Job description

• The incumbent will be required to promote positive mental health and to 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 Hospital at the Decentralized Clinical Training Platforms, viz, Port Shepstone.

 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 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.