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• Offer social rehabilitation to victims of torture, sexual violence
  and those that present with common and severe mental disorders
• Carry out psychological assessment of individual, families and
  communities
• Offer psychological counseling to individuals, families, groups and
  communities of refugees with common and severe mental disorders
• Keeping an updated database for the clients handled
• Coordinate the different Refugee Support Groups including children
  clubs
• Collect data about clients through interview, case history,
  psychosocial tests and/ or observational techniques, and evaluate data to
  identify causes of problems and to determine proper therapeutic approach
  or referral to other specialists.
• Explain to clients the relevant internal procedures as well as
  client obligations in regard to nature and scope of specific
  interventions, accurate and complete disclosure of information necessary
  to determine the intervention.
• Actively participate in the testimony taking exercise for the
  clients.
• Conduct home visits to clients to monitor their recovery process.

• Carry out general assessment of all clients on matters relating to
  complaints and other issues that may arise in regard to their stay in the
  community(s).
• Understand and explain to clients the RLP mandate in regard to
  services available and make appropriate external referrals to identified
  partners on issues outside of the mandate
• Provide counseling and psychosocial support to clients, including to
  those whose needs may not necessarily fall within the RLP mandate.

• Independently and/or as part of a team undertake psychosocial
  related research with the bid to publish findings on psychological and
  psychosocial related issues among refugees and forced migrants in general;
• Participate in data collection processes and activities through
  interviews and focus group discussions or using approved data selection
  technique;
• Identify and prepare research training materials, tools as necessary
  for the execution of specific research project.

• Prepare timely intervention reports, including maintaining and
  updating the data base of all managed clients.
• Consult with other legal and treatment agencies and individuals in
  relation to client records, rights, and responsibilities.

• Consult with other therapists and related professional and
  paraprofessional staff, as appropriate, in the performance of therapeutic
  and/or casework; refer clients to appropriate service agencies as
  required.
• Follows up to determine reliability and validity of treatment used;
  make recommendations regarding modification to services and service
  delivery
• Participate in the review of psychosocial issues and program
  policies and procedures.
• Participate in, lead, and/or coordinate training sessions and
  workshops to enhance psychosocial skills of staff and/or client groups
• In liaison with the clinical psychologist, and as necessary, provide
  and/or arrange for therapeutic interventions as appropriate for clients in
  a crisis condition and for those with serious disturbance problems.
• Provide counseling, therapy, and/or psychotherapy to clients and
  families as appropriate to the position; explain treatment plans,
  discharge plans, follow-up care programs, and provide therapeutic crisis
  intervention and emergency services to clients as possible.

• Build capacity of forced migrants and key stakeholders to respond to
  psychological and mental health issues
• Actively engage in training of staff on mental Health issues

• The ideal candidate for the Refugee Law Project (RLP) Psychosocial
  Counsellor job opportunity must have experience in use of essential
  psychological therapies like CBT, NET, Family and Play Therapy
• Experience in community work with social/ psychological
  rehabilitation among vulnerable groups
• Experience engaging with key partners on mental health issues
• Member of the Uganda Counselling Association or affiliation to any
  recognized counselling body

• Ability to give timely report on activities undertaken
• Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
• Creative and innovative skills
• Expertise in working with children
• Ability to think and write conceptually, convincingly and strategically
• Ability to engage in advocacy at both local and national level
• Great interpersonal skills and high level of self-motivation
• Excellent computer skills with good communication and presentation
  skills.

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