
Counsellor (Youth /family)
4 weeks ago
Life Choices is an innovative and impactful non-profit organisation working to improve the lives of young people and families on the Cape Flats. It runs several programmes aimed at improving the health and wellbeing, life skills and leadership, education and employability of those it serves. At the heart of Life Choices' work is supporting the emotional health and resilience of its beneficiaries. Life Choices is looking for a qualified and registered counsellor to join its Wellness team for the period while a staff member will be on maternity leave. The counsellor would be required to work largely with clients from the Family Affairs programme, as well as other programmes within the organisation. Given that Life Choices offers a range of self-development workshops through its programmes, it would be advantageous for the counsellor to have had group work counselling experience and/or facilitation experience.
**Roles and Responsibilities will be**:
- Assessment of each client’s needs
- One-on-one psychosocial support to clients (young people and adults) enrolled in Life Choices programmes
- Group intervention (e.g. psychoeducation)
- Individual and group supervision sessions
- Facilitation of self-development workshops, where required
- Booking of 6-7 clients daily (the annual target is 250 clients per year)
- Networking with various stakeholders and partners
- Representing the organisation, where required
- Administrative work - as and where needed
**Requirements**:
- Qualified Social Worker registered with the SACSSP or a registered Counsellor with the HPCSA
- Knowledge of various theories and methodologies (CBT, ACE and solution-focused therapy, use of a genogram)
- Experience in youth counselling and family counselling
- Minimum of two year’s counselling experience
- Fluency (ability to talk, read and write) in English and isiXhosa is important, while moderate skills (ability to understand and interpret) in Afrikaans are advantageous
- Facilitation experience is advantageous
- The ability to work independently and in a team
- Valid driver’s licence and own vehicle are advantageous
**Key skills and competencies**:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Solid administrative skills
- Good computer literacy (Google suite preferably)
- Excellent time management skills
- Reliable and punctual
- Attention to detail
- Customer service orientated
- Motivated and goal-driven
- Ability to multi-task
- Compassionate and empathetic
- A high degree of self-confidence and integrity
- Able to build and maintain stakeholder relations
- Must share values and genuine passion for Life Choices’ mission
**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: R13 000,00 - R17 000,00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Must be registered with the HCPSA as a counsellor or Social Worker registered with the SACSSP
**Education**:
- Bachelors (required)
**Experience**:
- counselling/Social Worker: 2 years (required)
Application Deadline: 2025/01/10
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