Shelter Counselors x2 Young Women’s Christian Association

Shelter Counselors –x 2

Reporting to: Shelter Manager
Location: Namwala

Roles and responsibility

• Provide 24-hour psychosocial counseling to shelter clients
• Administration of drugs to clients
• Accompany client to clinics, court, social welfare department, police stations and other stakeholders as may be required
• Check on client’s welfare on a daily basis and record the mood of each client daily.
• Handovers of client daily observation report.
• Do not cause harm to any client.
• Ensure that clients do not harm each other.
• Provide routine counseling for each client as and when needed.
• Ensure that clients are kept active in the shelter by engaging them in various activities.
• Ensure that all clients have their accessories securely kept upon entry into the shelter and given back upon discharge from the shelter
• Abide by the Code of Conduct and ethics of counselling provided by the organization.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Desired Qualifications:

• Diploma in Psychosocial Counselling – Degree will be an added advantage
• Practical experience in Gender, human rights and development contexts
• At least three (3) years of experience working in a related field
• Experience in working with CSOs/NGOs
• Fluency in written and spoken English and a local language widely spoken in the district of assignment
• Experience working for an international non-government organization is an advantage
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• A strong candidate able to meet planned objectives and targets
• High level of integrity and confidentiality