Cape Mental Health, a non-profit organisation that offers comprehensive mental health services in the Western Cape.
Cape Town Health seeks to employ a highly motivated and dynamic professional as a Training and Development Facilitator to provide training services to service providers and service users in the disability and mental health sectors to be based in Cape Town.
Employment Type: Permanent Position (20 hours per week, 8:30am-12:30pm, Monday-Friday)
Responsibilities:
Develop and facilitate training workshops/courses/lectures/webinars/presentations either face-to-face or virtually, to service providers working in the disability and mental disability sectors
Assist in the collation and development of professional, evidence-based and quality training materials (including pre-recorded virtual training presentations)
Assist in the co-ordination, planning, hosting and presenting of online training
Market training workshops and courses within the relevant sectors
Various administrative tasks
Reporting to the ITD Manager
Networking and liaison with relevant role-players
Active participation in the development of innovations and initiatives in mental health
Requirements:
Qualified and registered professional with a degree in: OT, psychology or the social sciences
Experience in the development of training materials and curriculum for service providers, preferably within the disability and mental health sectors
Experience in the facilitation of training workshops/courses/lectures/webinars/presentations for service providers, preferably within the disability and mental health sectors
Excellent workshop facilitation skills
Experience working in mental health community-based settings (psychosocial- and intellectual disability)
Comprehensive knowledge on mental health and disability
Ability to conduct research to source relevant and published literature to inform evidence-based practice
Ability to work within a team environment, display excellent interpersonal skills and communicate effectively
Excellent organisational, administrative and planning skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Ability to think innovatively
Excellent verbal and written skills in English – Afrikaans / isiXhosa proficiency a benefit
Valid code 08 manual drivers licence
Be willing and able to travel nationally, if required, in order to provide training workshops
Proficiency in the use of MS Office programmes and meeting platforms such as Zoom
Please submit a letter of motivation and 2-page updated CV with recent contactable references marked confidential to:
Attention: Innovation and Training Department Manager
E-mail: innovation&[email protected] or hand-deliver to 22 Ivy Street, Observatory, 7925
For more about Cape Mental Health Society, refer to www.capementalhealth.co.za.