Student Counsellor (Student Support Services - DCTP Sites) Pietermaritzburg - 5 year full time contract - REF. NO.: CHS02/2024 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.

The post is based at the respective Hospitals at the Decentralized Clinical Training Platform, viz, Pietermaritzburg.
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
• Services must be offered face to face at the respective DCTP site