Those interested should send their proposal including, as appendices a CV detailing their experience, skills and education in relation to this assignment, as well as  financial claim to the following email: hr@hyd.org.tr  

Subject of the application e-mail : TRCA-MHC2021- (Applicant's Surname)

Objective:

Program of Psychological and Humanitarian Medical Support for Migrants victims of ill treatment and torture in Istanbul, is looking for a psychologist or psychiatrist experienced in support staff responsible for providing care. The attention covered is intended to manage the distress produced by work related situations. 

Specifically:

Provide individual consultations, Group sessions, and workshops, to the staff, those shall be initiated/conducted thereof, upon the request and approval of the person in charge of the Technical Support of the project (TS). 

Referrals for individual consultation to other psychotherapist could be possible, under the coordination of the Mental Health Consultant and  previous authorization of the TS.

Individual consultations shall be conducted either in the Consultant’s office, in the project offices in Istanbul face-to-face; by Skype or by phone; upon the request and approval of the TS.   

The project shall provide a basic stationary for conducting group sessions and workshop about subjects as self- care, prevention of compassion fatigue and secondary traumatization for groups of, Clinical/social Psychologists, Cultural Mediators, Social Workers, Mental Health Workers and rest of the team in Istanbul.

In case of critical incident, or a severe security incident, besides the TS the Psychosocial Support Unit (PSU) in HQ should be alerted following the critical Incident Protocol in first hand and accordingly to the needs a collaboration of the Mental Health Consultant in Istanbul might be requested.

Conditions:

Working days:

Half to 1 working day per month, taking into consideration urgency and importance of the case.

Reporting:

A report mentioning general points and recommendations should be sent to the TS via email and to the Head of the PSU, no later than 2 weeks after the session has been done.

General background for selection criteria.

Essential:

1. Clinical Psychology/Psychiatrist
2. Master degree / having completed psychotherapy training
3. Experience in staff support
4. Demonstrated minimum 5 (five)  years’ clinical experience, supervised practice, workshops, group interventions
5. Advanced knowledge of Turkish and English languages (reading/writing/speaking)
6. Legal entity eligible to produce financial invoices

Desirable:

1. Relevant knowledge on trauma, vicarious traumatisation, resilience, stress management, cumulative stress, crisis intervention
2. Familiar with humanitarian context a plus

Those interested should send their proposal including, as appendices a CV detailing their experience, skills and education in relation to this assignment, as well as  financial claim to the following email: hr@hyd.org.tr  

All documents of application must be in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH.

E mail address for application : hr@hyd.org.tr 

Subject of the application e-mail : TRCA-MHC2021- (Applicant's Surname)

Example: TRCA-MHC2021-YILMAZ

The short listed candidates will be invited  for an interview to be conducted with the selection committee and evaluated based on above indicated criteria