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Company Name : SNEHA
Location : Mumbai, Maharashtra
Position : Program Officer Counseling
Job Description : JOB DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM OFFICER-COUNSELLING, ROMILA PALLIATIVE CARE
ABOUT SNEHA
A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women’s health is essential
to building viable urban communities. SNEHA targets four large public health areas: Maternal and Newborn
Health, Child Health and Nutrition, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Prevention of Violence against Women
and Children.
Our approach is two-pronged: it recognises that in order to improve urban health standards, our initiatives must
target both care seekers and care providers. We work at the community level to empower women and slum
communities to be catalysts of change in their own right and collaborate with existing public health systems and
health care providers to create sustainable improvements in urban health.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
‘Romila Palliative Care- – supports patients with life-limiting illnesses, primarily those with cancer. ‘Romila’
means ‘heartfelt’ and symbolizes the loving, compassionate and competent care that this project hopes to
provide patients to enable them to live a life of dignity and hope through their illness. It will also support their
family and care-givers to help them look after the patient better, with greater assurance and confidence.
THE ROLE
The counselor will provide psychological and social support to patients and their families.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Counsellor will be responsible for:
1. Offering immediate counseling services and support services to patients and care givers approaching the
Romila Palliative Care Centre
2. Work in close collaboration with the Palliative care team of doctors, nurses and volunteers
3. Going for regular home visits
4. Networking with other service providing agencies in the interest of the patient and making appropriate
referral
5. Attend and support monthly care givers support givers meeting
6. Administrative responsibility of maintaining case records, registers, writing Referral letters, writing minutes
etc.
7. Preparing case studies.
This position reports to the Associate Program Director and is based in Mumbai.
MANAGEMENT & REPORTING
Coordinate on a daily basis with the Palliative Care team of Doctors, Nurses and Volunteers in
Connection with patients and care givers
Report weekly to the Associate Program Director.
Manage data capture, storage, analysis and reports.
Contribute to the organizational culture and work of SNEHA to an appropriate degree for someone
at Consultant level.
PERSON SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Essential
Experience in counselling
Excellent skills of interpersonal communication, presentation skills
Education to at least Masters level
Ability to maintain role boundaries
Fluency in English, Hindi and Marathi.
Self-starting and self-monitoring abilities.
Flexibility in time management.
.
Desirable
Good Writing skills in English
Experience in palliative care
Experience with health care systems
APPLICATIONS
Applications to be sent via email to damini.pandey@snehamumbai.org with Subject line: “Program Officer
Counseling – RPC”
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