Student Counsellor (Grade 8) - 5 Year Sessional /Part time Contract - Ref No.: CHS01/2024 (Newcastle/Madadeni) at University of KwaZulu-Natal

Job description
Responsibilities:

• To promote positive mental health and facilitate the holistic development, and emotional well-being of the College of Health Sciences students, through the provision of assessment, individual and group counselling/therapy, wellness programmes, skills development, and referral services.
• Minimum requirements:
•  Master’s degree in Psychology (Counselling, Clinical, Educational or Industrial) or Master’s degree in Social Work (with specialisation in Clinical Social Work)
•  Current professional registration as an independent practitioner with the HPCSA or SACSSP.
•  Two (2) years of post-registration, relevant experience as an independent practitioner.
•   Knowledge of student learning, and development theories
•  Must have the flexibility to offer the contracted hours of service in either the working day, afternoons, evenings or weekends.
•  Services must be offered face to face at the respective DCTP site.
•  Sessional Student Counsellors must have time available to offer services for a minimum of 15 hours per week

Minimum requirements

• Master’s degree in Psychology (Counselling, Clinical, Educational, Industrial) or Master’s degree in Social Work (with specialisation in Clinical Social  Work) 
• Current professional registration as an independent practitioner with the HPCSA or SACSSP.
•  Two (2) years of post-registration, relevant experience as an independent practitioner.
•  Knowledge of student learning, and development theories
•  Must have the flexibility to offer the contracted hours of service in either the working day, afternoons, evenings or weekends.                              
• Services must be offered face to face at the respective DCTP site
• Sessional Student Counsellors must have time available to offer services for a minimum of 15 hours per week.