Registered Councillor Grade 1 To 3

Overview

Providing preventative and developmental counselling services to children, adults, couples and families including mental health screening of all patients, psychoeducation and mental health promotion. Performing supportive psychological interventions to enh ance mental well -being on an individual basis, group basis and at community level.

Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Appropriate qualification that allows registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Registered Counsellor
• Registration with a professional council: Registration with the HPCSA as a Registered Counsellor
• Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a Counsellor
• Grade 2: A minimum of 8 years appropriate experience as a Counsellor after registration with Health Professional Council (HPCSA) as a Counsellor
• Grade 3: A minimum of 16 years appropriate experience as a Counsellor after registration with Health Professional Council (HPCSA) as a Counsellor
• Inherent requirements of the job: Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s license
• Competencies (knowledge/skills): Proven counselling skills with individuals and groups
• set up of evidence- based community interventions
• knowledge and/or experience in psychometric assessments, identification of mental health challenges and provide trai ning
• Work within your professional scope of practice
• Refer appropriately
• Knowledge and experience in providing mentoring and supervision of other lay health workers
• Able to work independently and in a team, demonstrate good presentation skills
• the abi lity to conduct training
• Good intra- and interpersonal skills, maintenance of good professional relations, effective conflict resolution and to be adaptable and innovative in a high-pressured environment
• Computer literacy (i.e
• MS Word, PowerPoint and Ex cel)

Responsibilities

• Providing preventative and developmental counselling services to children, adults, couples and families including mental health screening of all patients, psychoeducation and mental health promotion
• Performing supportive psychological interventions to enh ance mental well -being on an individual basis, group basis and at community level
• Work within the multidisciplinary team and form part of the sub district and district mental health teams
• Report writing and providing feedback to clients/supervisor(s) on interventions
• Perform clinical administrative duties as keep accurate statistics and conduct training and workshops
• Provide supervision, mentoring and support to lay health worker and attend regular clinical supervision

How to apply

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