On behalf of our client a faith based NGO, we seek to recruit a highly competent, motivated and professional individual to fill the position of a Counsellor.

Job Summary:
The counselor will be responsible for helping people manage and overcome mental and emotional challenges. The counselor will listen to clients and ask questions to help understand their problems and develop an improvement plan.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Diagnosing patient mental and emotional challenges
• Working and counseling groups, communities, and individual patients
• Evaluating patient through conversations, interviews, and observations to determine correct testing or examination
• Developing a treatment plan that may include counseling, medication, or other services
• Setting patient goals and discussing a treatment plan
• Encouraging, supporting, and listening to patients/clients
• Helping patients/clients discuss experiences and emotions
• Assisting patients/clients through difficult life changes and challenges
• Educating the patient/client on strategies and coping skills
• Referring patients/clients to resources like psychiatrists, treatment facilities, or community services
• Accessing patient/client needs, and developing strategies to help the patient
• Maintaining good working relationships with support networks, government resources, and community resources
• Advising and guiding patients/clients through difficult decisions
• Helping patients with a variety of issues such as substance abuse, bullying, anger management, depression, relationships, stress and suicide

Skills and requirements
• Possesses superb written and spoken communication skills
• Good in English, Luganda and or Lusoga
• 3+ years of experience
• Compassionate and caring of patients
• Strong counselling skills/pedagogy
• Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Counselling
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)