DCPU Kancheepuram Support Persons Recruitment 2026

DCPU Kancheepuram Support Persons Recruitment 2026 — 20 posts (POCSO)

The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, has invited applications for 20 Support Persons on a purely temporary, honorarium basis, engaged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, to support and guide child victims of sexual offences during investigation and court proceedings. This is an honorarium engagement, not a regular job. Applications must reach the District Child Protection Officer by 26 November 2026, 5:45 PM.

Honorarium — read this carefully

The honorarium is Rs. 10,000 per case, released in 4 instalments of Rs. 2,500 each. Some headlines describe this as Rs. 2,500 per month — that is wrong. Rs. 2,500 is one instalment per case, not a monthly salary. Do not apply expecting a monthly salary of Rs. 2,500.

Who can apply

Persons or organisations working for child rights or child protection; or persons with a post-graduate degree in Social Work, Sociology, Law, Psychology, Child Development, Health or Education; or graduates with 3 years of experience in child protection or development fields. Persons with child rights violations and other criminal cases are NOT eligible.

Age limit, fee and selection

No age limit is stated in the notice — no minimum or maximum. No application fee is stated in the notice. No selection process is stated in the notice. None of these is invented here.

Last date — computed, not printed

The notice itself leaves the day of the month blank ("up to 5:45 PM on ............11.2026 (within 15 days from the date of publication of the notification)"). Applications start on 11 November 2026, so 15 days from publication is 26 November 2026. FreeJobAlert independently computes the same date. The 26 November date is therefore a computation, not a date printed in the notice — apply well before it.

How to apply

Apply offline only, by post or courier, so that the filled-in application — with copies of all educational qualification certificates, photographs and experience certificates — reaches the District Child Protection Officer, District Child Helpline (1098), Ground Floor, District Collectorate Office, Kancheepuram – 631501 (Phone: 6382612939) by 5:45 PM on the last date. The application form is downloadable from kancheepuram.nic.in. Incomplete applications, or those without supporting certificates, are summarily rejected and no correspondence is entertained. This is a different recruitment from the blocked DCPU Cook/Helper item (district unidentified) — do not confuse the two.