Counsellor (Community Intervention Team – COMIT)

Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessment and provide intervention and support to clients with mental health issues, e.g., psychoeducation, counselling, and case management, as well as caregiver support. 
• Plan, implement and review services and activities to meet the needs of the clients and/or caregivers. 
• Responsible for maintaining client records that are accurate and timely for submission for data analysis, in accordance to the COMIT programme requirement. 
• Keep and maintain client and programme data and documents, in accordance to the COMIT programme requirement, as well as the prevailing personal data protection and security guidelines. 
• Support in the development of COMIT service planning document and manual, including set up requirements (infrastructure, manpower & training) and processes (outreach, triage, mental health information, service linkage & follow-up).
• Ensure attendance in training and supervision sessions, where relevant, as part of the staff competency required by the COMIT programme. 

Requirements:

• MUST possess SAC recognised Graduate Diploma/Master’s in Counselling
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience of casework management
• Additional counselling content skills/therapies is an advantage
• Passion for managing people with mental health disorders
• Good knowledge on available external agencies for psycho-social referrals
• Good communication skills
• Able to work well in a collaborative environment
• Compassionate, detail orientated with good judgement skills
• This position is on contract basis