Wellness Counselor

As a Wellness Counselor you will work closely with Cognizant’s Global Wellness team to implement evidence-based programming designed to support associate's mental health and wellbeing. This role will function to ensure personnel safety/psychological wellbeing is considered the highest priority. As a Counselor you will be responsible for determining the type, nature and availability and schedule of wellness activities and handling all Personnel concerns related to such.

As Wellness Counselor will help associates improve their work-life balance, uncover and overcome limiting beliefs and patterns, improve the health of their business relationships, and much more. You will have the knowledge and skills needed to help organizations implement programs that make life-changing improvements to enhance the growth of the associates and sustenance of the business.

This is a full-time office based role.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Prepares and executes at a minimum monthly group counseling sessions and individual coaching sessions.
• Provides crisis intervention, crisis assessment, and consults with external EAP provider when needed.
• Conducts trainings, screenings, surveys and health-risk assessments as needed.
• Engages in staff and leadership meetings, case management, and consults with program manager as needed.
• Works collaboratively with internal and external colleagues as part of a multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• Prepares and maintains reports that are necessary to carry out the functions of operations.
• Tracks the administration and completion of Performance Evaluations for the assigned Engagements’ Performance Management Program as necessary.
• Conducts assessments of an organization’s current health status to identify any potential risks to employees.
• Leads efforts to ensure associates develop support in the areas of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing.

What we are looking for:

• 2 or more years of experience in employee wellbeing, public health education, health + wellness benefits or related field.
• Must be certified or licensed with OPP (Ordem dos Psicólogos de Portugal) to provide individual and group counseling sessions.
• Experience in crisis management program planning, and prevention.
• Experience leading and facilitating wellness classes or groups.
• Effective oral and written communication skills and Proficiency in English language (additional languages are a plus).
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Able to exhibit a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Must be able to gather and analyze information skillfully.
• Ability to work in fast and evolving workflows with eye for detail and under pressure.

Why Cognizant:

• Pleasant and inspiring working atmosphere with a multicultural environment.
• Opportunity to be part of a rapidly expanding global organization with irreproachable reputation.
• Professional development and clear career path with training & development opportunities.
• Private health insurance and life insurance.
• Child benefits such as Nursery Voucher and Student Voucher.
• Doctor on site for 2 hours once a week.
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP) to promote wellbeing of employee’s (Health and well-being, Consumption and Real Estate, Financial Consulting, Documentation/“Dia Platino” service).
• In Cognizant offices you have access to fresh fruit, water, coffee, and tea daily.
• Various corporate discounts available through partnership between Cognizant and other partners such as gyms, Pestana Hotels, Carnext, Huawei, Apple, MEO, and others.

La Comunidad Cognizant:
Somos un equipo que se aprecia y apoya mutuamente. Nuestros asociados trabajan en un entorno colaborativo e integrador en el que todos pueden prosperar.

• Cognizant es una comunidad global con más de 300.000+ asociados en todo el mundo.
• No solo soñamos con un mundo mejor, sino que trabajamos para hacerlo realidad.
• Cuidamos de nuestros asociados, clientes, socios, comunidades y entorno haciendo lo correcto.
• Fomentamos un entorno innovador en el que puedes desarrollar tu carrera profesional.

Acerca de nosotros
Cognizant es una de las principales empresas de servicios profesionales del mundo, transformando los modelos de negocio, operativos y tecnológicos de los clientes para la era digital. Nuestro enfoque consultivo único, basado en la industria, ayuda a los clientes a visualizar, construir y gestionar negocios más innovadores y eficientes. Con sede en los EE. UU., Cognizant (miembro del NASDAQ-100 y uno de los mejores empleadores del mundo según Forbes en 2024) está constantemente listado entre las empresas más admiradas del mundo. Descubra cómo Cognizant ayuda a los clientes a liderar con lo digital en www.cognizant.com.

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