Counsellor

Position: Counsellor

Role Overview:

The Counsellor role reports into the Manager who in turn reports into the Master Counsellor. At organisation Counsellors play a vital role in ensuring the mental health and overall wellbeing of students, their parents/caregivers, trainers and staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing timely and effective counselling to students, care-givers (parents and/or guardians), trainers and staff per organisation’s guidelines
• Maintaining efficient records of counselling sessions and drafting monthly summary reports
• Planning and conducting peer group sessions and training with trainers in close collaboration with the Mental Health Team
• Developing, reviewing and updating sensitization training plans for current and potential employers
• Planning, scheduling and conducting field visits (as applicable), and home visits of students as part of the pre-enrollment process and developing appropriate intervention plans to maximize student success
• Ongoing assessment and evaluation of progress (as needed)

Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Counselling or Clinical Psychology or Social Work
• Have counselling / social work experience of minimum 1 year
• Have sound knowledge of therapeutic process skills and psychotherapy (preferably Person
• Centred and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy approaches)
• Prior experience or exposure to special education would be useful, although not mandatory

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a diverse team
• Patient, respectful, caring and empathetic with good analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to train and coach others; with simplicity in instructions
• Good planning and organizing skills
• Comfortable with computers (MS Office)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to ₹40,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person