Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

• Make the initial call to clients to introduce counselling support services and conduct assessments for individual or couple counselling support;
• In liaison with the Senior Counsellor, conduct support group sessions to enhance client's self-awareness, interpersonal relationship skills, and integration;
• In consultation with the Senior Counsellor, conduct group therapy sessions for group members;
• Organise and conduct life skills training for children and youth;
• Make appropriate internal referrals to ensure clients receive holistic services;
• Conduct intake and exit assessments to clients in the counselling groups to identify trends in their wellbeing and evaluate the impact of the counselling interventions;
• Encourage self-reported feedback from about lessons learned after life skill training.

Development of Counselling services:
• Participate in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of the counselling interventions;
• Familiarize with Salesforce, TaroWorks and all the counselling assessment tools used by the RufegePoint Counsellors;
• Identify trends during group counselling sessions and liaise with the Senior Counsellor to design strategies to address identified needs.

Virtual Counselling groups:
• Co-facilitate the virtual counselling sessions in collaboration with the RP counsellors;
• Make timely requisition of airtime and ensure clients receive this in a timely manner;
• Track the airtime and internet bundles received by clients vis-à-vis session attendance, and liaise with the Finance department to facilitate timely payments to the vendor;
• Make individual follow-ups of clients who miss or drop off during sessions and explore their individual challenges.

Professional development:
• Participate in continuous professional development to enhance client's care;
• Attend monthly external supervision as mandated by the counseling profession and regular internal clinical supervision.

Documentation and reporting:
• Draft counseling case notes for each client and take attendance in Taroworks after each group session;
• Maintain participants' lists in support, therapy groups and Life Skills Training;
• Conduct the intake and exit counseling assessments in TaroWorks and synchronise these on Salesforce;
• Compile and submit the weekly and monthly counseling reports to the Senior Counsellor.
• Attend any other duties assigned by the Senior Counsellor.

Requirements:
• Degree in Counseling studies and at least 1 year of counseling practice or Diploma in counseling with at least 3 years of counseling practice;
• Confidentiality and integrity in the profession.
• Good understanding of trauma, depression and effective approaches for alleviating psychological pain;
• Proven experience initiating and running counseling groups;
• Ability to work with multinational and multilingual clients;
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written);
• Registration by relevant regulatory authority;

Desired:
• Prior experience working with refugees and/or asylum seekers in an urban setting.
• Possess cross cultural counseling skills and experience working with minority groups;
• A flexible approach to work spread throughout the year;
• Ability to multitask and work under minimum supervision;
• Ability to adapt to a fluid environment and think outside the box;
• Ability to conduct group counseling sessions in Kiswahili;
• Certification in Trainer of Trainers;


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to RefugePoint on refugepoint.applicantstack.com to apply


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