Counsellor

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Purpose

The incumbent shall provide early identification and intervention in the areas of counselling, skill development and support services to vulnerable children / youth and their families.

Responsibilities

• To assess the individual needs of children / youth / family in the areas of family capacity, emotional stability, peer relations and community profile. This involves conducting intervention like working with their thought processes, feelings and behaviour.
• To conduct individual or group interventions, with evidence-based counselling and therapeutic modalities that will help the clients’ process and overcome their behavioural, emotional and thinking issues.
• To develop and implement intervention plans within programme guidelines in consultation with the Senior Counsellor
• To share the treatment / intervention plan with caregivers, teachers, counsellors, social workers and other stakeholders, while remaining involved in the care of the client, revising the treatment protocol as and when needed.
• To maintain documentation detailing service plans, outcome measures, community contacts and referrals.
• To provide counselling and work with parents of clients on their parenting skills as part of the treatment / intervention plan.
• To attend meetings, case conferences, case discussion and able to work well with all stakeholders in the clients’ system.
• To carry out work in a professional manner, including protecting the confidentiality of the counselling sessions, and the clients.
• To keep proper case records of clients. This includes clients’ personal information, reports and proper documentation of all sessions and clients.
• To work in close collaboration with the other staff of the Home and of the other components of Boys’ Town in matters pertaining to the welfare of the clients.
• To provide coaching / training / consultation to Boys’ Town staff either individually or in group context.
• To conduct talks / workshops on selected mental health topics for the community (e.g. schools, parents, families, peer supporters, volunteers, other social service agencies.
• To participate in roadshows and community programmes in support of children and youth mental health.
• To participate in research as and when required

Competencies

Qualifications & years of relevant experience

Tell employers what skills you have

Counselling

Coaching

Outlook

Crisis Counselling

Referrals

Psychology

Structured Products

Psychotherapy

Interpersonal Skills

Treatment

Conflict Resolution Skills

Protocol

Crisis Intervention

PowerPoint

Attention to Detail

Interventions

Mental Health

Wellbeing

Individual Counselling

Case Management