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Job Title: Psychological Counselor FSR # 510
Location: Irbid with relocation, Roving
Job Summary
Psychological counsellor plays a dynamic role to provide alternative measures, skilled in providing evidence-based psychological counseling within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team. Specialized in individual counseling for youth, and families, integrating family dynamics into sessions. Proficient in risk assessment, care plan development, and monitoring implementation. Committed to ongoing professional development, staying current with advancements in the field. Facilities team coaching, monitoring, and delivers relevant staff trainings. Coordinated psychological services, initiates referrals for advanced mental health support, and evaluates client satisfaction. Adaptable and proactive, dedicated to achieving maximum community well-being.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Work closely within a multi-disciplinary team to holistically address the psychological and protection concerns and needs of each client.
- Provide individual counselling sessions to children, youth, and families/caregivers, as well as Provide guidance and strategies to reduce risk and promote wellbeing
- Consider the importance of family dynamics on counselling and where possible engage the family in counselling sessions
- Provide psychological counselling with the aim to improve the social and emotional functioning of clients and their families, maximizing overall community well-being
- Monitor ongoing care plan implementation in relation to a client’s counseling needs, with special attention to identifying risk issues and communicating these issues with team members
- Provide evidence-based psychological assistance to support clients and their families with mental health and psychosocial issues.
- Remain up to date on evidence-based psychological interventions and advances in the field of psychological counselling.
- Remain up to date with professional development opportunities.
- Support other colleagues as part of a peer supervision model.
- Take on team coaching and mentoring of team members.
- Organize the development of initial care plan with focus on any immediate safety concerns.
- Participate in case conferences, supervision and training opportunities.
- Develop and deliver trainings for staff on topics relevant to psychological practice and case management.
- 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.
- Conduct risk assessments and advise staff on carrying out risk assessments and the development of safety plans.
- Coordinate the provision of psychosocial services to clients, families, and significant others to enable these parties to deal with the impact of psychological and protection concerns on individual family functioning and to achieve maximum benefits from services.
- Initiate referrals after assessment to address MH needs for advanced MHPSS services
- Evaluate client satisfaction and quality of care provided.
- Offer direct therapeutic support for clients referred.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.
- Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Psychological Counselling
- Minimum two years of experience including volunteer experience
- Experience with an NGO (preferred).
- Basic to intermediate English language skills.
- Experience in SH+ is an asset.
Child Safeguarding
International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.
Code of Conduct
It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.
Compliance & Ethics
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.
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.
This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment in order to achieve International Medical Corps goals in Jordan, and any changes to the job description will be discussed and agreed
“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”.
Our screening process will be on a rolling basis, once a candidate is selected the announcement will be closed.
