Psychologist for CONCORDIA TRANZIT CENTRE,

a program of the ASSOCIATION CONCORDIA PROJEKTE SOCIALE KOSOVO

Background

The ASSOCIATION CONCORDIA Projekte Sociale is a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping children, young people, families as well as (socially and ethnically) marginalized groups in need, towards an independent and responsible life. CONCORDIAs mission statement is to “go where the need is greatest…and where others don’t go”!

The program CONCORDIA Tranzit Centre is located in the neighborhood of Tranzit, north of the city Prizren, at the address Rr Lahuta e Malësisë, where groups of different ethnical communities live. The Centre is providing social and educational support to more than 100 children and young people from vulnerable families, as well as for their parents.

With the overall goal to trigger sustainable positive changes in the lives of the most vulnerable children, young people and families, CONCORDIA focuses on:

• Securing a functioning everyday life that offers protection, belonging and provision;
• Fostering the capacities for self-determination and central „life skills“ (self-confidence, self-efficacy and social skills);
• Mobilising each individual’s (creative) potential;
• Fostering a secure bonding of children and youth (as an important pre-condition for the development of life skills).

Main responsibilities:

• Ensures the psychological examination based on the instruments specific to the profession to establish the general level of development, identifying the deficient development areas in order to start the recovery activity for children and young people;
• Provides counseling services to children in a situation of school drop-out and social maladaptation to re-educate the affected processes, improve self-knowledge and optimize personal development;
• Provides counseling services with individual or group of parents, providing them with the informational and emotional support they need;
• Plans activities for each couple parent / child to respond to their information, education and counseling needs, contributing to the development of parenting skills raising and caring for one's own child;
• Collaborates with the rest of the members of the multidisciplinary team in order to achieve a joint intervention aiming to achieve the objectives set for each beneficiary;
• Applies psychological tests to establish the level of psychological development, interprets the data obtained and develops the recommendations;
• Establishes the psych diagnosis of the beneficiaries and performs the psychological examinations and evaluations of the beneficiaries;
• Carries out individual therapy activities in order to alleviate the deficiencies of attentional, mnemonic, sensory-perceptual, cognitive, emotional and behavioral nature; health education, health promotion and a healthy lifestyle (eg. through primary and secondary prevention, informing and preparing parents to be co-therapists in the process of recovery and integration of children).

A detailed Job Description will be presented and discussed with the final candidate.

The ideal candidate:

• Three-year (long-term) tertiary education completed with a degree of psychology specialization; Master degree is an asset;
• At least two years' experience as a psychologist;
• Evidence of free clinical psychology practice has an advantage;
• Experience in working with children and adolescents;
• Work experience in the social field - has an advantage;
• Openness to work with people from disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic minorities;
• Ability to organize tasks efficiently, time and efficient management of resources;
• Efficient communication;
• Discretion and respect for the confidentiality of the information and data;
• Has flexibility, enthusiasm and desire to assume responsibilities;
• Languages ​​spoken: Albanian (mother tongue) and English (C1 proficiency)
• Commits to respect CONCORDIA Child Protection Policy and all the other policies and procedures of the organization.

Benefits:

• Employment contract, fixed salary
• Private medical insurance
• 6 (six) working hours/day, flexible within the interval 08.30-16.30
• The opportunity to work in a dedicated multiethnic team, where you can innovate and contribute
• Challenging area of ​​activity, with plenty of space for own initiative and development opportunities.

Position start date: February 2023

Duration of the Contract: 1 year (with possibility of extension)

Location of duty: Prizren

Interested persons are asked to send a CV accompanied by a letter of intent in English by 13.01.2023, to the following e-mail address: office@concordia-kosovo.org

Please mention in the subject of the message: Psychologist.

Only people who meet the above requirements and are selected for the interview will be contacted.

Before any hiring is made the candidate will submit:

• Two references from previous working places, teachers or other professionals;
• Certificate of criminal background check from Kosovo Police;
• Certificate of medical report.