Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Job Post – Student Mental Health Counselor

Position Title: Student Mental Health Counselor

Department: Department of Student Affairs

Report to: Manager

Date:ASAP

Type of Position: Full-time

Number of Hiring: 1

Post Number: SA-2022008

Position Description                                                                      

The incumbent will be responsible for Campus Mental Health work. Detailed duties and responsibilities are as follows.

Duties and Responsibilities                                                                    

·  To routinely manage student counseling cases and coordinate various specified psychological groups, targeting for dealing with various mental health difficulties students facing in campus.

·  To be responsible for the education and publicity of mental health knowledge to the campus, including layout of seminars and various types of new medias and maintenance of the psycho-education website, etc.

·  To be responsible for the organization and management of student mental health mentors and guidance of college students’ Psychological Club.

·  To support and/or assist the content design in other student activities of SA from mental health perspective.

·  To perform other mental health and/or administrative tasks as department head assigned. 

Required Job Specifications                                                                 

·  Be enthusiastic for education career, discipline and law-abiding, with good physical and mental health, and integrity personality.

·  Have a passion for mental health education, with high overall capacities, responsible working ethic, a calling to serve for youth growth, strong communication, organization, and team cooperation abilities.

·  Master professional knowledge and methods of mental health counseling and education, have a strong ability to plan and organize mental health activity and promote campus mental health through multimedia publicity. 

·  Have a master’s degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or related subjects, those with 2-year and above relating working experience and demonstrating strong working ability is preferred.

·  Have Good English and Chinese language skills and communication skills, able to apply various office software, with strong administrative workability.

·  Candidate with the qualification as a registered assistant psychologist or registered psychologist of Chinese Psychological Society, and/or having an internship or work experience in mental health hospital or mental health education or psychological counseling is preferred.

Required Job Competencies                                                                

·  Language ability: Fluent in both written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua) and English.

·  Strong sense of responsibility and initiative, and good professional and organizational skills.

·  Good interpersonal and communication skills to work in an international, cross-cultural work environment.

·  Strong sense of professional and academic ethics.

·  Ability to handle emergencies cases.

·  Prior mental health work experience in universities or hospitals preferred. 

Application Information                                                                   

·  Please send your cover letter, English and Chinese CVs to hr@gtiit.edu.cn in the format of name + position. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

·  Please include your previous online writings or micro-videos if any.