Senior Counsellor

Job Responsibilities:

• Offer early-risk marriage support eg minor and transnational couples, and family & marital counselling
• Offer group work and other interventions to families facing challenges; and to work with relevant partners to promote the welfare of the clients
• Proficient in various counselling approaches (e.g., systemic etc) and tools to help with clients concerns effectively
• Possess the ability to manage challenging cases, including crisis intervention and referral to other agencies
• Deliver clinical supervision for staff's professional development
• Supervise and manage counselling interns, when necessary
• Plan, develop and implement programmes for children, adults and/or families
• Conduct annual appraisals with staff, where applicable
• Identify gaps in service delivery and improve work processes for the organization
• Comply with workflow processes and improve protocols when necessary
• Manage the budget and statistics monthly
• Perform any other duties assigned by Management

Qualifications

• Preferably attained a postgraduate qualification in counselling by accredited institutions under the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC) and/or certification in systemic thinking
• Obtained a minimum of 50 hours of training in Clinical Supervision
• Preferably a registered counsellor/supervisor with SAC or registered social worker with SASW

Other Information

Relevant Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in counselling individuals, couples, and families (e.g. court cases) independently, with at least 1 year of supervisory experience

Competencies:

• A people-oriented team player that contributes to a positive work and team culture
• Ability to adapt and be flexible with changes
• Excellent written (e.g. report writing) and presentation skills
• Committed, able to multi-task and has a can-do attitude