Social Counselor

The NGOs Platform in Saida is a civil, voluntary and coordination platform consisting of around 40 Non-governmental Organizations working in different fields such as social, health, protection, education and development. They all make sure to work together and be committed to the needs of the civil society, regardless the religion or the mentalities. The NGOs platform in Saida is a voluntary coordination framework of NGOs acting in the context of a joint working charter based on the concepts of integration and partnership. The Palestinian Women's forum – PWF- in Lebanon was established in 2008 to create space for women associations and female activists who committed to full equality and Women's Rights. It aims at empowerment women to alleviate the triple discrimination challenging Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon: discrimination based on their gender, on their refugee status and on their statelessness. PWF coordinates with local and international NGOs to achieve its goal in eliminating violence against women. 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. The NGO platform in Saida and PWF are partners to DRC in the implementation of the “Empowerment of women at risk in Lebanon” project. The purpose of this 15 months project is to empower women at risk and/or victims of SGBV by prevention and a protection-oriented response based on livelihood support. It will help promoting economic and personal self-reliance of 300 vulnerable women and raise awareness of duty-bearers about SGBV and human trafficking.   The Platform, PWF and DRC are inviting local candidates to apply for the position of Social Counselor, to support their activities under the project “Empowerment of Women at risk in Lebanon” Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Main responsibilities: Offer necessary support to women enabling them to achieve self-empowerment. Individual Counseling and support: -          Assess in collaboration with counselor referring the women, eligibility of the women to the center. -          Welcome women to the centre, assess their needs, offer them necessary services and refer them to internal and external resources when necessary. -          Prepare an individual intervention/action plan in collaboration with the women: Self-Empowerment Selection of the vocational training suitable to the wish and needs of the women  Group counseling and support: -          Prepare and conduct group intervention for women beneficiaries of the center. -          Coordinate with the internal resources of the center to ensure that women beneficiaries are engaged in the centers activities like life skills and vocational training and are receiving services such as legal and psychological services when necessary. -          Prepare for and conduct awareness raising sessions for women. File keeping and reporting: -          Open and maintain a file for each beneficiary (based on the DRC file template) -          Write monthly reports about the evolution of the work on this project and the results achieved Meetings: -          Participate in staff meetings and coordinate with the community center team for the benefit of the beneficiaries Other responsibilities: -       Carry out any other duties relevant to the nature of the job as requested by the Community Center Coordinator Qualifications & Experience: University degree; preferably related to social work Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience Experience in individual intervention   Excellent knowledge on protection and SGVB Required Skills: Excellent communication skills Excellent interpersonal skills Commitment to the values, vision and mission of DRC Good computer skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel…) Well-developed organizational and planning skills Self-motivation and strong team spirit Ability to speak, read and write Arabic and English proficiently Duration: end of December 2013 Starting date: May 2013 Conditions: Temporary contract service Application:  Applications should include a detailed CV and a cover letter that addresses the applicant’s motivation for applying.  Please forward the application, in English, marked “Social Counselor” to the following e-mail address: carla.antar@drclebanon.dk The deadline for submission is April 25, 2013 Kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.