Консультант/ка для проведення тренінгу з кризового консультування та супервізії для психологів / Consultants on Conducting a Training Course on Crisis Counseling and Providing Supervision for Psychologists

Period of Performance: November 2022– September 2023

Level of Effort: 115 working days

Project Background and Summary: 

The purpose of the USAID Health Reform Support is to support a transparent, accountable, and effective health care system that is capable of meeting the health needs of the Ukrainian people. Advancing health sector reforms, enhancing transparency, and tackling corruption will reduce out-of-pocket payments and improve access and availability of high quality, evidence-based health care services for Ukrainians. Elimination of corruption is a cross-cutting theme across all objectives to be achieved by this activity, which include:

1. Improve health sector governance.
2. Support the transformation of the healthcare financing model.
3. Strengthen the health workforce.
4. Enhance transparency, accountability and responsiveness of the health care system.
5. Improve service delivery system at all levels.

Scope of Services:

The Consultant will provide technical support in training psychologists and conduct supervision for them on providing support to vulnerable groups of people.

Responsibilities:

The consultant is expected to perform the following tasks:

• Update a structure of the training course on Crisis Counseling
• Update a detailed program of the course identifying training topics and methods of training
• Update educational materials that includes presentations, tasks for course participants, cases for analysis, etc.
• conduct an online training
• provide weekly group supervision for psychologists
• provide individual supervision for psychologists
• participate in working meetings of the Project team on a regular basis.
• Develop the recommendations on multidisciplinary approach implementation
• Develop the presentation on recommendations for webinar
• Participate in the meetings of the multidisciplinary teams

Requirements:

• Master’s in Psychology;
• More than five years of psychological counseling experience;
• More than three years of work experience as a Supervisor;
• Experience in organizing and conducting trainings for psychologists;
• Willingness and ability to provide Supervisor’s support on-line;
• Good oral and written communication skills in Ukrainian;
• Ability to work in a team;
• MS Office programs user’s skills;
• Having an internationally recognized Supervisor’s Certificate will be considered an advantage;
• Having an internationally recognized Therapist’s Certificate in Psychotherapy with proven effectiveness for acute/chronic stress conditions will be considered an advantage;
• Working with USAID projects or other technical assistance projects will be an asset.

 Qualified candidates are expected to send their CVs, cover letters, and list of two professional references [email protected]  no later than  November 2, 2022. Please indicate the following in the subject field of the email: “Consultants on Conducting a Training Course on Crisis Counseling and Providing Supervision for Psychologists “. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.