Call for help for Ukraine
Dear fellow psychologists and psychotherapists,
The World Psychologists Foundation has joined a network (Friends of Ukraine) that is committed to help people from Ukraine. The network consists of various people and organisations who all have people, friends, colleagues and acquaintances in the Ukraine and who through the network can act on questions that come from the Ukraine.
It involves different forms of assistance.
We as World Psychologists are also part of this network and coordinate all questions concerning psychological support and treatment by telephone and online.
Given the expected demand, we will probably need more volunteers.
If you would also like to do something, please contact the World Psychologists Foundation; WereldPsychologen@gmail.com.
You will then be put on a list so that we can reach you if necessary.
We need the following information from you:
Name
Phone number
Profession
World Psychologists seeks World Psychologists
Dear fellow psychologists and psychotherapists,
World Psychologists Foundation has joined a network (friends of Ukraine) that will work to help people from Ukraine. The network consists of various people and organizations who all have friends, colleagues and acquaintances in Ukraine who through their network can act on questions coming from Ukraine.
It involves different forms of help.
We as World Psychologists are also part of this network and coordinate all questions around psychological support and treatment by phone and online.
Given the expected demand we probably need more volunteers.
If you would like to do something you can contact the World Psychologists Foundation: wereldpsychologen@gmail.com.
You will then be put on a list, so we can reach you when needed.
We need the following information from you:
Name
Phone number
Professional
Update: Psychosocial assistance and psychological support for refugees.
Psychosocial assistance and psychological support for refugees.
First of all, thank you psychologists for your heart-warming emails and many registrations. You will hear from us soon via your mail.
How are we going to do it?
When someone reports a psychological problem, we map it out (short triage) and want to connect that person to a psychologist from WereldPsychologen in the Netherlands, who will start an online treatment or telephone support programme as he or she sees fit. This help is for all people who are still in Ukraine or somewhere along the way or who have already arrived somewhere.
Like a buddy system, there is personal contact between the refugee and the psychologist.
Together, they consider for how long and how often they have contact.
Psychological support/treatment for people in Ukraine
We have contacts with professionals in Eastern Europe including Ukraine. A website has been developed where people with mental health problems can go for easy access with a lot of mental health information such as psycho-education about sleeping, stress and advice in Ukrainian.
On this site there is a link to professional care and the email address of WereldPsychologen. This way one can contact us directly. This site has been translated into 4 languages (Czech, Ukrainian, Russian and English) and has been viewed many times. Also a Facebook site has been created, on which we are present.
https://www.facebook.com/Samopomich-100316465941232/
Why is this so important?
The regular GGZ has enormous waiting lists and will soon not be able to support all refugees from Ukraine directly. Apart from the waiting lists problem they do not know our care system and they are not insured yet.
Therefore, we believe that the commitment of all volunteer psychologists is invaluable, not only for now but also for psychological health later on.
World Psychologists can make a difference thanks to all volunteer psychologists who want to contribute. Our gratitude is great.
In addition, we will set up intervision opportunities for our psychologists who are buddies, so that they can take good care of each other and ask each other for advice.
Furthermore, we are working on cooperation with other networks and organisations such as NTvP, which wants to give a webinar to all volunteers. If there are new developments, we will keep you informed.
Professional/legal framework
The volunteers of the foundation work as much as possible according to the formal guidelines of their profession. The nature of the assistance given will be tailored to the request for help and to the actual possibilities available.
Where practical circumstances make this necessary, exceptions to the aforementioned guidelines will apply. The drawing up of a treatment programme and the reporting shall be more brief and no more extensive than is reasonably feasible.
The content of the assistance will be agreed upon between the refugee and the volunteer. The consent of the refugee shall be sought for this content and for the application of the exceptions mentioned.
The privacy of the refugee shall be aligned as much as possible with the relevant provisions of the AVG".
Vacancy Psychologist Lesbos
WereldPsychologen is looking for psychologists who want to support the organisation for at least 3-6 months. Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid organisation for at least 3-6 months. Fenix is our local partner organisation that you will be helping to set up a psychosocial programme for employees and refugees.
We are looking for a psychologist who is flexible, has the ability to improvise and is resistant to stress. A BIG registration is not a requirement.
We offer:
-Important contribution to the refugee crisis
-A warm, committed team on Lesvos
-Working in an inspiring organisation with many opportunities for personal input and growth
-Support from the Netherlands
-Flight and accommodation costs
We have much more to tell! If you are seriously interested, please contact Myra Haakman at wereldpsychologen@gmail.com.