Senior Counselor

Job Description

Title: Senior Counselor

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: 3

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka, Narayanganj

Salary: Tk. 30967 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 2 years

• Master’s degree in psychology with good academic records (Educational experience will be flexible for more than 5 years working experience with KP)  

• At least 2 years

• 2 years’ experience in counselling or psychotherapy; experience in working with most at-risk populations, preferably with the drug user

• Training in the field of counselling and drug treatment will be an advantage.

• Effective interpersonal communication skills;

• Organization: Project-based position under CARE-Bangladesh

• Project Name: Prevention Package for People Who Use Drugs (PUD) (injecting and non-injecting) and their Sexual Partners

Main Job Description:

• The Sr. Counselor for the Comprehensive Drop-in Center (CDIC) in Dhaka City shall be mainly responsible for providing counseling sessions to the clients attending CDIC. He/she is also responsible for collecting behavioral and psychological data as designed by OST & TCS services and to be maintaining all relevant documents related to his/her assignments. Sr. Counselors will be made field visits and home visits of OST & ART clients as per the need and direction of the intervention. He/she will be directly reported to the Senior Technical Officer of Treatment & program and will closely work with other team members of the CDIC in Dhaka City.

However, the specific roles and responsibilities of Sr. Counselor are described in the following:

• Maintain proper discretion and confidentiality to build trust with OST clients, their families, and peers.

• Provide counselling on drug adherence, psycho-social issues, and HIV risk reduction behaviour to the OST clients.

• Assess the feasibility of enrolment clients according to the study criteria

• Collect behavioural & psychological data on a regular basis according to the prescribed format.

• Initiate and explore psychiatric support for the eligible OST clients, consultation with STO- Treatment & program

• Record keeping and maintaining all kinds of forms/registers, reports, files, guidelines, and other documents related to his/her jurisdiction. e.g. counseling, psychosocial support, behavioral data collection etc.

• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and other periodical reports as per guidelines and requirements of the OST

• Maintain close liaison with other relevant stakeholders

• Provide counseling to PWID on positive living and enroll positive PWID on ART

• Provide counseling for maintaining ART adherence.

• Provide counseling for HIV-Hep C coinfection management.

• Extended necessary support to other team members as and when needed and or instructed by his/her supervisor and /or organization.

• like yearly 01 (one) bonus and monthly mobile bill