Psychosocial support facilitator

Areas of Responsibility: Psychosocial Support facilitator

• Support the outreach team in mapping and assessing children to attend PSS activities.
• Register and enroll children in psychosocial support activities
• Work directly with children in a community center, or remotely, carrying out psychosocial activities
• Plan, organize and run activities with children while facilitating and encouraging the participation of all children.
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Ensure that children are all involved in the activity, and that there is possibility for boys and girls to work both together and in gender-based group.
• Deal with difficult behaviours (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reasons behind the behaviour to positively interact with the situation.
• Ensure children under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities
• Liaise with AND and/or partners’ CP Officers on regular basis regarding the implementation of PSS activities
• Report items needing purchase, repair or replacement and submit request for Center Supervisor
• Be responsible for the proper use and basic maintenance of the PSS material and the facility.
• Handle logistics responsibilities as necessary
• Establish or support the establishment of community-based child protection committees.
• Support in building the capacities of the CBCPCs members to engage and enable communities identifying and reporting on CP issues and concerns.

Ensure children’s safety and protection

• Work in compliance with and respect of the principles of Child Protection and confidentiality, working with refugee and host communities with sensitivity
• Identify key protection threats affecting the children and raise them to the centre supervisor.
• Identify safety issues and follow-up with the center supervisor on the safety and security of the chosen locations
• Inform the Center Supervisor about any health issues that could arise among children
• Identify children requiring case management and ensure safe referral to case management agencies or service providers.

Handle tracking, reporting on activities and filing

• Collect data on the activities organized and ensure that all the relevant forms are duly filled
• Ensure all project means of verifications (MOV) including registration sheets, attendance sheets, SDQs, evaluation documents… are in place.
• Administer SDQs at the beginning and the end of each cycle
• Enter all project related MOV into the system.
• Fill and archive specific forms for referrals and weekly reporting, ensuring confidentiality, accuracy and timeliness.
• Support the project team in the development of different project reports.

Areas of Responsibility: Psychosocial Support facilitator

• Support the outreach team in mapping and assessing children to attend PSS activities.
• Register and enroll children in psychosocial support activities
• Work directly with children in a community center, or remotely, carrying out psychosocial activities
• Plan, organize and run activities with children while facilitating and encouraging the participation of all children.
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Ensure that children are all involved in the activity, and that there is possibility for boys and girls to work both together and in gender-based group.
• Deal with difficult behaviours (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reasons behind the behaviour to positively interact with the situation.
• Ensure children under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities
• Liaise with AND and/or partners’ CP Officers on regular basis regarding the implementation of PSS activities
• Report items needing purchase, repair or replacement and submit request for Center Supervisor
• Be responsible for the proper use and basic maintenance of the PSS material and the facility.
• Handle logistics responsibilities as necessary
• Establish or support the establishment of community-based child protection committees.
• Support in building the capacities of the CBCPCs members to engage and enable communities identifying and reporting on CP issues and concerns.

Ensure children’s safety and protection

• Work in compliance with and respect of the principles of Child Protection and confidentiality, working with refugee and host communities with sensitivity
• Identify key protection threats affecting the children and raise them to the centre supervisor.
• Identify safety issues and follow-up with the center supervisor on the safety and security of the chosen locations
• Inform the Center Supervisor about any health issues that could arise among children
• Identify children requiring case management and ensure safe referral to case management agencies or service providers.

Handle tracking, reporting on activities and filing

• Collect data on the activities organized and ensure that all the relevant forms are duly filled
• Ensure all project means of verifications (MOV) including registration sheets, attendance sheets, SDQs, evaluation documents… are in place.
• Administer SDQs at the beginning and the end of each cycle
• Enter all project related MOV into the system.
• Fill and archive specific forms for referrals and weekly reporting, ensuring confidentiality, accuracy and timeliness.
• Support the project team in the development of different project reports.