SAKSHAM- GFATM R-7 HIV/AIDS Counselling Programme

Operationalizing Counselling Supervision Activity

Counselling Supervision

Goal:• Saksham’s Counselling Supervision aims to

contribute positively to the effectiveness of the counselling component of the national HIV/AIDS programme

Strategy:• Providing ongoing capacity enhancement to the

counsellors is an important strategy of Saksham programme

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Counselling Supervision: Planning Phase

2009•Review of existing Supervision models in India•Rapid situational needs assessment•National consultation on Counselling Supervision (CS)•Partner consultation for planning Saksham’s CS activity and its implementation.

Counselling Supervision: Start up Phase

2010• Concept note on Counselling Supervision submitted to NACO on April 23,

2010 and endorsed by CCM, May 5, 2010

• Consultation with a few SACS and piloting of Counselling Supervision with

250 counsellors (Aug. 2010)

• GIS-based planning and extrapolation of logistical and financial need

• Finalising the Counselling Supervision activity and drafting Counselling

Supervision Manual

• Identification of 1200 Counselling Supervisors to reach out to 5209

counsellors (NACO. August 2010)

Counselling Supervision: Roll out phase

2011• Regional trainers identified and provided orientation on Counselling

Supervision Manual

• Training of 940 Counselling Supervisors / Mentors completed

between Dec. 2010 - March 2011 in 24 states , NCR and 1 Union

Territory where Saksham partners are located

• Roll out of Counselling Supervision between January to March 2011

in all states except Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, and

North Eastern states)

Status of Counselling Supervisors

2012•Scaled up to cover all districts and about 5000 Counsellors.

•By Sept. 2012 a total of 1339 Counselling Supervisors were trained to

mentor about 5188 ICTC counsellors spread across the country

•A total of 5232 mentoring visits were made by counselling supervisors

to the counsellors till Sept. 2012

Main output of counselling supervision

Counselling supervisor plans and communicates in advance with each ICTC counsellor about visit and spends 2-3 hours with the counsellor.

Tasks of Counselling Supervisors:• Explain the purpose of the visit to the counsellor• Observe the work environment, the counsellor’s counselling

skills and approach • Extend support and guidance as needed by the counsellor(eg.

challenging patients, situations) • Offers feedback on counsellor’s counselling skills• Shares information with the counsellors as per need• Requests Counsellors to provide feedback (feedback form)

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Counselling Supervision Feedback System

• The feedback system has been developed to understand how the Counselling Supervision is helpful to ICTC counsellors in the field

• The feedback system also helps Saksham teams (Partners) to evolve Counselling Supervision activity to suit the needs of counsellors in their respective regions

• Share overall feedback with SACS and NACO with the idea of enhancing counselling skills in HIV/AIDS

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