Social Worker For Adolescents

Job Purpose: The Social Worker for adolescents implements activities and/or trainings in INTERSOS centers and outreach working directly with adolescents. In particular the Social Worker is responsible for delivering Community Based Psychosocial (PSS) activities for adolescents in the Child Friendly Spaces of his/her area of intervention area and to train and coach i) SDC Social Worker ii) Community Based Organizations (CBOs) volunteers and iii) community members or groups on how to deliver and conduct community based PSS activities.   Generic Duties: conduct community based PSS activities with adolescents catering to the needs of children of different ages and genders and accordingly to the center activities weekly schedule; conduct peer-led focus groups discussions, life skill trainings and awareness sessions with adolescent  accordingly to the center activities weekly schedule; assess the needs of the targeted beneficiaries and ensure their engagement and participation in the activities; plan, elaborate and design activities for adolescents in collaboration with the line manager and accordingly to INTERSOS guidelines; promote and ensure the adolescents participation in all activities; positively interact with the adolescents and encourage them to express their needs and ensure their safety; engage Community Based Organizations (CBOs) volunteers and SCD staff in the planning of community based PSS activities held at the assigned centers; ensure a daily follow-up with CBOs volunteers, SDCs staff and selected community members in the implementation of CBPSS activities; maintain daily attendance registers and a weekly and monthly inventory sheets for each activity conducted in collaboration with the FAO; 10. maintain and fill properly any distribution list or attendance lists for the activities conducted or the distribution done, under the supervision of the FAO; 11. informs the PSS Coordinator or the Field Activity Officer (FAO) about any difficulty met during the implementation of the planned activities; 12. follow-up with the communication done by the FAO, the Coordinator of Field Operations (CFO) or the Project Manager Assistant (PMA) concerning the project advancement; 13. be available to participate in meetings and trainings in and outside the centers and/or in INTERSOS offices when requested; 14. Accomplish any other assignments given by the FAO, CFO and PMA.   Specific duties and responsibilities:   facilitate and encourage the participation of all adolescent, notably the most vulnerable ones, ensuring proper attention to their specific emotional and physical needs / difficulties; ensure adolescent under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities; ensure the adoption of minimum standard required (ex. Child Friendly Space checklist, CP Minimum Standards) in the centers were the activities are implemented; ensure the respect of code of conduct in the centers and in the bus by the adolescents and  the parents/caregivers; plan, organize and run community based PSS activities with adolescent according to their age and needs under the supervision of the FAO and the PSS coordinator; coach CBOs volunteers and SDCs staff on the implementation of PSS activities; insure that CBOs and SDCs staff: i) adopt Child Protection Policies while they are conducting their activities; ii) add to their programme selected PSS sessions drawn from INTERSOS PSS curriculum; iii) expand their current targets so as to cover Syrian beneficiaries and adolescent in need; iv) where possible to add additional sessions to their regular schedules.  follow-up CBOs volunteers and SDCs staff in the implementation of the activities; follow-up CBOs volunteers and SDCs staff in the adoption of the safe identification and referral mechanism for Child Protection cases; 10. be responsible of the budget allocated to the CBOs and SDCs for the conduct of the activities; 11. create the link among parents/caregivers of adolescent who are attending PSS activities and service providers in order to facilitate the establishment of family support networks; 12. create the link between community members/community groups and adolescent who are attending PSS activities in order to implement jointly community led initiatives; 13. be the link between the community and Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs), CBOs, SDCs and any other stakeholders present in the area; 14. collaborate with the community mobilizer (CM) in the peer to peer (P2P) programme; 15. provide information to adolescent and parents/caregivers on specialized services available in the field and facilitate the link; 16. be available for trainings provided by INTERSOS or other organizations.   Case Management: identify and refer vulnerable cases on the base of the referral pathways adopted by INTERSOS; in case of i) adolescent dropped out of school, ii) unvaccinated, iii) married, iv) siblings of adolescent  involved in child labour, v) in need of health services, refer thorough the FAO, to the appointed organizations providing education services, shelter, food and non-food assistance; ensure training on the job to identified CBOs and SDCs staff and any other volunteers on identification and referral pathways.   Reporting: collect information on number of adolescent i) participating in the activities and ii) internally and externally referred; collect information on number of adolescent i) participating in the activities conducted by CBOs volunteers, SDCs staff and community members and ii) internally and externally referred; prepare weekly and monthly plans of the activities to be validated by the FAO and in coordination with the PSS Coordinator; support CBOs volunteers and SDCs staff in the preparation in weekly and monthly plans  of the activities to be validated by the FAO and the PSS coordinator; fill in daily, weekly and monthly monitoring tools to be validated by the FAO; support CBOs and SDCs staff in the fill in of weekly and monthly monitoring tools to be validated by the FAO; prepare weekly and monthly reports on the base of ad hoc models providing qualitative and quantitative information.   Administration: -      contribute to the preparation of weekly liquidity plans and be responsible of it;   Logistic: -      coordinate, through the FAO, with the INTERSOS Logistic Department for i) refreshment and material delivery and ii) centers maintenance; -      follow-up with CBOs volunteers and SDCs staff for logistic needs.       Meeting: -       be available to take part in meetings in the centre, in Tyre INTERSOS Office or in any other location required by the  FAO and the general management.     Competencies:  (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)   Professional Competencies: -      A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible professional experience is required -      A minimum of 2 years work experience in implementing of PSS activities and life skill activities with adolescent -      Knowledge CP and GBV issues; -      Strong organizational skills; -      Strong interpersonal skill and communication skills; -      Knowledge of English; -      Good knowledge word and excel; -      Driving license holder -      Strong observation, analytical and listening skills -      The capacity to absorb legal/procedural information -      The ability to negotiate/mediate/interpret on behalf of service users   Behavioural competencies: -      Excellent Communication skills -      Client Orientation approach -      The social worker should have a compassionate, caring, and non-judgmental personality. -      Punctuality and respect for applicable rules and procedures; -      Ethical and transparent decision-making; -      Respect of confidentiality and data protection protocols; -      Self-motivation, goal/result-orientation and team work; -      Flexibility, tolerance and maturity. -      Patience and the ability to remain calm in a crisis -      Flexibility to adapt to new roles, tasks and situations