AddressP. O. Box 573 - 00606 +254 (0) 205 202 114 Sarit Centre Nairobi, Kenya
About Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Our Story
Our work began with a simple conversation. As a young volunteer for Amnesty International, Rudy Perpich, Jr. asked his father - then Governor of Minnesota - a tough question: "What are you doing for human rights?” Inspired by his son’s challenge, Governor Perpich ... read moredirected a committee of human rights experts to research various initiatives. The most ambitious proposal from this group was a rehabilitation center for survivors of torture.
Governor Perpich embraced the idea. He went to Copenhagen, Denmark, to visit the first treatment center in the world, the Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims, and appointed a task force to determine how such a center could be established in Minnesota.
A Home for Healing
CVT was founded in 1985 as an independent nongovernmental organization. For the first two years care was provided at the International Clinic of St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center. In 1987 we moved to a more home-like and less institutional setting that would feel welcoming to survivors.
Today CVT provides care from our St. Paul Healing Center. The house was designed to meet the needs of torture survivors, with domestic furnishings, large windows and rooms with rounded or angled corners to create an environment much different from the stark square rooms with glaring lights that most torture survivors experienced.
Expanding Healing Services
Our international work began in Bosnia and Croatia in 1993. With the war still raging, CVT psychotherapists travelled to the region to train care providers in the specialized treatment of torture survivors. In 1995 we began working with centers in Turkey to strengthen the skills of medical professionals and nongovernmental organizations that work with survivors.
In 1999 CVT launched its first international direct healing program working with Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea, West Africa. We provided direct mental health counseling to refugees who were suffering from torture and trauma due to the multiple conflicts in the region. CVT psychotherapists also trained residents of the refugee camps as paraprofessional psychosocial peer counselors - peer mental health counselors - who continued to support a local mental health network after the program finished in 2005.
Position Summary: The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work with a program in Nairobi Kenya to address the mental health needs of urban refugees who have suffered
Job Description
Vacancy Announcement: Psychotherapist / Trainer – Nairobi
Position Summary: The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking a Psychotherapist/Trainer to work with a program in
Job Description
Position Summary
The position will assess and provide comprehensive psychological treatment including individual and group therapy with adults and children who are survivors of t
Position Summary
The Administrative & Human Resources Assistant will assist with the administration of the day-to-day operations of the administrative & human resources functions and duties
Job Description
Position Summary
The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking for a Psychosocial Counselor to work with urban refugee population who have suffered torture and war trauma. The pos
Job Description
Position Summary
To provide physiotherapy services in CVT’s Nairobi and by CVT’s mobile unit targeted areas to individuals, groups and communities to recover from phy
GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Human Resource &Administration officer will be responsible for managing the day to day administration of the CVT office. S/he will manage personnel in line with CV
Position Summary
The CVT project goal is to address the mental health and physiotherapy needs of traumatized refugee and host community members living in the project areas (Kakuma camp, Kalobeyei S
Job Summary: The OC (Operations Coordinator) is responsible for supporting, coordinating and supervising timely and high -quality program implementation, with specific focus in ensuring effective func
Position Summary:
The CVT project goal is to address the mental health and physiotherapy needs of traumatized refugee and host community members living in the project areas (Kakuma camp, Kalobeyei
Position Summary: The Logistic Officer will provide logistical support to CVT’s program and to ensure all logistical related issues are implemented in line with CVT’s organizati
Position Summary: The Center for Victims of Torture is seeking Psychosocial Counselor to work with refugee population who have suffered torture and war trauma.
The position will assess and pr