Mental Health & Psychology Program with SMWEF Ghana

Mental Health & Psychology volunteer and intern program in Ghana with SMWEF offers interns hands-on experience supporting and assisting persons with special needs. As a volunteer or intern, you’ll work along doctors and nurses in hospitals, clinics and community outreaches centres for disabled and persons battling with mental health issues, helping to expand their opportunities while developing your own skills in healthcare and psychology. Interns Roles • Promoting mental health awareness • Helping to care for people who cannot access major hospitals • Assisting with counseling and psycho-educational sessions • Observing mental health assessments and treatments • Working alongside mental health doctors, clinicians, and social workers. As a mental health and psychology intern, you’ll gain a unique understanding by observing the effects of long-term mental illness on the daily lives of less privileged persons, as well as the wide-spread impacts of mental illness on local community. Interns will provide guidance and mentorship in crisis by leading life skills workshop, evaluations and case discussions, trainings, community workshops, and awareness campaigns.