Counselor

**Designation**: Counselor
**Location**: Mukti Ashram
**Reporting Officer**: Officer-in-Charge
**Counseling sessions as part of the reception unit upon receiving a child:
- The counselor shall have a minimum of 2 counselling sessions with the child, once the child has been admitted in the reception unit of the CCI. More sessions shall be conducted, if needed.
- The objective of these sessions shall be to

a) establish the relationship with child and build trust

b) Understand about the child, his circumstances background immediate needs

**c) **to make recommendations which will support in further decision making for the child, Further report these to the CWC and ensure the preparation of the Individual Care Plan.

**Record of counseling sessions:
Following is the summary and key highlights of each counseling session should be documented in the child ‘s case file.
- Psychological counseling for child based on their work and family background.
- Have a detailed discussion with child, make a detailed child development report and profile of each child.
- Prepare and maintain detailed case studies of individual children. This should include each session details, problems faced by each child and progress made
- Prepare documentation and filing records of children required by the CWC and other government agencies.
- Prepare and submit monthly to Supervisor sharing information about t h e initi a l intera c tion with the child, in f or m ation f rom fa m ily m e mbers, relatives, community, friends a nd m i scellaneous infor m ation.
- Consultations with further steps to be taken for each child ,should be discussed regularly with the Officer-in-charge, Teachers, and Instructors of the respective staff.
- To ensure the protection and safety of the children in the Ashram.
- Make a monthly progress report as per the Project.

**Maintenance**
**of case**
**fil**
**e **. - (1) The case file of each child shall be m aintained in the Ashram cont a i ning the f oll o wing in f ormatio n:

- Report of the person or agency who produced the child before the CWC;
- Report of t h e initi a l intera c tion with the child, in f or m ation f rom fa m ily m e mbers, relatives, community, friends a nd m i scellaneous infor m ation;
- Source of further infor m a tion;
- Observation reports f r om s t a f f m e m b ers;
- Family counseling reports
- Group counseling reports
- Regular health status reports from care house reports, progress reports psychological counseling or any other m ental health intervention, where applicable;
- Intelli g ence Quotient (I. Q) testing, aptitu d e te s t ing, educati o nal or vocational test s ; (i ) social history;
- Summary and analy s is b y case-wor k er and Officer-i n -charge;
- Instruction regarding training program m e and about special precautions to be taken;
- In d i vid u al care pla n, follow-up plan as pre s cribed in **Form **XXI; J.J (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Rule 2016**
- Leave of absence or release under supervision; (q) f i nal d i scharge;
- F ollow-up r e ports; (s)annual photograph;
- Case hi s t ory duly f illed in presc r ibed **Form **XX; J.J (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Rule 2016**
- Follow-up report of post relea s e cases as per d i rection of t h e co m petent authority if any; and remarks.
- All the case files maintained by the Counselor shall, as far as possible, be computerized and networked so that the data is centrally available to the Central Office.

**Additional job responsibilities
- The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.