Employee Assistance Practitioner at BDO South Africa

THE ROLE

The Employee Assistance Practitioner will focus on, educating the business/employees on Mental Health and the intellectual, emotional, psychological, social, behavioural aspects of human functioning. The Employee Assistance Practitioner will identify psychological, emotional or behavioural matters and come forth with a remedy of actions. The Employee Assistance Practitioner will work under the supervision of the Employee Assistance Manager (Clinical Psychologist).

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing wellness initiatives with a positive impact on learning and development.
• Advise on Knowledge sharing and upliftment of skills base
• Administering of other assessments that may be used to help people learn more about different aspects of their personalities or as screening and evaluation tools
• Developing and facilitating awareness sessions on a range of topics relevant to the employees and the challenges they experience in their workplace.
• Improving employee satisfaction and maximising the productivity of the workforce. Find ways to make jobs more rewarding or design programs that improve the quality of life in the workplace.
• Assess, refer and provide basic counselling to employees.
• Assisting with coaching, goal setting and other crucial skills such as conflict management, managerial style and the necessary coping skills to cope with their specific work environment.
• Generate, consolidate and submit reports and statistics

QUALIFICATION:

• BPsyc Degree or a Honours Degree in Psychology
• Registration with the Health Professions Council of SA
• Registered to practice as Registered Counselor

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Basic Counselling experience
• Development of wellbeing programmes and initiatives
• EAP Experience

KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience in individual/group work counselling
• Experience in the Professional Services Industry will be beneficial

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• Proficiency in MS Office suite
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Organization skills

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

• Conflict handling and interpersonal relations skills
• Communication skills (written, presentation, verbal and listening)
• Analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Professionalism
• Strong client orientation
• Stakeholder management skills
• Ability to prioritise and handle stress
• Socially aware and able to work as part of a diverse team
• Innovative and willing to share ideas for new ways of working
• Ability to work with all levels within an organisation

Salary is market-related and commensurate with experience. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Appontment will be made in terms of the firms employment equity policy.