Introduction

Our client is a Dubai-based mental health and wellness clinic providing high quality outpatient services to children, adults, couples and families. They are the leading mental health clinic in the UAE by virtue of their vision, mission, size and the breadth of their team's clinical expertise. Our clients international team consists of over 30 psychologists, psychiatrists, occupational and speech & language therapists work together to provide integrated care for their clients.

What we offer

We are a community mental health and wellness center providing quality psychological and psychiatric care to children, adults, couples and families. We also work with corporations, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to promote mental wellness through our educational and training programs.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with unlimited growth potential
• Ongoing professional development and world-class supervision from experts in the field of eating disorders
• Employment visa
• Medical insurance
• Malpractice insurance
• Soft landing package with 1-month free accommodation
• Licensing support

Description

Ensuring that all activities and interventions are suitably recorded and in accordance with service users policies, procedures and guidelines as directed by the client.

• Effectively Assess, plan and review all stages of the service users’ treatment journey using designated tools and within agreed timescales.
• Provide individual therapy using the evidenced based CBT-e intervention with a broad range of psychosocial interventions.
• Deliver structured groupwork programmes
• Deliver Monthly service user and carers support groups
• Support the service users throughout the treatment, ensuring that targets are set and reviewed
• Liaise with relevant other person(s) and agencies to ensure the needs of the service users are met in order to facilitate change
• Ensure that all safeguarding issues, including child protection and vulnerable adults, are dealt with in line with the client’s policies and procedures, and local and national statutory requirements.
• Attend regular monthly supervision.
• Produce relevant reports and action plans when required.
• Present a professional image and actively promote the service at all times to service users, other stakeholders, partnership organizations’ and the general public.
• Work within the client’s professional development framework participating in active learning and professional development Uphold data protection legislation and only share service users information as per our policy, local and formally agreed information sharing protocols and service users confidentiality agreements.
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties

Who are you

You must be a qualified and experienced clinical psychologists and counseling psychologists with experience in working with people with eating disorders to join its growing team in Dubai. You must have an exciting far-reaching vision for transforming mental health in the region and beyond, anchored in exemplary client service, unmatched professional development and deep community involvement.

Skills & Competencies:

• Specific expertise in one or more of the following areas a plus:
• Working with children and young people with eating disorders
• Working with adults with eating disorders
• Ability to provide client service in Arabic is a plus (but not required)
• Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations
• Experience with clinical supervision

Education & Qualifications:

• Master’s or Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Specialized training and minimum of 3 years of work experience for Doctorate and 5 years for Master’s level, including at least 1 year of experience in working with people with eating disorders
• Dubai Health Authority (DHA) or Community Development Authority (CDA) licensable