Access custom context processor in django 1.9

Question

I am using django 1.9. In my settings file, I have added my apps custom context processor as such:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates")],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                'social.apps.django_app.context_processors.backends',
                'social.apps.django_app.context_processors.login_redirect',
                'my_app.context_processors.init',
            ],
        },
    },
]

My context_processors.py file in my app is as such:

def init(request):
    profile = getattr(request, 'profile', None)

    if profile is None:
        profile_info = models.Profile.objects.get(user=request.user)
        profile = profile_info.user_type

    context = {
        "profile": profile,
    }

    return context

In my template, I am calling a helper file to get me the dictionary contents of my custom context file so I can get the users profile type. The helper file is as such:

from django.template import RequestContext

def get_base_context(request):
    context = RequestContext(request).dicts[-1]   # Last context processor
    return context

In my template, when I try to retrieve my custom context, it returns nothing.

def view(request): 
    c = get_base_context(request)
    raise ValueError(c)

returns {}

I don't know what I am doing wrong but if anyone can point it out, I will appreciate it.

The way I want to use this in multiple templates is to get the profile type for the user that logged in.

For example:

{%if profile == "profile1" %}
    do something
{% elif profile == "profile2" %}
    do something else
{% else %}
    do something else 2
{% endif %}

So the reason I am trying to set up the profile via a template context is so I am not querying the user profile type for every view. There might be better ways to do it like perhaps creating a session but I wanted to go with this approach.

Let me know. Thanks