Social Worker (AD08) (AD.08.4)

Description

Job Title Social Worker (AD08) Location Johannesburg, ZA Organization Name Counselling and Careers Development Unit Department Description

Main Purpose:

The CCDU is a multi-disciplinary team who provide professional supportive services in a welcoming and safe space for Wits students. The team endeavors to facilitate, contribute to and enhance the well-being and self-empowerment of students. The team works across disciplines in an integrated way to offer a holistic service to students. The Unit provides a high standard of services based on an ethos of student-centeredness, inclusivity, and human rights.

The CCDU Team Offer Students:

• Individual and group counselling
• Career counselling and development
• Psycho-educative workshops, training, and advocacy programmes
• HIV education, advocacy, and support
• Volunteer peer advocacy on social justice, mental health, and HIV
• Peer mentorship training
• Graduate recruitment
• The Journey to Employability
• Professional internships

The scope of this position includes primarily counselling (individual and group) and mental wellness advocacy with Wits undergraduate and post-graduate students.

The incumbent in this position would predominantly contribute to three of the strategic priorities of the Mental Wellness Strategy:

• Enhancement Of Access to Professional Counselling Services/Interventions
• Promotion of Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing.
• Enhancement Of Collaborative Programmes and Initiatives to Promote a Culture of Support and Belonging

The Key Performance Areas Are:

• Counselling: To offer short term individual and group counselling /debriefing as required to students.
• Crisis intervention and crisis management
• Advocacy for mental health and wellness: To Design and as part of the team, to implement collaborative preventative initiatives; psycho-educative programmes training, facilitation and monitoring of holistic mental health and wellness advocacy programmes, for the student community.

Brief Description

Requirements:

• Honours Degree (Social Work or equivalent degree essential)
• Registration with the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)
• 3 5 years experience in counselling (short term individual and group)
• Experience in development and implementation of mental health and wellness advocacy programmes for student metal health and wellness.
• Excellent professional skills and experience to co-ordinate, organize and implement life skills workshops, programmes, and presentations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to liaise effectively and professionally, with a wide range of people e.g., colleagues, managers, scholars, students, faculty staff, internally and outside the university.
• Occasional after-hours workshops/presentations on campus and in Residences
• Computer literacy
• Report writing, editing and research skills.

Experience in working in the above areas at a Higher Educational Institution would be an advantage

Detailed Description Job Requirements Additional Details How To Apply

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Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. Preference will be given to appointable internal candidates.The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.

The University is committed to employment equity. Preference may be given to appointable applicants from the underrepresented designated groups in terms of the relevant employment equity plans and policies of the University. The University retains the right not to make an appointment and to verify all information provided by candidates.

Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to re-advertise.

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