Job Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Clinical, Counselling, or Educational Psychology.
• Registration with the Health Professions Council of SA as psychologist.
• At least 3 years’ experience as a registered psychologist.

Recommendation:

• Experience in working with students from diverse backgrounds at an institution of higher learning and preferably experience working at a Student Counselling Centre.

Key Performance Areas / Principal Accountabilities

• Counselling and crisis debriefing: Therapy and counselling for students with academic, personal, social and career related challenges. Facilitating student support groups related to different psychoeducational topics.
• Administering, processing and providing feedback on a variety of psychometric assessments.
• Training and development: A variety of academic and non-academic skills development programmes, psychoeducational workshops, career preparedness development. Facilitation to different student groups.
• Internal/External liaison and consulting, advocates on students’ behalf with regards to psychosocial issues negatively impacting on their academic performance and retention; and providing learner support. This may include differently abled students.
• Participate in- and initiate research.
• Organizes and present/co-present outreach educational programs to CPUT students on campus and in student residences.
• Record keeping and administration.

Competencies

• Technical and professional knowledge
• Customer / client focus
• Demonstrate professional and ethical behavior
• Communication
• Building trust
• Gaining commitment
• Administrative skill and managing work (incl. time management)
• Adaptability
• Contributing to team success
• Computer literacy
• Research