Psychologist Team Leader FSR # 341

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Job Title: Psychologist Team Leader FSR # 341

Location: Amman- Urban

Background:

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Job Summary

To rollout psychosocial counselling services, including through the Self Help Plus (SH+) approach to mitigate violence and promote protection space for at-risk individuals and families.

Main Tasks and Responsibilties

• Provide the direct supervision and the technical support to a team of counselors working in various locations in the urban area. The team leader will mentor and supervise counselors to provide evidence -based psychological assistance to support clients and their families with mental health and psychosocial issues. The team leader will facilitate the counsellors work within MOPIC and FPD spaces ensuring their ability to provide quality counselling services.
• Allocating and managing resources available under this component, in coordination with the project and technical coordinators.
• Monitoring the component and the target progress in monthly basis.
• Ensure all counsellors provide and up to date on evidence-based psychological interventions and advances in the field of psychology.
• Plan and work on professional development opportunities for the counsellors
• Utilize different supervision styles and demonstrate peer supervision model.
• Improve forms utilizing with a focus on bio-psychosocial model, assessments, care plans and mapping of community support services.
• Take on team coaching and mentoring of team members
• Ensure that the developed initial care plan focus on any immediate safety concerns
• Lead, guide and participate in case conferences, supervision and training opportunities.
• Develop and deliver trainings for staff on topics relevant to psychological practice and case management
• Technical support to counselors to provide and utilize various psychological counselling approaches.
• Ensure that counsellors demonstrate and develop care plans that are individualized and mutually developed with the client
• Monitor on-going care plan development with special attention to safety issues.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
• Support staff to conduct risk assessments and advise staff on carrying out risk assessments and the development of safety plans.
• Oversee and coordinate the provision of case management and psychosocial services to clients, families and significant others to enable these parties to deal with the impact of illness on individual family functioning and to achieve maximum benefits from services.
• Evaluate client satisfaction and quality of care provided.
• Provide progress feedback and reports on achievement and any other related topics needed.
• Perform other job related duties as requested by supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in psychology
• Minimum one year of experience as a psychologist

Code of Conduct

As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Staff are also responsible for preventing violations to our Code of Conduct and Ethics, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any violations to the Code of Conduct and Ethics or Safeguarding Policy, you have an obligation to report.

If this is a supervisory position, one must set an example of ethical behavior through one’s own conduct and oversight of the work of others; ensure that those who report to you have sufficient knowledge and resources to follow the standards outlined in the Code of Conduct & Ethics; monitor compliance of the people you supervise; enforce the Code of Conduct & Ethics and International Medical Corps’ policies, including the Safeguarding Policy and the Protection from Harassment, Bullying and Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace Policy, consistently and fairly; support employees who in good faith raise questions or concerns.

I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.

Safeguarding

It is all staff shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, adults at risk, or LGBTI individuals; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Equal Opportunities

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.

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