Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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The Psych Corps programme is presently designed for University undergraduate students who have taken psychology courses for 4-years of their bachelors.
However, if you are a non-psychology graduate but have taken applied psychology courses in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, you qualify to be trained and posted by Psych Corps Ghana
You should be a university graduate student, who has taken introductory courses in clinical psychology, community psychology, guidance and counseling or social psychology.
You are further trained and posted to do your national service in a community psychological clinical setting.
We are currently at The Melody, Department of Psychiatry, (University of Ghana Medical School), located in the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.
We operate in approximately half the regions of the country, as we are dependent as much as possible on the choices made by Psychcorps members.
Members work together with mental health professionals such as community psychiatric nurses and District/Regional Health Management Teams (DHMTs) and usually help in:
1. Identifying mental health conditions and new cases
2. Creating awareness and education about mental health in the communities
3. Offer lay counselling and psychological first aid to troubled individuals, families and communities.
4. Collecting data in the communities, with regard to how culture, customs, and behaviours that affect the way mental health is viewed
Plans are still in place to initiate this project but do contact us to speak more about your interest
Most undergraduate psychology students (especially those interested in clinical work) go their entire 4-years without acquiring relevant practical skills. Therefore, PCG ensures that these graduates are equipped with skillsets and provided the opportunity to serve in health facilities for a year practicing the skills.
These opportunities thus incentivize young graduates to pursue a career in mental health care delivery (e.g., clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist or psychologist assistant). Many of our alumni have indeed gone on to pursue these interests.
You will be posted close to home.
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Connect with Psych Corps Ghana to support our mission of promoting mental health, creating a society where mental health is prioritized, and ensuring everyone has access to quality mental health care. Plans are still in place to initiate this project but do contact us to speak more about your interest
Members are supported through the following:
1. Orientation
2. Training manuals
3. Workshops and conferences
4. Frequent check-ins via Phone calls, SMS, email, whats app group chat
and visitations from the office.