1.    Job Summary

The job holder will help people to cope with mental health issues,emotional problems and challenging situations using a range of psychologicalconcepts and psychotherapeutic techniques, such as transactional analysis,cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Rather than simply offering guidance,counselling psychologists encourage service users to make their own decisions.He/she will assist people by offering them a structured and focused way ofaddressing their problems. 

He/she will help people with all kinds of difficulties, from substanceabuse and domestic violence to post-traumatic stress and eating disorders.  As well as talking to people and helping themdeal with their problems, counselling psychologists are responsible forassessing service users’ needs using psychometric tests and interviews. Basedon these assessments, counselling psychologists will then create a bespoketherapy plan for the individual service user. 

Counselling psychologists are also responsible for maintaining records,tracking the progress of service users, and writing reports to ProtectionOfficer and Project Manager 

2.    Responsibilities & Tasks: 

Within delegated authority, Psychologistwill be responsible for the following tasks:

• Work in collaboration with PSS Assistants to undertake assessments ofpatients registered for MHPSS services.
• Provide/support group counselling and psychoeducation, both in-centre andas part of outreach activities.
• Design and coordinate psychosocial programs to addressthe specific needs of persons at risk of, or survivors of GBV
• Provide psychotherapy, individual counselling andbehavioural therapies (e.g. CBT) for patients assessed as requiring MHPSSservices. Patients will be assigned according to the psychologists’ currentlevel of experience and specialist training
• Carry out capacity building of staff on psychologicaland PSS topics
• Provide psychological support to other departments, if needed
• Design and coordinate psychosocial programs to addressthe specific needs of persons exposed to protection risks.
• Conduct Individually (“one-on-one”) counselling and/orgroup counselling sessions schedules and upon undertaken relevant needsassessment, within the field office and/or home visits when it is necessary andappropriate
• Support the team management in developing a weeklyschedule for the PSS Assistants,
• Provide a weekly report of number of cases seen anddiagnosis by age and gender as well as a source of referral using spreadsheetsand collection tools provided (mental health clients)
• Keep a record of attendance and pre-post-test of anytrainings provided in the programme files
• Maintain complete individual files for each personvisited, including detailed descriptions of services provided. 

3.    Required Skills/Qualifications: 

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree of in psychology.

• Experience working with Gender Base Violence survivors
• Experience working with case management
• Experience working within a team
• Experience in individual and group therapy sessions
• Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, andcan cope with stressful workload and working with limited resources
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in amulti-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment
• Excellent analytical, organizational and facilitation skills
• Strong problem solving and organisational skills
• Flexible and responsive.

 Language Skills: Fluent in Arabic and English. Turkish language skill is an asset.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office 

4.    Additional responsibilities:

Inrelation to their level of skills and experience the post holder may berequired to carry out additional duties from time to time that are reasonable.