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CAMH is the largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital in Canada as well as one of the world's leading research centres in its field. Our services are delivered to help transform the lives of people affected by mental illness and addictions. Our goal is to tailor treatment to each individual, providing client-centered, comprehensive, coordinated care. As part of the Child, Youth, and Emerging Adult Program (CYEAP), the Child Youth and Family Services (CYFS) provides care and treatment to children and youth between the ages of 6 and 24. Clients and their families served by CYFS are offered specialized services and customized care across a day treatment/day hospital and outpatient continuum of care.

Position Description

Child, Youth and Family Services has partnered with the Toronto Northwest Justice Centre to provide targeted, multi-sector community supports and programming, which are designed to wrap around youth and break the cycle of offending while addressing the ongoing systemic problem of the overrepresentation of young Black and racialized offenders in the justice system. Justice Centres move justice out of the traditional courtroom and into a community setting by bringing together justice, health, and social services to address the root causes of crime, break the cycle of offending, and improve community safety. Participants are provided with opportunities to improve their social and economic futures focusing on re-connecting with education, developing life skills, improving family relationships, and addressing mental health and substance use concerns – all key protective factors against crime, violence, and recidivism.

The CYFS is seeking a part-time temporary (12-months) Psychologist, who will work largely with Black and racialized Justice Centre participants, between the ages of 12 and 24 years, and their families, who are accessing services through the Justice Centre and have identified mental health and/or substance use support needs. The incumbent will provide consultation to other professionals working with this population through CYEAP and across CAMH, and work collaboratively with the Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY), and the Youth Justice Assessment Clinic (YJAC). This position will report to the Senior Manager of Child, Youth and Family Services.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing both clinical psychological assessment and treatment.  Your duties include administering and interpreting psychological and psychoeducational standardized measures, preparing court-ordered psychological assessment reports, as well as providing feedback to staff and to families.  The successful candidate will also supervise and provide support to clinical students and staff in the clinical assessment of clients and the preparation of court reports. You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements. This position is located at 80 Workman Way.

The position is located in the Policy and Inter-Agency Coordination Team, Office of the Director-General/ Executive Director (ODG/OED) of the United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOV/UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the Chief of ODG/OED and Strategy Advisor to the Executive Director and the direct supervision of the Policy Coordination Officer (Team Leader) in ODG/OED.

Within assigned authority, the Associate Coordination Officer will provide assistance to the overall policy and inter-agency coordination functions of ODG/OED and will be responsible for the following specific duties:

• As a member of the team, assist with the preparation of briefing material, talking points, and other substantive documents for the Director-General/Executive Director’s (DG/ED) meetings and missions; ensure submission of material to the DG/ED within established deadlines and adhering to established quality standards.
• Assist with the preparation of talking points and background information for the Secretary-General’s and other senior UN officials’ briefing material, as well as in reviewing submissions to reports of the Secretary-General or other high-level officials or UN bodies through ODG/OED, as requested.
• Monitor incoming correspondence and manage the appropriate action in coordination with relevant UNOV/UNODC offices and draft and review correspondence for the signature of the DG/ED.
• Assist in reviewing submissions to reports of the Secretary-General or other high-level officials or UN bodies through ODG/OED.
• Assist in reviewing internal policy and programmatic documents, providing contributions to support the DG/ED’s decision-making, and offer policy support to the DG/ED for intergovernmental meetings and Member States groupings.
• Attend meetings of the DG/ED, draft and review minutes, monitor and facilitate follow-up actions.
• Contribute to the implementation of the inter-regional approach to drug control and crime prevention, through participation in interdivisional meetings and keeping the Chief of the Office abreast of new developments.
• Contribute to addressing key institutional challenges to smooth and accountable delivery of programmes ensuring delivery with accountability; assist in supporting institutional change processes (such as enterprise risk management and others).
• Support the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) functions of the Office, including risk monitoring and mitigation practices.
• Contribute to addressing key institutional challenges to ensure smooth and accountable delivery of programmes; support institutional change processes, including Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) functions such as risk monitoring and mitigation practices.
• Keep abreast of policy issues related to UNODC mandate areas as well as strategic and operational developments at UN HQs level and within UNOV and UNODC to ensure informed contributions to the policy coordination function, including:
• Countering transnational organized crime and illicit trafficking: inter alia, human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, illicit trafficking in drugs, firearms and natural resources, money-laundering, emerging and re-emerging crimes such as drug-related crime, cybercrime, piracy and environmental crime.
• Countering corruption: inter alia, preventing and combating all forms of corruption, fraud and identity theft.
• Health and livelihoods (Drugs and HIV): inter alia, reducing drug abuse, drug dependence, drug-related diseases and other social consequences; implementing drug use prevention, interventions and provision of drug dependence treatment, care and rehabilitation, HIV prevention and care services as it relates to drug use, prison settings and other mandates of UNODC.
• Contribute to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provide draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Contribute to policy support activities of the Office and perform other work-related tasks as assigned.

