About CVT:

The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing trauma rehabilitative services to survivors of gross human rights abuses, including torture, and works toward a future in which gross human rights violations cease to exist and victims have hope for a new life. We are headquartered in Minnesota, USA with offices in Africa and the Middle East. We work locally, nationally, and internationally through programs that provide trauma rehabilitative services, conduct technical assistance and capacity building to human rights activists, civil society organizations, and local service providers around the world who can prevent and treat gross human rights abuses, and advocate for human rights and an end to gross human rights violations.

General Description of Role

To provide physiotherapy services in Alemwech, Dabat to individuals, groups, and communities to recover from physical difficulties resulting from the effects of torture and war trauma, and enable them to rebuild their lives and their communities. In addition, the Physiotherapist Supervisor will assist in the management and on-going supervision of the clinical work and program. The Physiotherapist Supervisor concurrently fulfills his/her job responsibilities and receives ongoing training and coaching to develop his/her clinical capacity in the areas of planning, management, administration, and supervision. The position will be based in CVT Dabat office.

Job Responsibilities

PHYSIOTHERAPY PROVISION(30%) 

• Providing comprehensive physiotherapist support to survivors of war trauma and torture who have sought assistance by completing an initial screening and intake assessment; individual and group treatment plans; case management including timely referral, follow-up, and advocacy if necessary; home visits; and follow-up assessments.

• Carrying out individual or group physiotherapy sessions with clients affected by war trauma or torture. Facilitating of group physiotherapy processes, including selection of group members, planning the group process, and group facilitation.

• Providing interpretation between clients and other CVT staff members when needed.

• Ensuring that all required documentation is competed in a timely and professional manner.

• Ensuring that all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed at all times.

• Develop the community’s awareness, understanding and engagement with the issues relating to mental health, war trauma, and torture.

• Assist in planning and implementing community mental health, war trauma and torture awareness and education campaigns and programs.

• Sensitize, problem solve, dialogue, and mediate with the wider population and community leadership about the issues of the war, torture, trauma and its impact on people in order to raise understanding, develop coping strategies and encourage those who need physiotherapy services to approach CVT. 

• Make the CVT services known and accessible to people whose psycho-social functioning has been impaired by their experiences of torture and war trauma.

• Identify children, teenagers, men, and women whose physical functioning may have been affected by war related experiences and encourage them to approach CVT for support.

• Develop the referral systems and encourage collaboration between local groups and leaders, CBOs, local and international NGOs, and government ministries.

• Attend interagency meetings to improve service delivery to our client groups and access opportunities to forward CVT’s work.

• Ensure that the reporting and documentation of these processes is completed and minutes of meetings are filed.

PHYSIOTHERAPY SUPERVISION: (30%)

• Assist Physiotherapist/Trainer in monitoring quality and consistency of physiotherapy services.

• Clinical group supervision: reviewing group member’s intakes, preparing group treatment plan and sessions, attending sessions as an observer-supervisor, debriefing groups sessions with the facilitators, and ensuring therapeutic group process. 

• In close collaboration with the M&E (and under the Physiotherapist-Trainer supervision), ensuring that targets, deadlines, ethical processes, proper documentation, and reporting procedures are adhered to.

• Assist the Physiotherapist-Trainer in the CVT weekly, monthly and yearly plan of the activities.

• Assist in other administrative and supervision activities as assigned by the Physiotherapist/Trainer. 

• Organizing, preparing and chairing (as needed) team meetings as directed by the Physiotherapist-Trainer in relation to programmatic issues. 

• Ensure appropriate administrative management of clients, including proper filing of all client assessment forms on weekly basis.

• Assist in training, mentoring and orienting staff: conduct internal trainings as appropriate, co-develop and organize training and orientation schedule and materials.

• Work closely with the Physiotherapist/Trainer, Psychotherapist/Trainer and Counselling Supervisor(s) to ensure smooth IDT collaboration, including monitoring client files and facilitating interdisciplinary team (IDT) case discussions.

• Take responsibility in the management and clinical treatment of high-risk cases.

• Contribute to ensuring a positive team dynamic through role-modelling, conflict resolution and leading solution-focused discussions.

• Manage clinical equipment and supplies inventory.

EXTERNAL COLLABORATION AND TRAININGS: (15%)

• With support from the Physiotherapist/Trainer, and in compliance with project objectives, identify and prioritize potential participants for CVT external training (community leaders, staff from health facilities, CBOs, NGOs and INGOs).

• Assisting in designing and providing appropriate trainings to these identified beneficiaries for local capacity building.

• Assisting in coordinating services with other organizations assisting refugees in CVT’s area of operation and represent CVT in meetings as necessary.

• Contributing to completing the documentation and reporting of external trainings.

