Job Description and Requirements

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Job Title: Psychologist FSR # 657

Location: Zaatari Camp

Job Summary

Psychologists play a vital role in understanding and addressing mental and emotional well-being. They assess, contribute to diagnosis, and provide therapy for individuals dealing with psychological challenges. Their responsibilities include conducting assessments, creating treatment plans, offering counseling implementing therapeutic techniques, and promoting overall mental health and well-being. Psychologists often collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and advocate for mental health awareness and interventions. They provide guidance and support to help individuals enhance their mental resilience and lead fulfilling lives. 

Main Tasks and Responsibilities 

• Provide evidence-based psychological assistance to support clients and their families with mental health and psychosocial issues.
• Remain up to date and provide evidence-based psychological interventions and advances in the field of psychology.
• Remain up to date with professional development opportunities.
• Support other psychologists and Case workers as part of a peer supervision model.
• Assist the case management teams in improving forms, care plans and mapping of community support services.
• Take on team coaching and mentoring of team members.
• Organize the development of an initial care plan with focus on any immediate safety concerns.
• Participate in case conferences, supervision and training opportunities.
• Develop and deliver training for staff on topics relevant to psychological practice, lay counselling 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 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.
• Offer direct therapeutic support for clients referred.
• Perform other job-related duties as requested by Supervisor

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in psychology, clinical psychology and psychological counselling is a must
• Holding a one-year experience as a psychologist (will be given priority).
• Other experience in MHPSS (will be given priority) 
• Experience in NGO in camps is preffered. 

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.