Psychologist

To be considered for the position, interested candidates should send their CVs to hr@pard-lb.org. Please use the subject line "Pscycologist" in your email (emails with no subject line will be discarded). Due to the many candidates, only short-listed applicants will be selected for interviews. 

The Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD) doesn’t discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, and age. 

Job Purpose:

• Provide psychological assessment, care and follow-up to project beneficiaries -mainly women, with special focus on gender-based violence and early marriage among other topics relevant to the project.
• Utilize group and individual sessions as well as a hotline for psychological support and counselling.
• Support PARD staff to improve the quality of specialized services provided to at-risk beneficiaries in different locations.

Responsibilities:
The clinical psychologist will perform a series of tasks:
1. Outreach within the target community- mainly refugees- with support from the project
coordinator, social workers, and other key personnel or focal points conducted at the field
level in order to form a viable network of beneficiaries.
2. Identification of beneficiaries in need of psychological care and counselling.
3. Identification of problems through a variety of tools.
4. Diagnosis: After identifying each and every one of the patient's problems and reviewing her
pre-existing records and history, the clinical psychologist will use the information she has
collected to form the most accurate diagnosis possible.
5. Establishment of goals: Before developing a treatment plan, it is important that the clinical
psychologist work with the patient to identify personal goals, as this will help inform what the
treatment plan should be.
6. Development and implementation of a treatment plan: Once the clinical psychologist has
identified the patient's problems and goals and has formed a diagnosis, a comprehensive
treatment plan is developed that is designed to help the patient achieve the set goals over a
period of time.
7. Monitoring: As the patient progresses through the treatment plan, the clinical psychologist
will monitor and document the patient's improvements and setbacks. With each new
development, the psychologist will work with the patient to help them overcome any
obstacles that arise.
8. Documentation, reporting and follow-up.

The duty station of the recruited candidate will be Saida, Lebanon with frequent field
visits to the Palestinian gatherings in South Lebanon