Psychologist

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Under the overall supervision and support of the Project Manager, the Psychologistwill perform the following tasks in the framework of COOPI’s activities in the targetedareas, and as a member of a multidisciplinary team, provide early intervention therapy services as follows:

• Conduct field visits with mobile team for assessment and to identify people with Mental Therapy needs in communities and targeted locations;
• Planning and providing appropriate treatment activities;
• Giving advice, arranging support and guiding family members, care-givers on how to follow-up on treatments procedures;
• Referral of beneficiaries to external service providers when necessary;
• Monitor the progress of the patients and follow-up;
• Develop success story for best cases and share with the supervisor;
• Ensure quality, transparency and efficiency in all aspects of the work and most off all accountability and respect of the beneficiary;
• Provide periodic reports to line manager on beneficiaries’ progress and follow up.
• Maintain high level of confidentiality of all documents, issues and personal data of the beneficiaries;
• Report to the line manager for possible requests;
• Perform additional jobs on request;

QUALIFICATIONS

Essentials:

• MA in Clinical Psychology
• A completed clinical training/practicum in a university center consisting of at least 100 hours of training under supervision and 300 hours of applied training
• Obtained a Lebanese colloquium certificate for clinical psychologists
• Obtained a License to practice the clinical psychology profession from the Ministry of Public Health
• A minimum of three years of relevant working experiencewith local communities and/or NGO;
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English;
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication, negotiation skills, multi-tasking skills;
• Knowledge of mental health in complex situations (IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid, MH GAP) and human rights-based approach in mental health;
• Ability to work under pressure and willingness to work flexible hours in the event of major emergencies;
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication, negotiation skills, multi-tasking and organizational skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work in stressful environments and under pressure;
• Good command of the IT tools (Word, Excel, Mail, Kobo);

Desired

• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself;
• Experience and knowledge in GBV and CP is an asset;
• Experience in emergency context is desirable;
• Knowledge of Protection Community Based Approach is an asset.