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This role involves providing clinical counselling to individuals experiencing personal, relational, psychological and emotional challenges. Depending on experience, it could also involve providing training, and support to individuals and families.
Through the provision of high-quality clinical counselling services, you will participate in God’s transforming work in Cambodia, supporting healing and restoration at both individual and community levels. You will help clients facing a wide range of concerns which may include PTSD; family, parenting, and marital difficulties; suicide; stress related issues; problems with self-esteem, behavioral or affective disorders; mental illness; addictions, substance mis-use, bereavement and/or the impact of physical or sexual abuse. Possible placement opportunities include a mental health care centre or another organisation that works with mental health, and/or working with various populations such as prisoners, sex traffic/sexual assault survivors, those struggling with addictions or anyone else needing mental health support. As mental health problems often present as physical problems, you may also find opportunities to work alongside doctors in hospitals or medical clinics. In addition to direct counselling, a significant aspect of this role may involve mentoring, supervising, and training of Cambodians in the field of mental health. Training could involve working as a teacher and/or advisor in a counseling/training center, bible school or in the Psychology Department of the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Year one: The first year will primarily be focused on: - Khmer language and culture learning - Initial exploration of counselling needs and service opportunities - Networking and relationship-building within the current mental health system Year two During the second year you will: - Begin part-time counselling/teaching work in a supported environment using the Khmer language - Continue studying Khmer language part-time - Continue exploring and networking with the Cambodian mental health system. Year three onwards/when language is sufficient After this, as you grow in language ability and understanding, you will be able to begin providing various services: - Direct counselling services. Provide counselling services adapted to the Cambodian context, practising with integrity and in accordance with professional and ethical standards, and modelling best practice within the mental health community. Practice with integrity and according to ethical standards as an example for the mental health community in Cambodia. - Teaching. Deliver mental health education. This could range from introductory training for community groups up to teaching on a master’s level course in psychology or counselling. Content may need to be creatively adapted for learners with limited prior exposure to mental health concepts. - Mentoring/supporting. Invest in the personal and professional development of emerging Cambodian mental health workers. - Supervision. Provide clinical supervision for counselors (providing you have the necessary training and experience) - Church Support and Development: Support and strengthen the Cambodian church as God’s instrument in bringing healing to the world, in relation to mental health - Collaboration and Systems Development: Identify community resources and specialists and facilitate the collaboration between different parts of the mental health system.
Essential: • Recognised qualification in counselling that would be sufficient to allow you to practice counselling in your passport country • Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience working with a variety of issues. For example. attachment injuries, anxiety, suicidal tendencies, family violence, sexual assault, mental illness and addictions • Experience and training working with trauma Desirable: * Qualification in a relevant specialist area such as Marriage & Family Therapy, addiction counselling or supporting survivors of sexual abuse * Skills, experience and training working with children and their parents * Training in trauma therapies such as EMDR * Experience supporting individuals with mental illness and their families in a holistic manner * Experience working with those with mental illness and with setting up or running networks within the mental health sector * Cross-cultural experience * Clinical Supervision qualification and experience * Teaching qualification and experience
* Commitment to learning the Khmer language and Cambodian culture to enable appropriate use of skills in the Cambodian context * Commitment to a minimum of two terms * Ability to adapt professional knowledge and experience to the local culture * Ability to be adaptable and work within an ambiguous context * Strong self-care strategies for managing the demands of the role We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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