Counselor

Key Objectives of the Job

• Providing psycho-therapeutic services to children and adults survivors of sexual abuse, maintaining the documentation for the same.

Major Deliverables

The major responsibilities are:

• Providing psycho-therapeutic services to children and adults survivors of sexual abuse
• Providing psycho-therapeutic services to children in Institutional setting.
• Maintaining the client data base and documentation of all cases in the organizational formats and submitting monthly updates to the Co-ordinator.
• Conducting group sessions on mental health topics like self-care, awareness sessions and trainings on the issue with various stakeholders.
• Supporting the team in case work.
• Assisting Coordinators and Managers in team and organization related tasks and reports.
• Conducting trainings relevant to Mental Health and Child Sexual Abuse.

Job Challenge

Handle on-field challenges specific to interventions on the issue of CSA and work towards mitigating concerns in a timely manner.

Specialized job competencies

• Therapeutic knowledge and trauma informed
• Critical thinking
• Good Communication Skills
• Good Documentation Skills
• Openness to learning.
• Ethical understanding of therapy and practices.

Educational Qualification

Full time master's in clinical/ counselling psychology with a UGC recognized University.

Desired Experience

• 1-4 years of experience in direct psychotherapeutic interventions with clients.
• Preferred experience of working with cases of child protection.
• Should be a stickler for detail and process adherence.

Other desired attributes

• Being able to work in a team with clear and open communication.
• Knowledge of windows, word and excel is necessary.

Language Proficiency :Fluency in English, Hindi and Preferably Marathi.

Location: Mumbai

The job may require traveling to various locations across the country.

Salary range

₹24,000 – ₹28,000/month (based on experience)

5200/- per month (Travel reimbursement)

2000/- per month (Therapeutic reimbursement)

5000/- (Annual Training reimbursement)

If Interested, please apply using the Google Form link: https://forms.gle/u3YRYHSjg9nYW1RA7

Kindly please check the Careers page - https://www.arpan.org.in/careers/

About Arpan

Arpan is a globally recognised, award-winning non-profit working towards the elimination of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in India. Based in Mumbai, with a team of over 144 dedicated professionals, Arpan is India's largest non-profit providing CSA Prevention and Intervention services for both children and adults. As a critical stakeholder for state and non-state actors, Arpan is a leading voice in the space of CSA Prevention and Intervention in India and uses advocacy and research to push for policy and systemic change at the local, state and national levels.

Arpan is a global thought leader in the CSA space, with innovative impact models that work with a range of stakeholders, from children and parents to state bodies and teachers. Arpan's key project focuses on Personal Safety Education in schools, teaching children and adolescents (ages 4 to 18) about personal safety so they can identify and seek help in unsafe situations. Arpan also trains and empowers teachers and parents with the knowledge, attitude and skills needed to prevent and deal with CSA. Since 2007, Arpan has impacted over 19.7 million children and adults and has received 8 National and 2 International Awards for its exemplary work. For more details - www.arpan.org.in

About Child Protection Policy of ARPAN

Arpan's work is child-centric where the key is to understand and value what the child wants and

hence the child is an integral part of the decision-making process. This philosophy extends to all the programmes at Arpan, where children are the primary stakeholders. Arpan expects that all board members, advisors, donors, partners, employees, volunteers, interns, consultants,

partner counsellors and contractors agree to fully comply with Arpan's Child Protection Policy.

For more details, read on the below link - https://www.arpan.org.in/childprotection-policy/