Protection Assistant - Zahle

  The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and nonprofit organization, founded in 1956, that works in more than 30 countries around the world. DRC has been operating in Lebanon since 2004, working with Palestinian and Iraqi refugees, as well as Lebanese communities affected by the war in 2006. DRC is committed to basic humanitarian principles; including impartiality and neutrality, and offers the highest standards of accountability to the people it serves. DRC Lebanon has been assisting the Syrian displaced, fleeing Syria into northern Lebanon, since May 2011. This assistance has come through the provision of food and non-food items, various outreach activities (registration, follow-up and awareness sessions) rehabilitation of collective shelters and the implementation of quick impact projects.     Overall responsibility:   Receive referrals from different agencies and local actors and provide feedback of actions taken; Carry out daily field visits and conduct Focus Group Discussions/participatory assessments/rapid protection assessment; Establishment of community based communities with vulnerable groups;   IndividualProtection Assistance (IPA) Conduct visits to vulnerable individuals or families’ homes, assess their needs and report accordingly by:Filling out a questionnaire, conduct interviews using physical files; Identifying individuals with specific needs and referring them to the appropriate facilities or services, including direct service provision through DRC (cash or in kind assistance); Identifying protection cases and doing appropriate referrals (such as separation of family members, security, sexual and gender-based violence, etc.); Disseminating and sharing information with Persons of Concern on their rights and access to services; Ensure proper documentation of data collected (hard and soft copies); Follow up of the individual and family if required – though preferably referral to other more specialised services if needed;     Protection Information Dissemination Provide information to beneficiaries relating to service provision in Area of responsability, whether DRC services or services provided by other agencies; Refer serious protection cases to DRC protection or other specialised agencies for follow up and assistance; Maintain excel database to ensure that statistics can be shared. Information collection should be done on cases approaching the protection desk, and on referrals made to other partners; Enable beneficiaries to seek further information if needed, by providing contact information to specialised partners; Closely coordinate with relevant staff on protection issues. Working with Committees Assist in establishing community support committees for the elderly in coordination with protection and community development colleagues. Committees should be linked with DRC community centres or safe spaces; In coordination with the caseworker, facilitate sessions for the committee on issues pertaining to the elderly in their communities, as well as how to create support networks; Liaise with committee members and monitor the committee activities in the community; Assist the caseworker in developing training materials, or materials for awareness sessions to be conducted with the committees. Reporting Contribute to the overall protection/CS weekly and monthly report underlining protection issues and related trends and figures in coordination with the Protection officer. Others Any other duties relating to the nature of the job as directed by the Protection officer or by the Protection Manager.