Counselling Associate

1. Pension contribution received under the Pension Act of the Maldives.
2. State pay framework limits (as revised on 1 May 2023) plus overtime pay and other benefits.

1. Help patients and families to learn how to cope with and adjust their lifestyle to the psychological changes that come with thalassaemia treatment.
2. Identify the social and psychological needs of people living with thalassaemia, identify obstacles to receiving appropriate care, and help resolve them.
3. Arrange and maintain all counselling service records under a dedicated filing system, and expeditiously complete the handling, receipt, approval, information clearance and record-keeping of documents, the maintenance of section meeting minutes, and the preparation of monthly statistical and weekly reports.
4. Help advance thalassaemia screening activities in the Greater Malé area in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, and manage and keep records of awareness programmes across the atolls.
5. In addition to providing short-term supportive counselling to carers and to thalassaemia patient groups of different age ranges, help prepare presentations required for programmes.
6. Where two people of different families intend to marry, through the family court and island courts, provide information related to thalassaemia before the marriage and monitor such persons by advising on measures to prevent a thalassaemia child from being born within the family.
7. Encourage thalassaemia children and their parents to follow doctors' advice, and encourage regular medication and the regular use of chelation therapy to keep iron levels in the body from rising above the prescribed level.
8. Complete the work of providing training related to genetic counselling, which must be given before marriage to two people with thalassaemia marrying in the atolls, to the staff of atoll hospitals and health centres.
9. Take an active part in outreach awareness activities run to raise public awareness of thalassaemia, and in various activities run to increase the amount of safely stored blood, including travel.
10. While thalassaemia children are in the ward for blood transfusion, help provide bedside psychosocial support by visiting the ward every day under the supervision of supervising assistant counsellors.
11. Carry out all duties assigned in connection with the official work of the office, and take an active part in emergency health situations and tasks carried out in the field.

• Possession of a licence registered with the Maldives Allied Health Council

• A diploma at Level 5 or an advanced diploma/associate degree at Level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework of Maldives, from a field relevant to the work of the post, recognised by the Maldives Allied Health Council.

1. Addiction Counselling
2. Applied Behaviour Analysis
3. Behavioural Psychology
4. Clinical Mental Health Counselling
5. Clinical Psychotherapy
6. Counselling
7. Counselling and Psychotherapy
8. Counselling Children and Young People
9. Counselling Psychology
10. Marriage and Family Counselling
11. Marriage and Family Therapy
12. Mental Health Counselling
13. Psychotherapy
14. Psychotherapy Counselling
15. Rehabilitation Counselling
16. School Counselling
17. Therapeutic Counselling

• Counselling

1. Application form for permanent employment (this form can be obtained from the Civil Service Commission website and the department website, at counters and from the link below) https://www.csc.gov.mv/download/2021/84/1e148c34-bc04-4150-9537-29309c104aa7.docx
   
2. Details of the applicant (including contact phone number and email address).
3. A readable copy of both sides of the card proving that the applicant is a Maldivian citizen (even if the validity period has expired), or if the ID card is lost, the applicant's birth certificate, passport or driving licence.
4. If a staff member with a service agreement to serve the Civil Service / Government is transferred to this position, a letter issued by the office providing the service stating that there is no objection to leaving the position.
5. Copies of educational certificates obtained;

(a) For educational certificates issued by institutions outside Maldives that have been graded by the Maldives Qualifications Authority at a certain level, copies of the educational certificate and transcript; or: in cases where there is no certificate, a copy of the letter confirming completion of the course and a copy of the assessment report and transcript issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority.

(b) Copies of training certificates issued by a higher education institution in Maldives and copies of the transcript; or a copy of the course completion letter and a copy of the transcript: (Except for Maldives National University, the Islamic University of Maldives and the Civil Service Training Institute, the course completion letter issued by higher education institutions in Maldives will be accepted only if it includes the authorisation number given to that institution by the Maldives Qualifications Authority to issue certificates to graduates after "batch validation".)

6. Counselling registration certificate from the Allied Health Council, with a validity period that has not yet expired

7. Copy of documents pertaining to work experience within the following categories:

(a) If work experience has been gained in a civil service post, in a state institution, in a government-owned company, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(b) For work experience within the civil service that cannot be verified from https://myaccount.csc.gov.mv/, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period (in years, months and days) confirmed by that office, and stating the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(c) If work experience has been gained in a private company or private organisation, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) and the number of staff at the workplace.

(d) If work has been undertaken in a national or international association or society, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, and the period (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each). This letter should state whether the position held is a salaried position or not, or alternatively, an official letter from that organisation confirming this.

(e) If work has been undertaken in a dissolved state institution, or in a dissolved private company or private organisation, or in a dissolved national or international society or association, and a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period of work (in years, months and days) and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) cannot be obtained, the "Reference Check Form for Work Experience from a Dissolved Workplace" found in Table 8 of the Recruitment Rules.

Documents to submit for this post should be emailed to [email protected] by 13:30 on Wednesday, 21 October 2026.

If the Government declares a public holiday before the deadline of the announcement, the application form for the post may be accepted on the declared date.

NOTE: All documents with the application form must be converted into a single PDF file, and the file must be named with the name of the applicant and the name of the post.

From the applicants for this post, based on educational level and experience, the candidates most suitable for the post will be short listed; those with the highest scores will be selected.

The interview and presentation held to select a candidate for this post will take place at a venue determined by Maldivian Blood Services during October/November 2026. Candidates applying for this job are therefore requested to be prepared to attend the examination and interview during that period.

Within 3 working days of holding the interview, the "Points awarded to candidates for the post (Sheet A2)" will be published at this office and on the office website so that it is visible to the public. If there is a complaint about the points awarded to a candidate, that complaint must be submitted to [email protected] within 3 working days from the date Sheet A2 is published, excluding public holidays.

To clarify information about this announcement, please call 3350155 or email [email protected]. The criteria and procedures for selecting and appointing persons to civil service posts, and all documents relating to those procedures, are available on the Civil Service Commission website under Policies > "Recruitment Policy" (https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51).