Manager- Wellness Services
Job Purpose:
- To create business opportunities for the wellness centre; manage the existing businesses in an efficient manner as well as provide psychosocial and counselling services to our clients.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
SERVICE MANAGEMENT
- Coordinate, manage and lead a safe, professional and accessible telephone counselling service.
- Prioritize conflicting needs; handle matters expeditiously, proactively, and follow-through on projects to their successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
SERVICE DELIVERY
- To ensure safeguarding protocols/procedures are adhered to.
- To liase with admin support as appropriate.
- To report to and liase with line management regarding the delivery of the service.
- To ensure that client complaints are investigated and dealt with appropriately.
- To maintain and manage client record systems.
- To maintain and manage the counselling waiting list.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Develop and implement a business plan for the service.
- To promote and publicise the counselling service among relevant agencies, referrers, service users and potential service users.
- Liase and network with relevant statutory and voluntary sector partners.
- Prepare Budget
- Manage income from counselling clients.
- Schedule meetings and attend all meetings.
TRAINING
- Identify potential training needs for telephone counsellors and volunteers.
- Coordinate customer service training for wellness counsellors
- Coordinate the production of training packages & manuals for organizations, schools and families.
- Liaise with the clinical and psychology leads of the unit to organize clinical training for the counsellors
PERSON SPECIFCATION
- Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
- Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including patients, staff and external partners
- Expert level written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
- Emotional maturity
- Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
- Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response
- Proven ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
- Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- A minimum of a Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, or Counselling
- Minimum of 5 years work experience
- Knowledge in Employee Wellness Initiative, Stress management etc
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to empathize with clients
- Ability to leverage internal and external resources as part of a client treatment plan
- Willingness to work on-call
- Experience writing assessments and reports to monitor client progress
- Interested in Research
- Strong problem solving abilities
- Ability to react immediately, yet calmly, to crisis situations and quickly build rapport with your callers
- Must demonstrate compassion and understanding for people dealing with potentially life-threatening situations and be able to assess serious issues, such as the potential for suicide.
- Should also be able to maintain professional boundaries and be able to effectively manage high levels of stress.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Role as the title of your mail.
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