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Cape Mental Health

Cape Mental Health was founded in 1913 following an international wave of developments in mental health care and a dramatic change in the treatment of mental illness. Historically, people with mental disabilities were treated with fear and loathing. They were kept in chains; thrown into prisons with lepers, criminals and murderers.

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  • 18 Ivy Street, Observatory

Working Days
  • Monday9AM - 5PM
  • Tuesday9AM - 5PM
  • Wednesday9AM - 5PM
  • Thursday9AM - 5PM
  • Friday9AM - 5PM
  • Saturday9AM - 5PM
  • SundayClose
About Company

Cape Mental Health was founded in 1913 following an international wave of developments in mental health care and a dramatic change in the treatment of mental illness. 

Historically, people with mental disabilities were treated with fear and loathing. They were kept in chains; thrown into prisons with lepers, criminals and murderers; subjected to corporal punishment, shock treatment, bloodletting; or hidden away by families who considered them a shameful secret.  

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The mental health wave gradually shifted from hospitalisation and institutionalisation to today’s model of encouraging those with mental disability to function within the community through counselling, support, and rehabilitation. 

As the oldest mental health organisation in South Africa and a founding member of the World Federation for Mental Health (formed in London in 1948), Cape Mental Health is proud of the ground-breaking work it has done in the past 106 years, especially in poorly resourced communities. 

Our organisation has grown to encompass 24 different projects and programmes that focus on promoting, facilitating and providing proactive mental health care services various spheres under the mental health umbrella. 

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Finance Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Finance Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Education Project Lead
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Report Writer
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Programme Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Financial Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

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Data Capturer – Global Fund
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Clinical, Educational and Counselling Psychologists.
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Campus Care Worker (CCW)
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Equality Collective - Right to ECD advocacy internship
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Mthatha, Eastern Cape

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CSSP Capacity Building & Advocacy Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Sukuthula – Project Lead
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Sukuthula – Project Assistant
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Cape Town, Western Cape

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng

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Operations Manager
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng

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ECD Play & Learn Programme Lead
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Occupational Therapist
  • Cape Mental Health

  • South Africa

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Operations Intern
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Cape Town, Western Cape

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INDIVIDUAL GIVING OFFICER
  • Cape Mental Health

  • Cape Town, Western Cape

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