Doing Classroom Observations (for whole class and/or individual) -Identifying children with socio-emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties -Supporting children who require critical therapeutic intervention due to a traumatic event/reported abuse. Conducting One-on-one sessions with children and parents referred for counseling -Facilitating Small group sessions (focussed groups) for children/parents with similar needs/concerns -Conducting workshops/sessions with children in classrooms on relevant topics like Personal Safety Education, socio-emotional skills or sessions addressing the developmental needs (e.g. sessions on self awareness, communication, compassion) -Documentation of cases and initiatives With Teachers, Social Workers and School Leaders -Capacity building of teachers to support children in the classroom. -Regularly briefing the teachers, social workers and School Leaders about the status and progress of the children who are undergoing counseling. -Collaborating with the school social worker to ensure necessary follow ups are done for individual counseling cases and for child safety cases -Facilitating sessions in every school with the aim of building teacher, social worker and school leader awareness on child development (socio-emotional development) and child safety -Co-planning and Leading Youth Development Spaces within school (like CT, Empowerment, Advisory, Student Council etc)



alongwith the School Leadership -Conducting home visits and meeting parents to work in collaboration to support the child -Visiting homes in the community with the aim of understanding the family, its dynamics and other aspects which affect the children -Capacity building of parents to help them address their concerns and build their parenting skills -Working with the Social worker and collaborating with parents as partners in the child's development. -Advocating Student Voice and Wellbeing -Contributing by leading or volunteering for project by planning, designing modules, facilitating, supporting research work etc -Facilitating workshops for external agencies as a part of the outreach multiplier programmes -Coordinating with government hospitals for psychoeducational testing, Speech therapy, Occupational therapy -Collaborating with external experts for counseling of cases of severe distress or abuse. -Collaborating with external experts for conducting capacity building sessions for the teachers and parents -Working with a team of counselors and participating actively in opportunities for training and collaboration. -Supporting team members and being open to sharing and learning skills Education Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (required) Master’s degree in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or a PG Diploma in Psychology/Counselling Pay: ₹37,000.00 per month Work Location: In person

📌 School Counsellor (Pune)
🏢 The Akanksha Foundation
📍 Pune