Licensed Psychologist at the Red Cross in Gothenburg

Svenska Röda Korsets Centralstyrelse · plný úvazek

Rullagergatan 6b, Göteborg, Švédsko

The Red Cross is the world's largest humanitarian movement and operates in 191 countries. When disaster strikes, we are already on the ground helping vulnerable people, not least thanks to 16 million volunteers. Swedish Red Cross runs operations within crisis and disaster, protection issues, as well as health and care. We have the trust to convert contributions from individuals, companies, and authorities into concrete efforts for the most vulnerable. We fight to save lives and give hope, everywhere and every day. Regardless of which role you work in, you are part of it and contribute—in your specific profession and through decisive action and courage. Welcome to our world! About Us The Red Cross Treatment Center is a unique resource in the healthcare context by being entirely focused on treatment for migrants suffering from severe mental health issues related to war, flight, persecution, or torture. Many of the patients have themselves been exposed to war- and flight-related violence, abuse, and threats, while others have been traumatized by witnessing how loved ones have been affected. Swedish Red Cross operates treatment centers for war-injured and tortured individuals at six locations in Sweden: Skövde, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Malmö, and Skellefteå. The goal of Swedish Red Cross treatment centers is to provide support and care to people who have been exposed to war trauma and torture so they can regain their psychological and physical health. In addition to clinical treatment work, we work to spread knowledge by offering training and information to various target groups, both externally and internally. About the Position The Red Cross Treatment Center in Gothenburg provides treatment to people with a migrant background who suffer from severe mental health issues. We provide care to people regardless of legal status. Our team includes psychologists, physiotherapists, social workers, administrators, managers, peer supporters, and consulting physicians. We are now seeking reinforcement to our team and are looking for you who are a licensed psychologist. With us, you will have the opportunity to be part of a team with a holistic perspective on people's health! You have strong commitment to the target group, are solution-focused and self-directed, and have good collaboration skills across all professional boundaries. Your Responsibilities: • Assessment, diagnosis, and psychological treatment of people with complex PTSD. • Investigation and documentation work of torture injuries according to the Istanbul Protocol. • Work in multimodal teams together with physiotherapist, social worker, and peer support. • Clinical treatment work that is largely conducted with the help of an interpreter. • Collaboration with external actors such as psychiatry, health centers, and authorities. • Possible supervision of trainee psychologists may be included in the position. We are Looking for You Who: • Are a licensed psychologist • Have strong commitment to the target group • Are solution-focused and self-directed • Have good collaboration skills across all professional boundaries • Have previous experience with psychotherapeutic work with PTSD • Are confident in your professional role and have good ability to adapt treatment to the patient's unique needs. We consider it a merit if you have training or experience in evidence-based trauma methods such as NET (Narrative Exposure Therapy), EMDR, or PE (Prolonged Exposure). In your work, which often takes place through an interpreter, you meet people from around the world, and it is therefore a merit if you are experienced working where you meet people from around the world. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. Of course, you share the Red Cross humanitarian values. The Red Cross values diversity and actively works against all forms of discrimination. We Offer: Meaningful work in an international humanitarian movement. You will have the opportunity to be part of a team with a holistic perspective on people's health! We offer ongoing knowledge development in the form of both supervision and training initiatives. In particular, the position also includes the opportunity for experience and knowledge exchange with knowledgeable and experienced colleagues from various professions and the opportunity to contribute to one of the world's leading disaster relief organizations. The center is also linked to a knowledge center where both research and method development are conducted, and has good international collaborations. Other Information The position is a permanent employment that begins with a probationary period. The placement is at our Treatment Center at Rullagergatan 6B in Gothenburg. How We Recruit We welcome your application by September 27. Feel free to contact recruiting manager Malin Reimers at [email protected] if you have questions. During the period September 4-16, you can contact Leonard Molin at [email protected] if you have any questions. Swedish Red Cross strives to be an inclusive organization with employees who contribute to diversity in perspective, experience, and background. We believe that makes us more relevant. Therefore, we are happy to recruit people who have different ethnic and social backgrounds, gender identity and expression, faith, age, functional variations, and sexual orientation. Our recruitment process starts with an initial selection based on an established requirement profile and is then followed by interviews and in some cases online tests as well as background checks and reference checks. Since Swedish Red Cross participates in the "Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct" to protect our sector from sexual abuse, we ask special questions about this to your references. Final candidates may also be screened against the EU's and UN's sanctions lists. Please visit our career page to get to know Swedish Red Cross a little better. Here you will also find information about terms, our culture, and contact information for the trade unions represented with us.