Para-counselor

Company Name: SAJIDA FOUNDATION

Location: Dhaka, Gazipur, Habiganj, Manikganj

Job Type: Contractual

Workplace Type: Full-time

Job ID: IJOB202665726

The Culturally Aligned Generative AI Project is designed to support para-counselors in low-resource community Mental Health settings. The goal of the project is to strengthen community-based mental health services in Bangladesh by improving the quality, accessibility, equity, and effectiveness of care through culturally aligned, ethically responsible, and evidence-informed AI-assisted decision support for para-counselors.

Job Summary

The Para-counselor is a front-line project worker responsible for community-based mental health screening and AI-assisted structured para-counseling sessions for project participants, delivered under the clinical supervision of the Psychologist. Para-counselors will report to the Psychologist. The role also involves supporting courtyard and stakeholder engagement sessions, coordinating with the Field Coordinator on session scheduling and logistics, and maintaining accurate case documentation.

Job Responsibilities

• Screening and Case Identification
• Administer the assigned screening tools for assessment prior to para-counseling sessions.
• Support achievement of site-level screening targets across the anxiety, depression, and psychosis categories.
• Para-Counseling and AI-Assisted Decision Support
• Conduct structured para-counseling sessions.
• Use the AI-assisted, culturally aligned decision-support tool during para-counseling sessions as trained, under the supervision of the Psychologist.
• Flag complex, severe, or psychosis cases to the Psychologist and Field Coordinator for referral.
• Support facilitation of courtyard sessions for community awareness and engagement.
• Documentation, Supervision, and Learning
• Maintain accurate and confidential case records, session notes, and screening data.
• Participate in regular clinical supervision and case consultation with the Psychologist.
• Attend screening-tools, lay-counseling, and AI-tool trainings.
• Contribute to case-story documentation as required.
• Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Support community mobilization and stakeholder engagement sessions at the site level.
• Build rapport and trust with community members to support participation and reduce mental health stigma.
  

Requirements

• Experience: At least 3 years
• Education: bachelor of social science in psychology
• Skills: counseling & mentoring, mental health counseling, counseling psychology, mental health counseling, student counseling, case management services, psychological assessment & therapy, project support, counseling, counselling
  
  

Last Date of Application: 23 October 2026