Counsellor X2

**Main purpose of the job**:
To deliver one-on-one talk therapy sessions with young women taking PrEP at the Ward 21 adolescent clinic

**Location**:
22 Esselen Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg

**Key performance areas**:

- Deliver one-on-one talk therapy sessions with young women
- Identify and discuss mental health challenges that affect the use of oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
- Assist participants in generating solutions and a plan to implement solutions
- Conduct a urine PrEP adherence testing and provide results to participants
- Provide drug-level feedback counselling
- Document urine test results, and sessions accordingly
- Conduct quality checks for urine test kits
- Ensure that confidentiality is maintained
- Conduct group counselling sessions as needed with AGYW receiving one-on-one talk therapy
- Participate in weekly debriefing sessions with a research psychologist
- Assist with research-related activities as and when required
- Take ownership and accountability for tasks and demonstrates effective self-management
- Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of own work are consistently and accurately
maintained.
- Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback.
- Take ownership of driving your own career development by participating in ongoing training and development
activities.

**Required Minimum education and training**:

- **Grade 12**:

- Ages 24 - 30 years old
- PrEP use experience
- **Proficiency in IsiZulu, Sotho and English**

**Required minimum work experience**:

- Experience and or understanding of oral PrEP
- Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS

**Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities**:

- Fluency in more than one African Language.
- Willingness to learn and gain new skills in mental health counselling.
- Good interpersonal skills, Basic counselling skills.

**TO APPLY**:

- **Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.**:

- **Note AJ Personnel is fully POPI compliant.**:

- **Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.**:

- **The organisation maintains a Mandatory Covid-19 requirement and as such only Covid-19, Vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.**

**Please note**:

- **AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.**:

- **AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.