HEPPP - Parenting Mentor

1- Background:
The Arab Resource Collective (ARC) is a non-governmental regional organization. ARC's mission is to work with partners on producing and disseminating knowledge, promoting policies, and developing human resources in order to translate rights into reality. ARC targets children and youth within their environment, and focuses on health, education, and protection.

HEPPP - Health, Early Learning, and Protection Parenting Program- is a curriculum guide developed by the Arab Resource Collective and is a tool that aims to empower the role of mothers and fathers in the care of their children based on principles of child ecology, positive child psychology, development, and child rights. It provides a framework of concepts, knowledge, and exercises that help develop the practices of parents in the education of their children while adopting an integrated and holistic approach to child early learning, care, health, development, and parental well being.

The guide is now composed of 32 sessions: 20 ECD and parenting sessions, 6 Early Learning Sessions, 6 Mental Health for caregivers sessions.

In 2020, the guide was also updated and digitized into a self-taught and interactive course. This course is found on Urjouha, ARC’s parenting website. The website is an online platform developed to accompany caregivers on their journey with girls and boys, from pregnancy until the age of 8 years.

2- Mentor’s Qualifications:

Has a university degree in ECD, Psychology, Early Learning, Education, or any related field.

Proven experience of at least 3 years of work with parents and/or children.

Very high communication skills.

Very good Arabic and English language.

Good reporting skills.

3- Mentor’s tasks and responsibilities:

Training:

Attend a TOT with ARC’s coordination team.

Complete all the HEPPP curriculum sessions on Urjouha, as well as MH or EL sessions based on recruitment criteria.

Train how to use Urjouha following up system with ICT or Programmes’ Coordinator

Communication:

Create an account on Urjouha’s website.

Create WhatsApp groups for their assigned groups of parents.

Help create/approve accounts for the couples in coordination with the center and ARC’s team.

Continuous follow up with the Project Coordinator.

Follow the timeline given by ARC and communicate any challenges with the Programmes’ Coordinator.

Communicate with the center when needed about parents' challenges and responses.

Help in the linking of family cases when needed.

Follow up on recharging and access to connectivity of each family.

Mentoring:

Get to know each couple assigned to them before the start of the sessions through a phone call.

Be responsible for 3 to 4 groups of 6 couples each per cycle.

Communicate all steps of the project with their groups.

Share simple navigation videos with their groups and ensure full understanding of the steps.

Send 20 sessions to participating parents.

Follow up with parents on their achievement of the sessions.

Do a follow up call with each couple after each session.

Make sure couples acquire all key messages of sessions.

Make sure parents stay motivated and engaged within the project.

Advise parents following ARC’s guidelines.

Reporting:

Inform Programmes’ Coordinator of any urgent cases or linking.

Fill attendance forms and reporting forms for each session.

Follow up on each of the parents’ sessions achievement on Urjouha’s system

Give feedback and report any issues with sessions and content

Attend learning event with ARC’s team