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Community Counsellor and Trainer Sector: Community & Social Development Country: South Africa Length: 24 months Close Date: 17/2/2010 Position Description 1: 10530782_AD.doc Counselling Trainer - Open Door Crisis Centre Open Dorr Crisis Centre is a well established counselling, training and advisory centre that provides safe haven where people across all sectors of the community can find compassion, understanding and assistance in times of crisis. The main activities of the centre include; counselling services (for people experiencing abuse, domestic violence, bereavement), community development (running centres for at risk groups, Safe Haven (for 15 women affected by abuse of human trafficking), HIV/AIDS wellness clinic and a 24 hour crisis line. The centre also seeks to create sustainable possibilities and solutions on the ground for people in these communities, so this role is about empowering and training local people for the purpose of community upliftment. The work will be across a great variety of communities, from a peri-urban coloured community to rural Zulu communities. The benefit of an international volunteer is that they grew up outside of the South African context and are therefore exempt from a lot of the prejudices and political influences that they may face from going into such a wide variety of communities. Over two years, the successful volunteer will be working towards imparting their counselling skills to both individual clients and support groups in the community, while training local volunteers in these skills. To be successful in this assignment, you will be able to demonstrate: Previous experience working with traumatised groups, with a focus on troubled youth, abused women and vulnerable and orphaned children. Previous experience in a training and upliftment Excellent communication skills Ability to maintain both local community and international relationships Your experience will be supported by qualifications and/or ongoing professional development in Counselling and/or Community Development