Counsellor Rehab Cape Town
An exciting position has opened up for a Counsellor to help start up a rehabilitation center (drug abuse, eating disorder, and gambling addiction) in Cape Town. You will be part of the original team that will get the institution up and running. Your initial role will be to advise and assist the stakeholders in building the perfect rehabilitation program. Thereafter you will resume your role as Counsellor to patients.
Requirements:
- Registered Counsellor (HPCSA) preferably or has successfully run a rehabilitation center
- At least 3 years experience as a counsellor
Essential Functions:
- Provides one-to-one counseling, and conducts group counseling sessions
- Conducts assessments of all new program participants
- Creates treatment plans in collaboration with clients, and regularly reviews and revises plans on an ongoing and intentional basis to ensure their viability and validity
- Runs educational groups discussing issues
- Provides emotional and physical well-being coping skills to residents/patients
- Familiarizes self with the principles of behavioral dynamics and group therapy and assists participants in handling their problems and working effectively with others
- Charts the daily progress of residents/patients
- Completes all other duties as assigned