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psychosocial counselling vital addressing mental health challenges malawi lowincome country subsaharan africa however shortage qualified mental health professionals including psychosocial counsellors saint john god college health sciences aims produce competent graduates psychosocial counselling lack information quality graduates ability meet employer expectations qualitative study aimed explore employers feedback psychosocial counselling graduates performance selected healthcare facilities malawi qualitative approach employed explorative research design eighteen participants selected purposefully ten healthcare facilities across three regions malawi interviewed independently using semistructured interview guide data analysed thematically using content analysis approach study reveals assigned responsibilities psychosocial counselling graduates including providing hivaids therapeutic services individual group counselling crisis intervention coordinating referrals employers recognize graduates competence communication skills empathy theoretical knowledge professionalism however weaknesses identified difficulties maintaining boundaries limited knowledge healthrelated terms lack proactivity suggestions improvement include teaching professionalism incorporating healthrelated terms curriculum following graduates continuing practicum aspect establishing partnerships expanding training evidencebased practices study explored employer feedback psychosocial counselling graduates saint john god college health sciences malawi study identified strengths areas improvement recommendations made improve psychosocial counselling academic programme implementing improve graduates quality mental health outcomes malawi