Community Keepers is a nonprofit company aiming to promote the social and emotional wellbeing of children and youth by providing support services within schools. The Community Keepers multidisciplinary team operates from school-based offices and delivers a variety of services to learners including, assessments, counselling, therapy, life skills programmes, parenting workshops and more.
Community Keepers seeks to appoint two Counsellors, to be based in Cape Town (Ysterplaat / Maitland).
Duration: Part time – Three to Four mornings a week
Start Date: As soon as possible
Responsibilities:
- Conduct assessments
- Provide individual and/or group therapy
- Obtain collateral from relevant support systems
- Give feedback
- Recording of the therapy process and recording of data
- Individual and group interventions based on treatment plans, ensuring that the most appropriate intervention is used and the most up-to-date methods of intervention
- Update all administrative processes associated with the process, including clinical notes, organizing files, giving feedback to referrers, etc.
Requirements:
- Tertiary qualification, preferably a B.Ed. (Hons) in Ed Psych / B.Ed. Psych and registered as a counsellor with the HPCSA
- Experience in counselling children as well as working in a school context.
- Sound ethical principles of practice
- Knowledge in the development of creative approaches for interventions for individual and school development
- Outstanding administrative skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Verbal and written communication skills in both Afrikaans and English
- Natural ability to build strategic relationships and interact with individuals of different backgrounds
- Passion for teamwork and community-based interventions
- Capability to represent the values and ethos of the organization
To apply, download the application form from our website (https://communitykeepers.org/get-involved/#tab_involved_1) and submit to [email protected] with Counsellor Cape Town as the subject.
Please note that we do not consider other documentation for applications.
Do not include reference letters or proof of qualifications.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for an interview.
Community Keepers reserves the right to fill this position.
More Information
- Job City Cape Town
