Student Wellness Manager

ADvTECH; Oos-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education group is looking for a Student Wellness Manager to oversee the psychosocial wellbeing of distance learning students. You will provide essential counselling services, engage in community projects, and manage student council activities. Applicants should have at least an NQF Level 8 qualification in Social Work or Counselling Psychology, and 1-2 years of face-to-face counselling experience. Preference will be given to EE and South African candidates. Availability during evenings and weekends is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must be registered as a Social Worker with SACSSP or as a Counsellor/Psychologist with HPCSA.
• 1-2 years of face-to-face counselling experience post-qualification required.
• Experience working with youth for 2-3 years is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee psychosocial wellbeing of distance learning students.
• Plan and implement social awareness and education campaigns.
• Conduct counselling services and manage student council activities.

Skills

Counselling

Community engagement

Project management

Social awareness campaigns

Reporting and analysis

Education

NQF Level 8 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology

NQF Level 9 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology

Job description

Job Purpose

The online Student Wellness Manager is accountable for overseeing the overall psychosocial wellbeing of distance learning students through providing counselling services, social education and awareness programmes and life skills development.

Duties and Responsibilities

Counselling

• Implementation of on-site primary counselling services, trauma containment & crisis management
• Marketing & Promotion of the service to students
• Maintaining of case files and counselling statistics within SACSSP/HPCSA standards

Community Engagement (CE)

• Create a campus specific planner for CE projects and manage the implementation thereof for each site
• Ensure the active functioning of the CE committee of the Student Council
• Monitor, evaluate and analyse projects to inform future planning & measure impact of projects

Management of the Student Council

• Plan and implement the SC election process
• Provide enough training, team building and development opportunities for the SC
• Ensure the active participation and engagement of SC members in campus life through the various committees, portfolios, meetings and other related activities as per the SC process

Social Awareness & Education

• Design and Plan effective Social Awareness & Education Campaigns aimed at addressing campus specific needs
• Manage the effective implementation of such programmes
• Evaluation and analysis of Programmes to inform future planning

Reporting

• Fortnightly Reporting on all KPAs
• Consolidated Semester Reporting
• Completion of all online tracking systems
• Update graduate database

Requirements

• NQF Level 8 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology
• NQF Level 9 Qualification in Social work or counselling psychology (Advantageous)
• Registration as a Social Worker with the SACSSP or a registered Counsellor or Psychologist with the HPCSA
• 1 – 2 years of face-to-face counselling experience, post-qualification
• 2-3 years’ experience working with the youth
• Comfortable using technology for uploading and accessing client files
• Availability on evenings and weekends is considered a plus

Rosebank College is an equal opportunities employer; however, EE and South African candidates will be preferred.