We have an exciting permanent flexible full-time opportunity for you to join our Mental Health Alcohol and other Drugs Strategy and Planning Branch based in Brisbane CBD! Support the development, delivery and evaluation of system planning and strategic policy for MHAOD in collaboration with staff from across Queensland Health, and our non-government, private and intergovernmental partners.

The role 

The Senior Policy Officer in the Mental Health Alcohol and other Drugs Strategy and Planning Branch as part of the Alcohol and Other Drug Strategy and Partnerships Unit contributes to and supports the development, delivery and evaluation of system planning, strategic policy and projects for MHAOD in collaboration with staff from across Queensland Health, and our non-government, private and intergovernmental partners. This in turn supports the successful implementation of Queensland Health led AOD treatment and harm reduction initiatives and priorities including under Better Care Together: a plan for Queensland's state-funded mental health alcohol and other drug services to 2027;  Shifting Minds: Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategic Plan 2018-23 Including Achieving balance: The Queensland Alcohol and Other Drugs Plan 2022 – 2027.

The EUDA is one of the European Union’s decentralised agencies. Based in Lisbon, it is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.

The position we are recruiting for is situated within the Public health unit, and the selected candidate will be reporting to the Head of sector health and social responses, under the supervision of Head of the substance, harms and responses unit. The job holder will contribute to objectives and outputs that further enhance and promote the scientific competencies of the EUDA in the area of prevention of drug use and its consequences, including in the areas of health promotion, crime prevention and social responses to drug-related harms, in a systematic and integrated approach. Environmental, community-based, universal, selected and indicated prevention, early intervention and health promotion are key areas of focus. The job holder will be working within the framework of the EUDA’s mandate, responsible for implementing work programme activities, both sector-related and transversal.

Main duties:

The successful applicant will be requested to perform the following main tasks and responsibilities:

• Act as a point of reference within the agency on health and social and responses to drugs, with a focus on prevention science and practice;
• Coordinate the agency’s monitoring, implementation and evaluation of drug prevention and related interventions (health promotion, crime prevention, quality standards, etc.);
• Play an active role in the agency’s work in the area of capacity building and training for drug prevention, including with the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) (1 ) and training of trainers, the prevention content-related e-learning platform PLATO, etc.;
• Support the agency’s projects in the area of prevention interventions across European countries and beyond, such as the X-change registry of evaluated programmes, Healthy Nightlife Toolkit, etc.;
• Keep abreast of the latest research and developments in the relevant fields and summarise scientific literature for the implementation of prevention interventions;
• Contribute to the agency’s core work and main data collection tools and products, including the European Drug Report, the Best Practice Portal, the European Responses Guide as well as new services developed by the agency; • Represent the agency in scientific meetings and conferences;
• Manage the administrative and organisational tasks relevant to the above, including the preparation of work plans, meetings and ad hoc reporting tasks;
• Develop and manage contracts with external providers in the prevention area;
• Any other duties stemming from the purpose of the post that may be assigned by the Head of sector and Head of unit. The job holder may be required to contribute to other areas of work, according to the needs and priorities of the EUDA. In order to perform the duties of the post and ensure effective communication with the actors and stakeholders involved, the main working language required for the job is English.

The School of Psychology at the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint a clinician for 3 days a week (one of which must be a Monday) to support education and research across our Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Dclin). 

We welcome applications from academic clinical psychologists in any area of clinical psychology, psychopathology, and/or neuroscience that will complement our basic and translational research and education into mental health: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/research/centres/centre-for-innovation-in-mental-health.page. 

You will be part of an innovative and dynamic clinical psychology and contribute to postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and supervision. 

