Counsellor (2 posts)
Healthcare, Government, Public Service
Minimum Requirements
- Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s licence. Willingness to travel in the Sub-structure to consult clients, attend and conduct meetings and training sessions.
- Grade1: None after registration with the health professions Council of South Africa as a Registered Counsellor. Grade 2: A minimum of 8 years appropriate experience after Registration with the HPCSA as Counsellor. Grade 3: A minimum of 16 years appropriate experience after registration with HPCSA as Counsellor.
- Knowledge and/or experience in counselling, psychometric assessments and identification of mental health challenges.
- Ability to think strategically and analytically, as well as the ability to interpret and implement policies and guidelines.
- Work within your professional scope of practice and know when to refer for more specialized mental health interventions.
- Knowledge and experience in providing mentoring and supervision of other lay health workers.
- Computer literacy (i.e.
- MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
Responsibilities
- Providing preventative and developmental counselling services and interventions on all systems levels.
- Performing supportive psychological interventions to enhance mental well-being on an individual basis, group basis or at community level.
- Performing basic psychological screening aimed at overall generalized functioning enhancement.
- Provide counselling in conjunction with interdisciplinary/multi-sectoral support teams.
- Provide psychoeducation and mental health promotion.
- Report writing and providing feedback to clients/supervisor(s) on interventions.
- Provide supervision, mentoring and support to lay health workers.
- Attend regular clinical supervision.
- Form part of the sub-district and district mental health teams.
