FLASH
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Unnecessary rambling. Errors of form and content in the documentation and non-responsibility for them. Lack of communication ethics by the administration and leaders of UP.
The president of the Order of Psychologists, Valbona Treska, is dismissed from office. After a long meeting held today by the Extraordinary Assembly of the Order of Psychologists, it was decided to remove her, accusing her of many abuses.
About 550 psychologists called this first and unprecedented process, due to violations, indifference and arrogance on the part of the governing bodies, in all these years of the Order's existence. They oppose the increase in fees and quotations, without prior consultation with the Assembly and in a marked lack of transparency.
Treska was elected as the first president of the Order of Psychologists in 2017 by the Constituent Assembly. She was re-elected in 2021 for another 4-year term. About a week ago a petition signed by 216 psychologists across the country addressed the government against the President of the Order of Psychologists, arguing that the institution is carrying out training and accreditation that has not been approved by the Health and Social Care Quality Assurance Agency . According to one of the signatories, Altin Nikës, the trainings carried out during the last year, which went up to 1500 euros, are legally invalid.
Violations of Valbona Treska
1. Lack of transparency in decision-making and delayed publication of decisions.
2. Delayed responses to concerns, often acute, from UP leaders even though there are 2 lawyers, secretaries, Secretary General, administration employees.
3. Non-consultation with the members of the Assembly in advance when the technology of several years already simplifies the communication.
4. Expensive trainings, the payment of which is disproportionate to the salaries we receive.
5. The trainings provided by members of the Council conflict with their interests and thus violate the ethics of the profession. If Council members wish to share their knowledge and experience with us, they can do so free of charge.
6. Lack of alternatives to choose trainings according to the needs of the field and the trainings done so far do not challenge the knowledge of the relevant fields of psychology.
7. Increase in fees by over 30% when there was no increase in financial income for all psychologists.
8. Mismanagement of the Ethics Commission by taking extreme administrative measures without implementing the escalating hierarchy of measures.
9. Non-response and silence when official documents are requested, non-filing due to loss of documentation, invoices and others. There is evidence when psychologists had to pay twice the licensing fee.
10. Unannounced inspections at the place of work of psychologists even without reason.
11. Conflict of interest of the member of the National Council who also plays the role of General Secretary.
12. Unnecessary scrolling. Errors of form and content in the documentation and non-responsibility for them. Lack of communication ethics by the administration and leaders of UP.
13. Not promoting the profession of psychologists, members of the National Council or talented psychologists, at a time when mental health is still stigmatized and Albanian society is in great need.
14. The annual issuance of membership cards leads to confusion and unnecessary expenses. when the cards can be divided once every 5 years. It is not even ecological;
15. Failure to establish official relations with ASCK and public institutions in order to strengthen the network of psychologists through qualifications.
16. Workshops, exchanges of experiences of school psychologists that translate into credits are surprisingly paid even when these are developed within the professional network. In recent years, school psychologists have been forced to receive only the trainings determined by the leaders of UP, which has monopolized the market of qualifications whose payments are not in fair proportion to our salaries. 17. There is no clear and correct definition of the relationship between the UP and the interns, who, in addition to the payment, also pay insurance. The leaders of UP have not shown concrete commitment in building cooperation with public institutions where internships are offered to interns and this is converted into practical knowledge before licensing.
18. As psychologists, we have been faced with a rejecting approach from the leaders of UP.
19. Improper and imprecise treatment of psychologists, e.g. the non-appearance of the UP expert in a training followed with the repetition of the training, causing loss of time and financial damage.
20. Legal psychologists pay the UP the highest rate of all other psychologists, this rate is differentiated. The Commissioner against Discrimination by means of a decision has called this quota discriminatory. Another disturbing phenomenon is that even though legal psychologists have completed the necessary training, they are not called to assist in the courts .
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