The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme at the University of Southampton are committed to the scientist-practitioner model, are firmly rooted in the core values of the NHS Constitution and have over 30 years' experience in clinical training in partnership with our local NHS Trusts and related organisations. Two different employment pathways are available: education-led or balanced across research and education. Clinical psychologists with expertise in teaching clinical skills and the aspiration to develop their research can apply to work on an education pathway. This will provide an opportunity to build a research portfolio that complements current research activity in the school. Alternatively, applicants with a growing national/international research track record, evidenced by publications/grant applications, can apply to work on a balanced pathway.

Our School has expertise in developmental and applied psychopathology, psychological interventions across the lifespan and affective neuroscience. The School of Psychology at Southampton is recognised for producing world-leading, high-impact research, supported by excellent research facilities (REF2014). 

Our School is one of the largest providers of postgraduate research and clinical training in the UK, offering a range of MSc programmes (Clinical, Health, Research Methods), research doctorates (PhD), Doctoral Programmes in Clinical Psychology (DClin) and Educational Psychology (DEdPsy), and training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). 

We enjoy long-standing collaborations with University research groups in Medicine (Psychiatry, Primary Care), Biological Sciences (Neuroscience), Health Sciences and Education. The Institute for Life Sciences supports further cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our strategic partnerships with NHS Trusts, schools, Government, charities and industry deliver world leading impact (REF2014) and attract significant grant income from all major research funders. The University of Southampton is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. 

Psychology is an ambitious and successful School, ranked in the Global Top 100 (QS, 2020), as well as a friendly and positive place to work. You will join a highly collegiate and professional team who are keen to share expertise, provide mentorship, and support professional development. The School values diversity and equality. It recognises that employees may wish to have working patterns that fit with their caring responsibilities or work-life balance, including part-time working. Due consideration will be given to applicants who have had career breaks for reasons including maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability or illness. The School of Psychology holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award demonstrating our commitment to equal opportunities and gender balance in the workplace. The University of Southampton holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award. 

For further details please contact Professor Margo Ononaiye (Programme Director – DClin; M [dot] S [dot] Ononaiye [at] soton [dot] ac [dot] uk (M[dot]S[dot]Ononaiye[at]soton[dot]ac[dot]uk)).

About Us

The Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry is world-renowned for its progressive research in the field of child and adolescent mental health.

In 2025, the Department will be moving to the newly built Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People (PMC). The PMC has been developed by the King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People – a partnership between King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Maudsley Charity. The Centre’s aim is to reduce the rate and impact of child mental health through world-leading research and its speedy translation into clinical care. This will be achieved through the co-location of clinical and academic teams to ensure that clinically relevant research is translated into novel preventions and treatments to benefit young people.

The PMC is the only facility in Europe with a primary focus on the  mental health of young people and will have a state-of-the-art clinical research facility with cutting-edge equipment including a novel fNIRS imaging device and be the perfect environment for translational research for young people.

King’s College London is deeply committed to embedding good culture, equality and diversity practice into all activities so that the University is an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study. We welcome applications from those with characteristics who are under-represented at senior levels within the University.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior research associate to work on establishing fNIRS research at the IoPPN within the PMC/CAP as well as in other departments. The Researcher will be based in KCL, London and work closely with Prof Rubia but will be assisting several teams at PMC/IoPPN/KCL that will use fNIRS technology.

The aim of the post-holder is to provide his/her expertise in fNIRS imaging acquisition, analysis and interpretation to any teams at PMC and IoPPN/KCL that will use this technology.

The post-holder will be therefore working on different projects across different psychiatric and neurological disorders, as needed. He/she will be teaching and/or assisting researchers in fNIRS imaging acquisition, data analysis and interpretation and will be involved both in grant applications and paper writing. They will have ample experience in fNIRS technology, both in the technical as well as interpretational aspects. They will be experts of fNIRS technology through a PHD and post-doctoral experience and ideally have some experience of multimodal neuroimaging.

The candidate will be open to work on different research areas and in a range of pediatric and adult mental health disorders.

The candidate will aid IOPPN/KCL in establishing fNIRS technology for exciting cutting-edge projects of either unimodal or multimodal neuroimaging and projects that combine fNIRS with neuromodulation.

You will be offered a full time (35 hours per week) fixed term contract until March 2027.

About the role

The Department of Psychology is seeking to recruit Lecturers who have demonstrable research quality, with international reach, and the ability to contribute to teaching in our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes while advancing our research and teaching portfolio. Research in the department occurs across more than six major subdisciplines in psychology, including clinical, cognitive, developmental, environmental, health, and social and the department is looking to recruit a candidate with expertise in these areas.

