needs.
3. Psychotherapy: Serve as a co-therapist with local mental health providers in individual, family and group settings to model treatment methods that are both culturally relevant and empirically supported.
4. Clinical Supervision: Provide individual and group clincal supervision to local mental health providers that includes case discussions, supervision and self-care components.
5. Reporting: Write and submit regular reports regarding clinical and training activities.
6. Program/Project Evaluation: Participate in the design and implementation of program and project evaluation.
7. Community Collaboration: In collaboration with treatment center staff, provide co-training and coordination with other organizations to better address the needs of torture survivors in the community.
8. Community Assessment: Complete needs assessments in local communities to identify resources for people who have been tortured and/or traumatized by war.
9. Perform other duties as assigned in the implementation of program activities.
Qualifications:
The Center for Victims of Torture exists to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families, and their communities and to stop torture worldwide. We work to build healing communities where torture survivors feel welcomed, protected and healed
Closing date: 08 Aug 2009
Location: Kenya - Nairobi
The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work as part of a mental health capacity-building project. The professional will strengthen the quality of psychological services provided at an indigenous, locally-run torture treatment center, and build the capacity of the center to better meet the mental health needs of torture survivors.
The position focuses on training, supervising, and empowering staff to conduct services, not on direct provision of services.
Project Description:
This is a three-year, collaborative mental health capacity-building project involving CVT and four locally-run torture treatment NGOs in East and Central Africa. The project’s objective is to deepen and broaden mental health skills of the clinical staff at the local NGOs.
The two principle project activities are
1) intensive work with a locally-run torture treatment NGO in one of the four countries, with periodic visits to a similar NGO in another; and
2) semiannual, weeklong clinical workshops involving all of the project partners.
Primary Responsibilities:
1. Assessment: Conduct assessment of mental health services. Develop goals and implementation plans, in collaboration with staff of the treatment centers.
2. Training: Design and carry out training programs for local mental health professionals, including formal training sessions, mentoring, modeling and supervision. Continually assess development of counselors and adapt training to meet their needs.
3. Psychotherapy: Serve as a co-therapist with local mental health providers in individual, family and group settings to model treatment methods that are both culturally relevant and empirically supported.
4. Clinical Supervision: Provide individual and group clincal supervision to local mental health providers that includes case discussions, supervision and self-care components.
5. Reporting: Write and submit regular reports regarding clinical and training activities.
6. Program/Project Evaluation: Participate in the design and implementation of program and project evaluation.
7. Community Collaboration: In collaboration with treatment center staff, provide co-training and coordination with other organizations to better address the needs of torture survivors in the community.
8. Community Assessment: Complete needs assessments in local communities to identify resources for people who have been tortured and/or traumatized by war.
9. Perform other duties as assigned in the implementation of program activities.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Psychology, Counseling, Clinical Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy. Masters degree or equivalent required.
- Fluency in English and French.
- Extensive experience providing individual and group psychotherapy to trauma survivors.
- Understanding of and extensive experience implementing culturally appropriate mental health interventions, including individual, group and community-based approaches for people who have suffered torture and trauma.
- Understanding of and experience developing curricula and providing training for mental health counselors on counseling approaches, sensitization on the effects of trauma and war, and designing interventions.
- Experience working in developing countries. (Experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa preferred.)
- Experience supervising mental health counselors.
- Skilled at carrying out program needs assessments, program development, and program evaluations.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a developing country.
- Experience working with indigenous, grass-roots, locally-run organizations.
- Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements, client needs, and political climate.
- Skilled at working as a member of a team.
- Ability to travel periodically within the region.
Compensation: Competitive salary and benefit package.
How to apply
Submit CV and letter of interest to hr @ cvt.org
Please send English-language version of CV and cover letter. Additional information on The Center for Victims of Torture is available at www.cvt.org
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