Job highlights

- Degree in counselling, life skill education, or psychology with 3-4 years counselling experience
- Provide emotional and psychological support to beneficiaries and staff, conduct individual and group counselling sessions, document sessions and submit reports

Counsellor

About Us:

About St Jude India ChildCare Centres

St. Jude India ChildCare Centres (St. Judes) bridges the gap between medical treatment and holistic care that is required by a child undergoing cancer treatment. It provides them with a hygienic, protective, and nurturing environment, which gives children the best chance of beating cancer.

Founded in 2006 by Shyama and Nihal Kaviratne, and a dedicated group of volunteers, St Judes offers a home away from home to underprivileged families during their childs treatment for cancer. It provides children battling cancer, and their parents accommodation, transportation facilities, counselling, educational and recreational activities along with art-based therapies and yoga without any cost.

It works alongside Tata Memorial Hospital, AIIMS, Current Delhi, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, and cancer hospitals in Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai, Vellore, Varanasi, Muzaffarpur, Vizag, and Kolkata. To know more: https://www.stjudechild.org/

Role: The Counsellor is an integral member of the staff team and provides support to the Centre Lead in all aspects of the supervision of families and housekeeping staff. The Counsellor qualifications are a graduate degree, diploma, some college education and previous work experience in a related field. The ability to be empathetic and handle the beneficiaries maturely is essential, as the role would involve supporting needy families.

Key Responsibilities





- Counselling will take into account the emotional and psychological needs of the beneficiaries and staff
- Help identify, understand and treat behavioural changes attributable to the treatment of disease.
- Counselling Parents on the following occasions:
- Induction post 3 weeks
- During stay as needed by Parents or as recommended by Centre Staff or felt necessary by the counsellor herself
- Exit counselling just before discharge
- As and when required after the return
- Counselling beneficiaries on behavioural issues brought to the counsellors notice or any medical or other need of the beneficiaries.
- Is responsible for providing follow up counselling as needed.
- Provides regular feedback to Centre Leads to help them handle situations in the centre.
- Conducts group sessions to guide common problems faced by families.
- Counselling Staff
- If behavioural issues have been brought to notice by colleagues/ seniors or families
- If the staff has their own emotional needs
- Documentation
- The counsellor shall also complete documentation after every counselling session in the expected format in the way that such information can be easily retraced to as and when required, fully bearing in mind the aspect of confidentiality,
- Submits regular detailed reports

Desired Competencies

- Excellent and fluent in written, oral communication skills in English, Hindi.
- Good written and verbal presentation skills
- Sound knowledge of computer applications, including excel, PowerPoint, Mail champ
- Bent of mind for understanding social issues
- Ability to work independently, without constant direction
- Ability to identify work
- Relationship building (inter-personal skills)
- Strong execution mind set

Qualification and Experience

- Degree in counselling/Life skill education/Psychology
- 3 to 4 years of experience practicing Counselling.

📌 Counsellor (New Delhi)
🏢 St. Jude India ChildCare Centres
📍 New Delhi