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The Adonis Musati Project (AMP) was formed in 2007 to assist vulnerable asylum seeker and refugee populations in Cape Town. Since then it has developed several successful community-based psycho-social interventions to assist the most marginalized and vulnerable refugees, including youth and children at risk.

AMP is offering a fulltime position for an energetic registered counsellor to manage our youth psychosocial programmes.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate establishment and functioning of foreign national Youth support groups.
  • Oversee and manage youth group facilitators, youth leaders or student counsellors.
  • Assist with the training of facilitators (e.g. youth leaders or student counsellors)
  • Be willing to organise and take part in youth holiday programmes or other relevant programmes decided by the counselling/ social work team.
  • Be prepared to work on Saturdays in lieu of another working day.
  • Liaise with other services providers for the benefit of clients
  • Conduct weekly/ regular counselling sessions with youth as needed
  • Conduct workshops, presentations and outreach at other service providers or in communities as needed.
  • Compile and complete individuals and group files for clients and make sure trackers are updated each week.
  • Prepare and submit all reports as per reporting guidelines.
  • Research (Gather information about mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy, developing materials)
  • Where needed, collaborate with other staff members and AMP partners to perform clinical assessments or interventions.
  • Represent AMP at various public events
  • Be ready to assist with any other reasonable task allocated by the Managers or Director.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Completed B. Psych or equivalent, including required practicum (6-12 months); registration with HPCSA as Registered Counsellor.
  • Experience working with vulnerable youth.
  • Ability to empathize and build trust with young people and their families
  • Excellent organizational skills, communication skills and flexibility.
  • A valid, unendorsed Code B South African driving licence.
  • Maturity and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Outstanding administrative skills with proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • 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.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Advantageous but not necessary:

  • Experience in salesforce
  • Ability to communicate in French or Swahili
  • To apply, submit your CV with the names and contact details of two recent, contactable references to [email protected] by 21st April 2021

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The Adonis Musati Project (AMP) was named after a young Zimbabwean man who died of starvation on the streets of Cape Town whilst queuing to get his asylum papers. The organisation was formed at the end of 2007, in an effort to ensure that no other refugee or asylum seeker would suffer the same fate.

Refugees and asylum seekers are amongst the most vulnerable populations in South African society. An overburdened health system, ill-defined government policies and poor dissemination of information, endemic corruption and prevailing xenophobic attitudes added to paucity of available information and assistance and linguistic and cultural barriers, create significant obstacles to accessing services, overcoming experienced trauma and integrating successfully into South African society.

According to the World Health Organisation, more than 50% of refugees suffer from mental health problems including trauma and stress, as a result of having endured conflict and massive human rights violations. Many African refugees are fleeing from areas where sexual violence and mass atrocities are amongst the worst in the world.

Through our work with vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Cape Town, AMP has seen the detrimental effects that such traumatic experiences have on an individual. Many are in a permanent state of mental distress and immobilisation, which leaves them incapacitated and unable to tackle the continued challenges of supporting themselves and their families once in South Africa.

Since its inception, the Adonis Musati Project has been involved in a number of initiatives and activities to assist the vulnerable asylum seeker and refugee population in Cape Town, including health and welfare, training, education, advocacy, and psychosocial and mental health care. AMP believes in taking a holistic approach to offering assistance, addressing both the physical and mental needs of our clientele. The Adonis Musati Project strives to address the gap of access and availability in services for this population, whilst encouraging individual sustained growth and eventual self-reliance.

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0 USD Cape Town CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week The Adonis Musati Project

The Adonis Musati Project (AMP) was formed in 2007 to assist vulnerable asylum seeker and refugee populations in Cape Town. Since then it has developed several successful community-based psycho-social interventions to assist the most marginalized and vulnerable refugees, including youth and children at risk.

AMP is offering a fulltime position for an energetic registered counsellor to manage our youth psychosocial programmes.

Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate establishment and functioning of foreign national Youth support groups.
  • Oversee and manage youth group facilitators, youth leaders or student counsellors.
  • Assist with the training of facilitators (e.g. youth leaders or student counsellors)
  • Be willing to organise and take part in youth holiday programmes or other relevant programmes decided by the counselling/ social work team.
  • Be prepared to work on Saturdays in lieu of another working day.
  • Liaise with other services providers for the benefit of clients
  • Conduct weekly/ regular counselling sessions with youth as needed
  • Conduct workshops, presentations and outreach at other service providers or in communities as needed.
  • Compile and complete individuals and group files for clients and make sure trackers are updated each week.
  • Prepare and submit all reports as per reporting guidelines.
  • Research (Gather information about mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy, developing materials)
  • Where needed, collaborate with other staff members and AMP partners to perform clinical assessments or interventions.
  • Represent AMP at various public events
  • Be ready to assist with any other reasonable task allocated by the Managers or Director.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Completed B. Psych or equivalent, including required practicum (6-12 months); registration with HPCSA as Registered Counsellor.
  • Experience working with vulnerable youth.
  • Ability to empathize and build trust with young people and their families
  • Excellent organizational skills, communication skills and flexibility.
  • A valid, unendorsed Code B South African driving licence.
  • Maturity and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Outstanding administrative skills with proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • 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.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Advantageous but not necessary:

  • Experience in salesforce
  • Ability to communicate in French or Swahili
  • To apply, submit your CV with the names and contact details of two recent, contactable references to [email protected] by 21st April 2021
2021-04-22

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