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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

SOS Children’s Villages Albania is a private, nongovernmental and non-profit organization, which makes every attempt to offer a permanent home to the children who have lost their parents or for several reasons have no possibility to live with them. The SOS Children’s Village also strongly support the children at risk of losing their families, and the families in need through implementation of different projects aiming at the further development of their capacities.


SOS Children’s Village Albania, is implementing a project titled “Youth Empowerment Enabling Prospects”, aiming at creating better employment prospect for young people, by promoting their social integration and increasing their active participation in labor market.
In the framework of implementation of this project, SOS Children’s Village Albania is looking for a suitable person in the position Psychologist.

Requirements for the position:

• Master degree in the field of Psychology and acquired the title of psychologist;
• To have license for practicing the profession (preferably);
• Work experience as a psychologist for at least two years;
• Experience in working with young people and / or vulnerable groups will be considered an advantage;
• Experience in psychosocial counselling individually and in groups, additional education for psychological counselling;
• Knowledge of children's and human rights.

Skills:

• Teamwork skills
• Communication skills;
• Knowledge of MS Office suite
• To have knowledge on using online communication platforms.
• Valid driving license B category
• Solid knowledge of English

General expectations from a successful candidate

• To be a confidential person and to adhere to the policies and code of conduct of the SOS Children’s Village Albania organization.
• To have sensitivity to work with a vulnerable category of young people
• Have an understanding and / or experience in recognizing risks and challenges with vulnerable categories in adolescence
• To have motivation and empathy for working with vulnerable categories

Main responsibilities:

• Active work with youth to understand their professional interests and capabilities and what kind of support they need to achieve their goals;
• Work on motivation of youth so they become proactive in the employment process
• Provides psychosocial support, helps youth to increase their confidence, and to become aware of their self-worth and weaknesses (realistic expectations, real image of self)
• As part of the team participates in design of the objectives in the Individual development plan;
• Provides continues support of youth to ensure they keep the job or that they progress in their efforts to find job.
• Strengthens the capacities of youth through individual sessions, if the need is identified by the team members (techniques, exercises and conversations)
• Develops a support network, and includes other services and resources as needed;
• Participates in outreach activities in order to identify potential beneficiaries or disseminate project opportunities;
• Participates in creating monthly, quarterly and annual activity plans;
• Participates in strategic planning and internal evaluation;
• Gives proposals and takes initiatives to improve the work of the team
• Records implementation of activities to contribute to successful monitoring of indicators and evaluation of project outcomes
• Respects and follows all policies and guidelines of organization (Code of Conduct. Code of Ethic, Child Protection Policy, Communication Policy, Data Protection Policy, Declaration of confidentiality, Internal Financial Regulation, etc)

If you are interested in the above-described position, please send then following documents to the e-mail address: hr@soskd.org.al until January 15, 2021.

• CV
• Application letter
• Reference form the former empolyer