10 Entry Level Psychological Counsellor Job Vacancies – Children in Vulnerable Situations Uganda (CCVS)
Job Title: Psychological Counsellor (10 Entry Level Job Vacancies)
Organisation: Children in Vulnerable Situations Uganda (CCVS)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Centre for Children in Vulnerable Situations (CCVS) is a research centre based on the cooperation between three Belgian universities: the Department of Clinical and Life Span Psychology at the VUB, the Departments of Social Work & Social Pedagogy and the Department of Special Needs Education at Ghent University, and the research group Education, Culture and Society at KU Leuven. The Centre’s overall goal is to promote the psychosocial well-being of children and adolescents living in vulnerable situations in Southern countries. This is mainly effected through the execution of practice-oriented research. Therefore, questions out of the field are taken as a starting point to set up and realize scientific research, and the conducted studies are “translated” back into concrete recommendations for both practices and policies.
Job Summary: The Psychological Counsellor will be providing a range of psychosocial interventions and trainings within CCVS-Uganda’s project directed towards enhancing mental health among war-affected individuals, families and communities, supported by the Trust Fund for Victims (ICC). Background to CCVS-Uganda CCVS-International, Belgian interuniversity cooperation, was erected in 2008 to conduct research on support for and wellbeing of formerly abducted children and war-affected children and their communities in Lira District. Three Belgian universities gave form to and took up the direction of this centre: Ghent University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Leuven.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identification, assessment and mobilization of children, youth and adults with mental health problems
- Providing individual, couple, family and group counselling to children, youth and adults
- Providing sensitization and psychoeducation activities on identified challenges by the clients, partnering communities, organisations and institutions
- Follow-up and monitoring of clients and making referrals where possible or necessary, and following up on these referrals
- Assuring a basic and ethical attitude and approach that is in line with a collaborative and systemic approach regarding all professional activities in and out of the office
- Retaining strict confidentiality regarding all information of the Organisation and its clients outside a professional context and/or the centre
- Helping to develop best practices regarding psychological counselling for war-affected individuals, families and communities
- Participating and assisting in research undertaken by CCVS-Uganda or its partners in consent with the management (e.g. survey data collection, collecting success stories)
- Clinical reporting and documentation, and clinical supervision and training:
- Keeping records and information on clients and activities of CCVS-Uganda, and drafting weekly reports
- Safe custody and management of client and office files
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Counselling Psychology, Community Psychology or a related field
- A minimum of three years of experience in providing services to persons experiencing various mental health problems
- Work experience with war-affected children, youth and adults is a plus
- Proven experience in conducting facilitation in groups
- Experience with different MHPSS interventions is a plus
- Must be well conversant with the local language of the area
- A valid riding permit and ability to ride a motorcycle is a must
- Willingness to work in Acholi Sub-Region
- Strong (clinical) report writing skills
- Demonstrated ability to work with Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and good ability to work online
- Must be in a position to learn emerging technologies, such as Zoom, Skype, Kobo Collect, ODK and surveyCTO for communication, reporting and research purposes
- Being collaborative, ethical, transparent, responsible and open
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team spirit
How to Apply:
All interested Ugandan nationals who wish to join us in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to send your CV, copy of educational transcripts and relevant certificates, and a motivation letter as a single file to Leen De Nutte: leen.denutte@ugent.be
Deadline: 14th August 2020