Psychological Support Group Officer

Overview

The 210th Separate Assault Regiment is a unit established in August 2024 on the basis of the 210th Separate Special Battalion "BERLINGO," whose combat path began in March 2022. The unit's core was made up of volunteers who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first days of the full-scale invasion. The battalion's fighters countered an enemy landing on the shore of the Kyiv reservoir, took part in liberating a number of settlements in Kyiv region, and carried out combat missions in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions. Its service members now continue to successfully carry out their assigned missions. Over this time, the battalion's fighters have received about 300 state awards and more than a thousand distinctions from defense agencies. This has been made possible by strong values, high motivation, quality training of fighters, and careful selection of candidates.

Responsibilities:

• monitoring mental states, studying servicemen's individual psychological characteristics
• providing psychological aid to personnel and service members' families (upon request)
• psychodiagnostics and psychocorrection
• prevention of combat-related psychological trauma among servicemen
• participating in the work of the professional-psychological selection group for candidates for military service
• conducting classes on psychological education and psychological preparation of personnel
• psychological support during the performance of assigned missions and during recovery
• providing primary psychological aid in crisis states

Requirements:

• possession of an officer's rank (other options considered given relevant education and competencies)
• higher education in Psychology (state-issued diploma)
• possession of certificates confirming professional development
• membership in Ukrainian and/or European professional psychological communities
• 3+ years of experience as a psychologist
• advanced training in psychiatric propaedeutics
• education in military or crisis psychology will be an advantage
• skills in providing psychological support in extreme situations
• advanced knowledge of psychology and the physiology of stress
• motivation for military service
• continuous improvement of one's own professional skills
• responsibility and discipline
• good physical shape
• stress resilience
• proficiency in the state language
• military service experience will be an advantage

Conditions:

• mobilization until the end of martial law or contract service
• possibility of transferring current servicemen with the direct commander's consent
• service in the city of Kyiv and at the assigned mission location
• monetary allowance in accordance with current legislation
• a professional environment and support from the team