We welcome candidates with research strengths in any relevant area of psychology that fit with our key areas of research. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates who complement our research in the following areas of psychology: Addiction, Autism (with a child/youth focus), Digital applications (e.g., Artificial Intelligence), Environmental Psychology, Pain Psychology, and Youth Mental Health.

In this role you will:

• Prepare and deliver teaching on the department's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. This will include developing the teaching material, delivery of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
• Alongside the supervision, assessment and marking of coursework and research dissertations, you will provide advice and support to students, as well as undertake teaching-related management and administration duties.
• This role may also involve undertaking student placement visits as well as supporting the relevant teams map our curriculums to the BPS curriculum in preparation for accreditation.

A highly motivated registered Mental Health nurse is sought to join our Research & Innovation Service at Mersey Care. The postholder will have a specialist knowledge in research and/ or clinical practice enabling the post holder to work independently e.g. either previous experience as a clinical research nurse and/or demonstrable knowledge of Psychosis and Early Intervention services.

As part of the Research & Innovation (R&I) service and working closely with the Research and Development (R&D) team the post holder will contribute to the efficient set up and delivery of research in our Early Intervention Service.

The post holder will be working with senior nurses and multidisciplinary teams within the Trust as well as the wider research teams assisting with the management of a caseload of clinical studies patients.

The post will assess and carry out clinical procedures for patients/ participants and will be considered part of the clinical team. Implementing a programme of care, providing advice and will maintain records within various settings.

Shortlisting planned for: 6 January 2025

Interview planned for: 13 January 2025 (TBC)

Main duties of the job

1. Working autonomously to assist in the management of a caseload of clinical trial patients, whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure high quality service delivery.

2. Supporting Early intervention teams with assessment of new service users.

3. Manage and oversee a portfolio of research studies in various disease sites.

4. Training and assessing research staff as competent in line with the research competencies framework.

5. Identifying suitable patients for entry into clinical studies by attending clinics (screening notes) and relevant Multi-disciplinary Team meetings. Use relevant clinical knowledge to identify patients suitable for clinical research using inclusion and exclusion criteria and utilising NHS records, visiting wards and outpatients.

6. Act as a resource and role model for all aspects of research clinical practice in order to optimise patient care and clinical practice.

7. Carry out physical assessments, taking blood/urine samples and processing according to protocol.

8. Ensure the environment is suitable for patient care and research processes, recognising the importance of privacy, dignity and diversity.

Central Project Coordinator works under the overall supervision of the WHO Representative in Myanmar, the technical guidance of the Medical Officer (HIV & Hepatitis) in collaboration with the National AIDS Programme and Drug Dependency Treatment and Research Unit of Ministry of Health.

Duty Station : Naypyitaw (MoH Premises)

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. In close collaboration with the National AIDS Program Manager, assist respective focals (ART/Methadone/PMCT/TCP/M&E), in planning of yearly GF budget, commodity quantification and forecasting as well as drafting quarterly work plan and procurement process in collaboration with PR

2. Support to organize central level meetings and trainings and provide technical assistance to facilitate the meetings/trainings. Assist for planning and management of GFATM-HIV activities of each component and keep tract of programme implementation and progress on procurement and supply management

3. Assist in facilitating that all sites for ART / Methadone / PMCT / TCP have timely reporting and ensuring the quality of the reported data. Maintain central level database and keep track of program reports. Assist to prepare GF quarterly reports of NAP

4. Provide technical support to field offices in implementing activities, monitoring and reporting on a regular basis. Conduct field visits to Field Offices and townships if necessary

5. Assist NAP in coordination between PR, UN, other INGOs and NGOs. Regular communication to WHO/UN to give information on progress of GFATM activities and implementation

6. Perform other related duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

7. To submit assignment report quarterly

Work Relations and Partnerships:

The Central Project Coordinator provides technical support to National AIDS Programme and Drug Dependency Treatment and Research Unit. He/she needs to coordinate with focal from MoHS, UN agencies, development partners, and implementing partners. He/she works together with Field project Coordinator/Field Assistant/Data Assistant of respective state/region and M&E team/Logistic team from central as a team. He/she works as a part of WHO HIV-AIDS team in achieving goals of National Strategic Plan of HIV in collaboration with different stakeholders working on HIV/AIDS.