• With support from the Physiotherapist/Trainer, be a CVT advocate for best practices when addressing war trauma and torture survivors’ needs and when interacting with other actors operating in assistance to refugees (this includes awareness about CVT’s confidentiality/referral policies and ethics).

• With support of the Physiotherapist/ Trainer assist in training and supervision of the Rehabilitation Assistants (RAs).

PROMOTE SELF-CARE THROUGH SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION: (15%)

• Attending regular support, debriefing, case conferences, and supervision coaching meetings to ensure information and skill-sharing.

• Attending trainings provided by CVT and other agencies as directed by Physiotherapist/Trainer.

• Implementing Physiotherapist/Trainer recommendations and training in day-to-day clinical work.

• Providing feedback to Physiotherapist/Trainer on training and supervision.

• Requesting support from Physiotherapist/Trainer or PTs as needed.

• Submit files to the Physiotherapist/Trainer for regular review and support.

• Setting personal and professional objectives for each week and month, planning the activities required to achieve these objectives.

• Submitting weekly and monthly statistics form and reports (in relation to Physiotherapy and supervision responsibilities).

• Setting and following through on a personal self-care schedule to avoid burnout and vicarious traumatization.

• Provide formal feedback to colleagues when requested for on-going performance evaluation and development.

Other Duties: (10%)

• Participate in other program and organization-wide activities, meetings and trainings.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

General conditions

• Maintain neutrality regarding any sensitive issues such as religion, ethnicity, disability, minority or

• political affiliation 

• Strong commitment to serve beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless their religion, gender, minority affiliation or ethnic/political background

• Is strictly committed to respect CVT’s confidentiality policy and refrain from using any information that s/he will know about a client outside of CVT

• Will not approach (potential) beneficiaries for their involvement in non-CVT activities without prior approval of CVT supervisor.

Keep absolute confidentiality on all information managed.

• Obligated to report any information to the supervisor when the security of CVT staff and/or of CVT beneficiary might become an issue.

• This job profile can be adapted and changed according to the evolution of CVT activities.

• Regular work week is Monday through Friday

Terms of employment: The contract is effective from December 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024 (60 business days of probationary period) with a possibility of continuation depending on funding availability and performance.

Number of Psychotherapist Supervisor required: 2 (Two)

Supervisor: The Psychotherapist Supervisor will be based in Dabat and report to the Psychotherapist-Trainer     

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of four years’ experience for BSC and minimum of three-years’ experience for MSC or more experience providing individual and group physiotherapy in INGO or in similar settings required. 

• Minimum of one year working experience with INGO/NGO in humanitarian set up in leadership role.

• Master’s degree in Physiotherapy or evidence of pursuing one will be an added advantage

• Must be a registered Physiotherapist with current professional practicing license  

Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations

• Graduate degree in physiotherapy

• Physiotherapy practicing license

• At least 4 years of relevant clinical experience

• At least 2 years of leadership or management experience

• Demonstrated training experience

• Experience working in humanitarian response

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

Required:

• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

• Excellent Oral and written communication skills in English and Amharic.

• Understanding of and experience implementing culturally appropriate mental health interventions, including individual, group and community-based approaches for people who have suffered torture and war trauma.

• Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability to work in challenging areas, changing conditions, procedures and/or policies, client needs, program needs, and required tasks.

• Ability to work independently and as a team member.

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels.

• Strong leadership, analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills including effective time management and work load organization.

• Commitment to the ethical and sensitive implementation of project activities, including a commitment to confidentiality, diversity, equity, and inclusion, quality service provision, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (including online).

• Ability to consistently promote and represent a humanitarian and human rights understanding of their work internally and externally, including promoting acceptance of differences and non-discrimination.

• Commitment to and role modeling of human rights approach including: maintaining respect regarding any sensitive issues such as religion, minority or political affiliation and treating colleagues equally regardless of differences. Strong commitment to serve beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless their religion, gender, disability, minority affiliation or political background.

• Demonstrated commitment to the organization’s interdisciplinary approach in trauma rehabilitation service delivery.

Preferred:

• Skilled at carrying out needs assessment and program evaluations.

• Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team.

• Ability to communicate in Tigrigna and other languages spoken in CVT operation areas.

How to Apply

Please write an English letter of application stating clearly, what motivates you to apply for the above position and how your qualifications and experience are relevant to the post. Include a copy of your CV, application letter, and the names and contact information of three references. Do not bring original documents, as these will not be returned to you. Submitting false information will result in your application being disqualified.  

Please submit applications with the subject title “Psychotherapist Supervisor Position Application [Your Name]”:  

Dabat and Sekota Office: please apply in CVT Dabat and Sekota Offices 

Ethio-Jobs: Please e-mail applications to cvtethr@cvt.org and mtesfahun@cvt.org E-mails with attachments should not exceed a total of 1MB.  

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a written exam and interview. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.  

Closing date for applications: November 11, 2023 before 5:00pm 

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 

CVT has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours).