Position: Counselling Psychologist

Organization: Jai Vakeel Foundation

Location: Mumbai

Summary of the Role:

As a part of the Healthcare Team - to assess, diagnose and implement interventions for individuals with ID, to guide and empower Parents and Teachers to manage them. To support and enhance the capabilities of the clinical psychologists in the team.

Job Responsibilities:

Parents and Students:

• Counselling, providing therapy and guiding parents one on one as well as in group sessions
• Creating home programs for parents/guardians and training them on the implementation of the said program
• Planning the parent/guardian awareness and sensitization training calendars and conducting the trainings
• Administering psychometric tests for assessment and diagnosis of the students and ensuring reassessments and reviews are done at decided intervals

Organization and Teachers:

• Coordinating and guiding teachers on effective programs and classroom interventions for students
• Research and create more intervention modules in collaboration with the team
• Attending pediatric neurology and rural medical camps
• Required Experience, Skills, and Qualification
• Masters/MSc in Psychology (counseling + Clinical) with 7-8 years of work experience
• Experience in working with parents/guardians required and experience of working
• IDD children added advantage
• Experience in guiding and working with Junior Psychologists on intervention programs
• Excellent communication skills in English, Hindi (mandatory) and Marathi (preferred)
• Experience in using tech i.e. MS-office, online software to capture session data and progress reports.