Focused PSS Facilitator

Roles and Responsibilties:

• Condcut outreach to map asses street connected children & their caregivers to attend Focused PSS activies.
• Assess the main similar needs / issues faced by the targeted community group of children & their caregivers.
• Register and enroll children & their caregivers in focused psychosocial support activities.
• Plan, organize and run activities with children while facilitating and encouraging the participation of all children & their caregivers.
• Develop an action plan of PSS activities, topics and other type of interventions with the group based on a “Group intervention approach”.
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Implement these sessions on a periodical manner and evaluate each session with the children & caregivers as well as with the project coordinator.
• Implement day and night shift activities .
• Revise sessions according to each feedback/evaluation and constantly adapt approaches and exercises.
• Deal with difficult behaviors (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reason behind the behavior to positively communicate with the situation.
• Ensure Children and their caregivers under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities.
• Promote and ensure the Children & caregvers participation in all activities.
• Ensure that all children and caregivers are aware of any accountability/ complaint mechanism.
• Plan and identify materials and any kind of support required for every intervention on weekly basis.
• Ensure that the beneficiaries who need specific medical or nutritional care are referred to the appropriate organization.
• Assist in the development of new PSS methodologies or/ and new PSS M&E tools.
• Suggest modifications of sessions and exercises in order to adapt to changes occuring in the work environment, based on the feedback of the caregivers and children.
• Support the identification and packaging of PSS advocacy issues.
• Prepare all the necessary for the various activities well in advance, paying attention to details.
• Ensure that the activities are done in a clean, safe and hazard free location.
• Establish a calendar/agenda for intervention for each group of children/youth concerned.
• Attend weekly, monthly and urgent meetings with team.
• Be able to provide a correct use of guidelines, tools, material and games once agreed with technical team.
• Ensure effective engagement of children & caregivers with disabilities in the PSS activities.

Reporting:

• Regularly provide field reports, protection monitoring reports and reports related to project progress to your line manager.
• Assist in analyzing the data collected and reports both quantitatively and qualitatively.
• Provide information about progress when required.
• Report and support the constant evaluation process about the impact of activities on children/youth and caregivers.
• Ensure a daily proper recording of data (# of children, youth, adults participating, activities delivered, etc).
• Provide official and on time report for any security and safety incident.

Communication and Coordination:

• Keep close coordination and update with the case workers and the project coordinator
• Contribute to create a positive atmosphere interacting constructively with colleagues and children/youth and caregivers.
• Communicate efficiently with technical team and managers conveying to them ideas and new proposals according to daily observation in dealing with children & caregivers.
• Participate with in donor visits and promote proper preparation and implementation.
• Communicate with the stakeholders, partners and municipalities through regular visits.