Counsellor

Reporting to: Centre Manager

Job Purpose : To provide day-to-day counseling to the beneficiaries while under treatment or follow-up so that they can complete the whole treatment process and provide mental support to enhance their quality of life.

Major Responsibilities & Areas of Work : [A] Planning :

- Carry out the psychological assessment of the beneficiaries so that appropriate interventions can be planned out.
- Conduct individual sessions at the time of Admission & Discharge.
- Evaluate continually throughout the stay to accurately assess the results of the specific interventions and modify goals and methods as needed, by conducting Psychological Assessments (i.e., Admission/ Intermediates/ Discharge).
- Plan & prepare generic coping & behavior modification tools that can be used as and when required, on a case-to-case basis. Minimum 2 sessions to be carried out for each family per month.

[B] Individual and Group Counselling :

- Conduct Monthly/ Weekly/ Emergency based Centre-wise group sessions on different relevant topics.
- Conduct one-to-one counseling on regular basis with all beneficiaries in respective centers.
- Liaison with OM/ CM / CC and address any specific issues that may be faced at the centre.
- Conduct Palliative / Bereavement counseling as required.
- Conduct telephonic counseling of the families who are at the hospital for a longer duration.

[C] Discharge Assessment :





- Conduct a discharge assessment of each child and make them understand how it is more important to take care of them at home after discharge.
- Do an assessment and prepare a chart in the Impact report to get a proper glimpse of how counseling sessions played a role in it.

[D] Follow-up Children :

- Conduct follow-up counseling of the child to understand how he is been taken care of in his hometown.
- Are any takeaway activities given to the child if yes have they done that? and how it helped the child when he/ she was at home?

[E] Documentation :

- Maintain daily work on google sheets and fill forms for each child accordingly.
- Maintain observations, Intervention tools and plan for the next session with the child.
- Maintain Assessment
- Admission, Intermediate, and Discharge of each child and generate impact report and monthly report with help of it.

[F] Reporting &MIS; :

- Prepare Monthly/Quarterly/Annual
- Centre-wise Impact Reports on the session held and their outcomes. These Reports will be child specific as well as center-wise.
- Prepare Monthly/Quarterly/ Annual MIS reports in specific formats.

[G] Additional Responsibility :

- Interact with teachers and center Managers regarding children’s behavior and what improvement can be done.
- Update important cases on Counselling WhatsApp Group.

Job Types : Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹19,500.00 - ₹20,000.00 per month

Advantages :

- Health insurance
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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