Counsellor

**1. **Program Planning**
- Establish and organize the school/home counseling program by assessing needs and setting goals.
- Formulate a plan of action and program evaluations.
- Initiate and coordinate school-wide guidance and counseling activities.
- Seek input from teachers and staff in making decisions about the school counseling program.
- Assists teachers with the educational placement of students by using appropriate educational assessment strategies.
- Execute Individual Care plan

**2. **Mentoring and Counseling**:

- Provide counselling, instruction, and mentoring for those struggling with social, emotional, and behavioural problem
- Increase achievement by assessing barriers to learning and determining the best instructional strategies to improve learning
- Promote wellness and social skills, problem solving, anger management, self-regulation, self-determination, and optimism
- Provide individual and group counseling services to meet the developmental, preventive, and remedial needs of all El Shaddai Charitable Trust students.
- Make social investigation/case histories of children through personal interviews and from the family, social agencies, and other sources - **Home study report**
- Focus on enabling the child to adjust to the home, school and the new environment and identification of behavioral and psychological disorder.
- Establish a counselling laboratory, Psychological testing, clinical/behavioural counselling.
- Develop Individual care plan/career counselling for every child in homes and shelters with regard to the child’s present and future need and requirement mental health organisation in case if the child needs medication/hospitalization/necessary services.
- Demonstrate knowledge of counseling theories and use appropriate assessment and diagnostic procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.

3. **Consulting**
- Assists parents, In Charges and teachers in understanding and responding to developmental levels of students
- Present instructional/informational programs to group of students, parents, and teachers (e.g., parent education programs, group guidance, teacher in-service).
- Increase children’s confidence and gain their trust to share their problems, help them cope with painful emotions, and deal with their difficulties in institutional life.
- Encourage and motivate the children through behavior modification exercises.

**4 Coordinating and communicating.**
- Coordinate all counseling services for students and assists with the same.
- Advocate all students and assist teachers with the integration of Guidance Curriculum.
- Share appropriate information about students with school personnel, parents, and agencies
- Make appropriate referrals of students to school and community programs
- Identify and communicate with special children (disabled, dyslexics, ADHD, etc.)

**8.5 :Student Admission and Appraisal**
- Carry out the admission process with a sponsorship representative.
- Administer the student’s life cycle from admission, to the exit of the child.
- Interpret test results and other student data accurately.
- Conduct non-standardized educational assessment according to professional practices (e.g., classroom observation)
- Use appropriate standardized tests and inventories according to published practices and professional standards.

**8.6 :Professional Practices and Development**
- Adhere to ethical standards of the counseling profession
- Follow the laws, policies, and procedures which govern ESCT programs
- Participate in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills

**8.7: Reporting and documentation.**
- Maintain an organized, functional, and up-to-date office/counseling center
- Maintain an updated list of the children along with the legal documents.
- Prepare psychological/clinical report on traumatized children and counseling them.
- Develop and maintain the child profile with confidentiality.
- Supervise child’s quarterly and annual reports with the Sponsorship representative.

**8.8**: Miscellaneous**:

- Complete additional tasks as assigned.

**Key Working Relationships**: Children (Group/individual), Homes & Shelter In Charges, School Head Teacher & School Administrator.

**Essential Skills**:3 years’ experience, MA in Clinical Psychology/ Psychology or equivalent Experience

**Essential Attributes**: patient, active listener, compassionate, open-minded, research oriented, discrete, encouraging, authentic, honest, sensitive, good communication skills and a positive attitude

Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Food provided

Schedule:

- Day shift

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (preferred)
- work: 1 year (preferred)