Reports to Study Coordinator. The incumbent will oversee counselors and ultimately ensure that the correct counseling is provided. The supervisor will also be involved in all safety cases that arise.
Main duties
- Attends weekly meetings with research coordinator
- Assigns clients to counsellors
- Supervises multiple counselors’ counselling (a brief intervention and Common Elements Treatments Approach -CETA) given to study participants
- Meets the counsellors weekly to discuss their counselling and give feedback
- Maintains client database
- QA/QC CETA counsellors files
- Oversees high risk cases and their reporting within protocol-specified period
- Ensures follow ups are done on high risk cases
- As needed by team, supports recruitment and enrolment procedures including getting informed consent from participants
Qualifications
- Full Grade 12 certificate
- Has undergone initial training to perform CETA
- Diploma in social work, psychology, or related field
- Previous experience providing Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA)
- Knowledge of HIV and Behavioral Health
- Computer skills, including use of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to work with low-income populations
- Ability to work quickly and willingness to deliver quality products under time pressure and short deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including integrity, good judgment, team working and diplomacy.
- Fostering integration and teamwork
- Communicating in a credible and effective way
- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
