Consultant Counsellor at Centre for Domestic Training and Development (CDTD)

Position Summary: Centre for Domestic Training and Development has a vacant position of a Consultant Counsellor to be engaged on FULL-TIME basis on a 3 months renewable contract depending on performance and availability of funding.

Responsibilities of the Counsellor

• Providing Psychosocial support to all project beneficiaries at TAGS
• Appropriate case management of all project cases
• Development of exit plans for the rescued children who successfully complete training with CDTD
• Professionally facilitating the court process i.e. institutional committals OB No.,or statement recording and court appearances.
• Organizing and facilitating field activities such as conducting rescues of children at risk of trafficking at Victims of trafficking.
• Organising and managing case conferences
• Organising service providers’ forums
• Attending work related meetings
• Attending workshops and forums
• Generating weekly and monthly reports
• Profiling children cases
• Maintaining a confidential client record system

Qualifications and Experience of the Counsellor:

• Must have a Bachelor’s in Social Science and a minimum of diploma certificate in counselling with 2 years’ experience working with children.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skillsin spoken English and Kiswahili
• Ability to develop counselling assessment tools including an intake form
• Excellent counselling skills including proper intake empathic listening, especially among children and adolescents
• Excellent case management skills for victims of abuse
• Ability to conduct assessments and develop clear intervention plans and appropriate strategies.
• Ability to communicate in a highly professional manner with clients, community members and professional partners and be able to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality
• Able to complete required reporting and documentation within the set deadlines
• A highly motivated, creative and compassionate person who is dedicated to ensuring that models of best practice are utilized
• Knowledge of community based child protection approaches, preferably experience in participatory approaches and child participation methodologies.
• Ability to use a wide range of child counselling methodologies
• Good managerial and IT skills including the use of Word and database software
• Ability to promote the values of diversity, equality, non-discrimination,Problem solving and conflict resolution
  Skills
• Demonstrable ability to adapt to changing programme priorities
• Commitment to Centre For Domestic Training and Development(CDTDs)Child Protection Policy