Student Counseling and Career Development Unit
Centre for Higher Education Teaching and LearningServices offered
- Student Counselling- provides psychotherapy (counselling) on psychosocial issues, including the following: grief /bereavement; trauma; relationship problems; gambling; family-related issues; stress, substance-related disorders, and all other mental health challenges. SCCDU also provide life skills training and supervises peer-to-peer support (peer helper programme). The unit further conducts awareness campaigns which promote mental health and well-being.
- Career Development caters to career guidance, assessment, mapping, and counselling. Students who are uncertain about their careers may result in a change of degree or attrition. Graduate recruitment programme attends to work-readiness, CV writing, career fairs, and job search skills, amongst others.
- Thohoyanzie Programme (A donor-based Food security Programme)– Unfunded students are provided with non-perishable food and care items. Female students are provided with personal hygiene items in cases of emergency.
Staffing
- HoD: Dr Refilwe Pila Nemutandani (Clinical Psychologist)
- Dr. M.C Takalani (Clinical Psychologist)
- Dr. N.G Dama (Educational Psychologist)
- Ms. Nkuna (Registered Counsellor)
- Mr. Vele (Admin officer)
Contact Us
- matodzi.vele@univen.ac.za
- refilwe.nemutandani@univen.ac.za
- morongwa.takalani@univen.ac.za
- gloria.dama@univen.ac.za
Phone: 0159628746/0159628466
