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Amsterdam, NH, NL

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Working primarily with refugee children/adolescents and their families

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Staff support for international aid workers and their organisations: face-to-face and e-health consultation on stress, coping and possible trauma. Pre-, post and during missions.

Oegstgeest

Working primarily with traumatized refugees and asylum seekers children, youth and families in clinical and ambulant settings.

Diemen The Netherlands

• Lead and coordinate the development the quality standard on diversity for mental health care professionals and clients: ‘Generieke Module Diversiteit in opdracht van Netwerk Kwalititeits ontwikkeling GGZ.
• Cooperate with numerous stakeholders: Steering cie; Project/research Group; Expert Group; Client representatives; Health Care Insurance; Professional Associations etc.

Psychosocial Care Unit

• Providing support and short term treatment to expatriate staff including critical incident response.
• Deliver training on stress management and prevention– closely involved in Ebola response
• Advisory role to the line-management regarding stress management and prevention of MSF staff.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Mental Health institute specialized in the treatment of children and youth of non-Western backgrounds in the age range of 4-22 years old.
• Intakes and psychodiagnostics: intelligence, personality and neuropsychological research; social-emotional development and contextual research in schools;
• Individual therapy: CBT for depression and anxiety; trauma stabilization and mindfulness;
• (Group)Psychoeducation for children and parents on trauma, depression, anxiety, AD(H)D… Show more Mental Health institute specialized in the treatment of children and youth of non-Western backgrounds in the age range.
• (Group)Psychoeducation for children and parents on trauma, depression, anxiety, AD(H)D, PDD-NOS.
• Participate in Multidisciplinary team for consultation and evaluation of intakes and ongoing therapies;

Diemen - Burundi - Congo - Sri Lanka - Iraq

• Psychosocial program development and management; context and security analysis in areas of armed (post) conflict.
• Conducting training in MHPSS topics such as Psychological First Aid, Staff Care and counseling skills
• Support and line management of field coordinators; security management; liaison with external donors and implementing partners in the field.

Diemen The Netherlands

• Traineeship in preparation for further training in child psychology (obtained diagnostics certification).
• Psycho-diagnostics adults and children: neuropsychological; intelligence; personality; child-development.
• Conduct group sociotherapy and psycho-education on trauma with adult refugees and asylum seekers;
• Research on existing psychometric tools for trauma for intercultural use.

Diemen - Iraq - Jordan - Sri Lanka - Haiti

• NGO specialised in stress management and psychosocial support for humanitarian agencies and staff. Projects: Iraq, Jordan, Sri Lanka (all three US Gov. programs), Haiti and Sri Lanka
• Conduct individual and post critical incident counselling for aid workers in Haiti and Iraq and in the Netherlands;
• Provide training in Iraq, Haiti and Sri Lanka on self-care, stress management and psychosocial skills for staff and management of (I) NGOs and UN agencies;
• Psychosocial program… Show more NGO specialised in stress management and psychosocial support for humanitarian agencies and staff. Projects: Iraq, Jordan, Sri Lanka (all three US Gov. programs), Haiti and Sri Lanka
• Psychosocial program development and management; context and security analysis; line management Show less

Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic Of Congo

• Main duties as a Psychologist (75%):
• Diagnostics and providing psychological treatment to ex-child soldiers suffering from mainly trauma, personality problems, anxiety and depression, severe physical injuries amongst others;
• Training of staff in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) skills and techniques;
• Setting up monitoring and evaluation system for ex-child soldiers returned to their community.Main duties as a Deputy Program Director (25%):
• Responsible… Show more Main duties as a Psychologist (75%):
• Responsible for HR management and Capacity development in psychosocial skills for 26 local staff;

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Research, analysis and developing a comprehensive practical framework published in ‘Reconciliation: Bridging Theory to Practice – A Framework for Practitioners’, ISBN 978-90-78356-04-2;
• Consultancy and technical support on reconciliation issues in Netherlands and in the field (Uganda, Kenya, Congo)
• Key note speaker at International Roundtable on Reconciliation and co-organiser.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Psychosocial and trauma care program for refugees and asylum-seekers.
• Research, needs assessment, evaluation and analysis on ‘after care’ rehabilitation and reintegration program

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