Counsellor

About YRG MERF

Established in 1993, YRGMERF is a pioneering non-governmental organisation in India, committed to transforming lives through integrated healthcare, inclusive partnerships, and forward-looking research. Grounded in the values of integrity and sustainability, we address both immediate and evolving societal challenges empowering communities to attain equitable and lasting health outcomes. We provide comprehensive services across prevention, care, support, and treatment, particularly for those affected by HIV and other infectious diseases.

YRGMERF is anticipating a project to strengthen the Urban Ecosystem Against Future Disease Threats by implementing a framework for urban-peri-urban coordination. This project if commissioned will require a team of below positions to support the coordination, implementation and monitoring of several components.

About the role

Conduct the counselling, supervise and interact with young people or teenagers, assisting them in resolving problems and ensuring their physical and emotional needs are being met. specialize in counselling, mental health area such as childhood depression, and HIV infection prevention including HIV pre post-test counselling and other health issues as well.

What the support looks like

• You will work with each participant day to basis as per requirement:
  
• Understanding about adolescent health and their issues
  
• Ensure the reporting and documentation in the database Realtime basis
  
• Ensuring the confidentiality of all the clients
  
• Accompanied referral and linkage to ART and other services
  
• (Safe talk )One on one conversation with clients and finding challenges and solution to over come.
  
• Providing NACP services if required.
  

Key responsibilities:

• He/ she will report site coordinator and assist to Centre manager.
  
• He /She will provide all type of counselling related to Adolescent and young PWID include Depression, Mental Health, Motivation counselling, HIV Pre-Post test counselling, Harm Reduction, Safe Sex and Safe injecting practices.
  
• Ensure the reporting and documentation in the database.
  
• Accompanied referral and linkage and assurance of linkage.
  
• Motivation counselling for PLHA participants.
  
• Timely reporting to Centre to manager and site coordinator.
  
• Ensure the confidentiality of all the participants.
  
• Any other task as per need of the organization with regard to supporting activities for similar studies, trials, project or assignments.
  
• Engagement of all activities conducted by Centre
  
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor.
  

Training and supervision

• Complete the training program and implementation in day-to-day intervention
  
• Conducting college and school program.
  

Benefits & Work Environment

• 24 days of annual leave, in addition to public holidays.
  
• Health insurance coverage
  
• Opportunity to work in a collaborative and inclusive environment.
  
• Scope for learning and professional development.
  

YRG is an equal-opportunity organisation. At YRG, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity as part of our values. We celebrate differences in abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Our team are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives.