Parent & Family Counsellor / Psychologist

Locations: Mumbai

Engagement Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Parent & Family Counsellor / Psychologist to partner with our centres in creating a deeply supportive, emotionally secure environment for children and families.

This role sits at the intersection of child development, parent experience, and organizational trustplaying a critical role in ensuring smooth transitions, addressing emotional needs, and strengthening long-term parent relationships.

What You Will Drive

1. Seamless Settling Experience for Recent Families

- Lead structured counselling interventions for all new admissions
- Support children and parents through separation anxiety and early transition phases
- Enable parents with the right emotional preparedness and expectations
- Partner with centre teams to ensure a smooth, consistent settling journey

2. Ongoing Parent & Family Support

- Provide counselling support for a range of parent and family needs, including:
- Emotional distress and parenting challenges

- Persistent separation concerns
- Family dynamics impacting the child
- Behavioural concerns observed at home

- Facilitate
- One-on-one parent sessions

- Family counselling conversations
- Collaborative discussions with centre leadership

3. Support During Sensitive & High-Stakes Situations

- Act as a trusted emotional anchor for families during escalations or sensitive situations
- Guide parents through distress, anxiety, or uncertainty with empathy and professionalism




- Enable centre teams to navigate difficult conversations with confidence

4. Building Capability Across the Ecosystem Design and deliver structured, high-impact sessions for:

Centre Teams

- Managing parent emotions and escalations
- Early identification of emotional distress in children
- Counselling-informed communication
- Emotional safety, sensitivity, and boundaries

Parents

- Managing transitions and separation anxiety
- Supporting childrens emotional development
- Parental wellbeing and stress management
- Awareness on child emotional safety

5. Contribution to Organisation-Wide Child Safety Initiatives

- Play an active role in the annual child safety and awareness conference
- Contribute to thought leadership, content, and parent engagement initiatives
- Support the organisations larger agenda of building awareness and trust

How You Will Work

- Blend of in-person centre visits and virtual engagement
- Collaboration with centre leadership and regional teams
- Structured availability through official communication platforms
- Travel across centres within assigned regions

Qualifications

- Masters degree in Psychology / Counselling / Clinical Psychology or a related field

Experience

- Strong 10-12yrs of experience working with parents of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children

- Demonstrated expertise in

- Separation anxiety

- Parent and family counselling

- Early childhood emotional development

If interested please share your resume on [email protected]/ or connect on (phone hidden)

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