School Counsellor

1 day ago

Pune Maharashtra, India The Akanksha Foundation Full time

**What your role will entail?**

**In Schools -**

**Visiting different schools across the city (as allocated)**
- Within Classrooms
- Classroom Observations (whole class and/or individual)
- Identifying children with emotional, behavioral, learning problems.
- Documenting cases as per the format
- Conducting sessions with children in classrooms on various socio-emotional or life skills as per the developmental need of the class (e.g. sessions on self-awareness, team work, empathy building)

**With Teachers, Social Workers and School Leaders -**
- Facilitating sessions in every school with the aim of building teacher, social worker and School Leader awareness on children’s development and concern areas.
- Capacity building of teachers to work with children in the classroom.
- Regularly briefing the teachers, social workers and School Leaders about the status and progress of the children who are undergoing counselling.
- Collaborating with the school social worker to ensure necessary follow ups are done
- Conducting home visits, meeting parents, setting up appointments for medical check-ups and any speech therapy or assessment.

**Outside the Schools and With the Community **
- Visiting homes in the community with the aim of understanding the family, its dynamics and other aspects which affect the children
- Conducting one-on-one sessions with the parents of children being counselled.
- 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.

**With External Agencies **
- Coordinating with government hospitals for psychoeducational testing, Speech therapy, Occupational therapy
- Collaborating with external experts for counselling of cases of severe distress or abuse.
- Collaborating with external experts for conducting capacity building sessions for the teachers and parents.

**With the Team -**
- Working with a team of Counsellors and participate actively in opportunities for training and collaboration.
- Supporting team members and being open to sharing and learning skills

What you need for this Position?

**Education**:

- A Master’s degree with specialization in psychology and/or counselling (preferred) or

post-graduation training or diploma in psychology and/or counselling

**Experience**:

- At least 2 years of relevant experience in the field of education working with children and parents.
- Experience of working directly with children/youth.

**Job Description-**
- Experience in documenting student data and planning activities.
- Prior experience in building capacity in teachers and parents with respect to child development and allied areas (preferred).

**Knowledge/Skills/Abilities**
- An empathetic and patient approach towards counselees.
- Positive and solution-oriented with demonstrated strong work ethics and professionalism.
- Highly motivated and perseverant
- Demonstrated openness to learning and willingness to actively participate in personal and professional development for self.
- Flexibility, adaptability and ability to function in an unstructured environment.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with different stakeholders.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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