Neem Foundation a non-governmental, peace-building and conflict prevention organisation is recruiting to fill the position below:

POSITION : Clinical Psychologist

Description

• Counsel individuals and groups regarding problems such as stress, substance abuse, and family situations, in order to modify behaviour and/or to improve personal, social, and vocational adjustment.
• Develop and implement individual treatment plans, specifying type, frequency, intensity, and duration of therapy.
• Discuss the treatment of problems with clients.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling or treatments, and the accuracy and completeness of diagnoses, then modify plans and diagnoses as necessary.

Duties

• Provides psychological assessment, testing and evaluation, referral, consultation, programme planning, chemical dependency counselling/education, prevention service/activities, individual, couples, group and family therapy.
• Interact with clients to provide assessment, testing, diagnosis treatment, case management, follow up and treatment planning, with physicians to provide consultation.
• Collaborates and cooperates in a professional manner with co-workers, other departments and other agencies in order to assure effective continuity of care and services.
• Prepares and maintains mental health notes and narrative reports of mental health activities (in the appropriate charting format).
• Maintain clients’ records, as part of the Medical records system and follows policies of records and maintenance of client confidentiality.
• Provides a full range of psychological services to clients.
• Consults with other professionals, regarding the evaluation and treatment of clients.
• Observes strict confidentiality and privacy of clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Able to participate in evaluation, diagnosis, individual, group and family psychotherapy, crisis intervention, consultation, prevention and research such as would be obtained in a doctoral programme in psychology and in a clinical internship practice.
• Ability to communicate with children of all ages.
• High degree of skill in the psychological assessment and evaluation of people.
• Previous training or experience with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an added advantage.
• Professional, expert knowledge of psychological theories, principles.

Education:

• University Degree in Psychology. Masters Degree in Psychiatry  is an added advantage.

Language Skills:

• English Language (Fluent) and Basic understanding of Hausa language is an added advantage

Others:

• Must have strong interest in clinical psychology; working with children, helping people rebuild their lives and work towards the development of Borno State.

Profile of Behaviour:

• Confident, attention to detail, independent judgment, self-starter, reliable, team-player, friendly, flexible, disciplined, adaptable, numerate

Added Advantage:

• Practical experience working with victims/ survivors of insurgency.
• Academic or work experience in Psychology
• Experience in managing Human Resources
• Hausa speaker