Counselor

Job Description

Title: Counselor

Company Name: Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Health and WASH Sector

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Dhaka (Ashulia, Shyamoli)

Salary: Tk. 25000 - 25000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2025-07-17

Application Deadline: 2025-07-27

Education:

Master’s in Psychology from any reputed university.

• Age At most 45 years
• Only Female

Freshers are also encouraged to apply.

Minimum 1 year of work experience in mental health counseling, drug treatment and rehabilitation treatment centers.

Especially in counseling or psychotherapy, particularly drug users along with mental disorders.

The candidate who has completed the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) training and ICAP will be considered specifically.

Special Training on CBT, Family Therapy, DBT will be given preference.

Effective interpersonal communication skills.

Operational decision making.

There has to be stress tolerance.

Job Context:

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is a non-government development organization founded in 1958 by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, an eminent educationist, reformer and Sufi with the aim of social and spiritual development of entire human community. DAM has been contributing for the betterment of the disadvantaged population through operating 35 institutions and also 8 sectors of development. Health and WASH Sector is one of the core sectors of DAM which has also been operating 8 institutions and 16 projects. DAM Health and WASH Sector is going to recruit a competent and self-motivated individual for the position of "Counselor" of Parijon-Mental Health Service Unit under Mayer Hashi General Hospital and Diagnostic Centers, Ashulia, Dhaka.

Job Responsibility:

• Proper assessment of the client.

• Provide day to day individual counseling.

• Provide Group Counseling.

• Provide Family Counseling.

• Manage crisis situations (if occur).

• Conduct Psycho social education sessions.

• Maintain Confidentiality of all clients` data.

• Maintain close liaison with other relevant professionals like Psychiatrists, Case managers, Program staff etc.

• Record keeping and maintaining all kinds of forms/registers, reports, files, guidelines and other documents.

• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and other periodical reports as per the treatment center`s guidelines and requirements.

• Participate in different training, meetings, workshops, seminars, and symposiums organized by the head office.

• Extended the necessary support to other team members as and when needed.