Manager: Counselling Centre at Rhodes University

Main Objectives

• The provision of a holistic psychological support service to the students of the University.  The Counselling Centre serves a dual function: firstly, to provide psychological care to students and, secondly, as an accredited internship site for the training of intern psychologists.

The Requirements

• Qualified Counselling Psychologist, registered with the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA), with approximately 5 years relevant work experience over and above their internship where such experience includes:
• Previous experience working with adolescents or individuals in early adulthood. The greater diversity of the experience with adolescents the better for example, experience in one-on-one counselling, group counselling and educational work.   Those individuals with specific experience of working with University students will also be at an advantage
• Previous experience supervising interns with a good track record of having done so
• At least 3 years’ previous supervision/management experience