Clinical Psychologist – Kampala job at African Centre (ACTV) | Apply Now

Deliver mental health services to torture survivor’s responsibilities.

• Provide holistic and quality care to torture survivors

• Screen clients for eligibility for mental health services.

• Conduct psychological assessments to identify client’s needs

• Establish a baseline intervention and set the psychological treatment plan

• Plan sessions by using the session plan template and conduct psychological counseling

• Make client referrals based on appropriate identification of clients needs

• Devising and monitoring appropriate treatment programmes including counseling, therapy session, etc.

• Conduct psychological assessments to identify client’s needs

• Offering therapy and treatments for mental health clients.

• Provide psychological care services to clients through psychological counseling or psychotherapy.

• Evaluate each psychological counseling/psychotherapy session

• Conduct follow-up assessments.

  
  

Seek and receive clinical supervision

• Revise and monitor appropriate treatment programmes

• Fill the session evaluation template.

• Actively participate in individual and group clinical supervision sessions

• Prepare cases for case discussion on a periodic basis

  
  

Coordinate with other mental health staff

• Participate in clients management meetings

• Participate in mental health coordination meetings

• Participate in mental health service fundraising activities

• Participate in mental health capacity building activities

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside medical officer, nurses, social workers and psychiatrists.

• Ensure documentation of all mental health activities.

• Prepare and submit activity reports on mental health activities and periodic reports to the mental health coordinator

• Ensure that the clients psychological care process

• Compile minutes of all meetings related to mental health services

Prepare reports.

• Give inputs to the ACTV strategic plan and Annual work plan

• Compile activity reports on mental health activities

• Facility preparation of periodic reports

• Appear as an expert witness in courts of law

• Maintain an efficient system for keeping patients records and other important documents

Key Performance Indicators

• Provision of appropriate mental health treatment

• The number of survivors who receive appropriate mental health treatment

• Timely and accurate reports

• The number of activity and periodic report

• Knowledge of professional ethics and code of conduct

• Knowledge of psychosocial need assessment

• Knowledge of effects of torture and psycho trauma

• Listening, questioning strategy skills

• Knowledge of mental health case management systems

• Reports submitted to the UHRC and courts of law