Child Protection Animator - Border Response - North

Who We Are:

Save the Children's work saves and improves children's lives around the world. We work to ensure children have healthcare, food, and shelter, as well as learning and child protection services when children need it most. We are committed to helping all children achieve their full potential by ensuring they grow up healthy, receive a good education, and stay safe.

Securing children's rights is the foundation of our work. Millions of children around the world are denied their rights, simply because of who they are or where they are from. We know that to ensure every child has the chance for a future their rights must be upheld.

Through our programming, emergency responses and advocacy, we put the most vulnerable children first, tackling the barriers to survival, learning and protection.

What you will do:

Main Mission:

The Child Protection Animator will provide direct support to children and families on the move, crossing the borders in the Akkar region (Aboudeyeh, Arida, El Bqayaa, ensuring the safety and well-being of displaced children.

The animator will be present at the borders, facilitating recreational and psychosocial support activities for children and caregivers, while promoting key child protection messages. The role also involves distributing essential resources, such as identification bracelets and nutritious items. The animator will work closely with other child protection staff and service providers to address immediate child protection concerns, prevent further risks to children, identify and referring cases of separated or unaccompanied children and provide support during their displacement.

Specific Tasks:

• Assist children and families on the move, ensuring the safety and well-being of children.
• Provide information sessions to families about child protection risks and prevention measures, particularly in preventing child separation and strategies to ensure children’s safety during displacement.
• Distribute identification bracelets with children’s names and caregiver contact details to facilitate easy reunification if children are separated.
• Distribute nutritious items to children, pregnant women, and lactating women to address food security and health needs.
• Identify and refer children at risk of separation or who are unaccompanied during border crossing.
• Support in the implementation of age-appropriate recreational and psychosocial activities to reduce stress and provide emotional support to children.
• Report any protection concerns, vulnerable children, or other needs to the Case Management Officer for referral and follow-up actions.
• Ensure that all participants are aware of the accountability mechanisms and how to access available support services.
• Collect attendance data and complete daily reports on activities and any identified needs.
• Check stock levels of materials needed for activities and inform the Case Management Officer of any material shortages or additional needs for procurement.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Good Knowledge of the area of implementation particularly the border points of Aboudeyeh, Arida, and El Bqayaa, and an understanding of the challenges faced by displaced families.
• Experience in facilitating recreational, psychosocial, and child protection activities for children and caregivers, particularly in emergency or displacement settings is preferable.
• Social work experience and/or experience in humanitarian work preferably in emergencies.
• Ability to communicate effectively and empathetically with children, caregivers, and other stakeholders.
• Willingness to work in high-pressure environments, adapt to changing needs, and contribute to emergency response efforts as required.