Social Worker For Focus Psychosocial Activities With Children (West Bekaa)

Generic Duties: Conduct a daily variety of structured activities (recreational, psychosocial and life skill) within the centers or outside, catering to the needs of children and adolescent of different ages accordingly to the center activities weekly schedule; Conduct peer-led focus groups discussions, life skill training and awareness sessions with children and adolescent accordingly to the center activities weekly schedule; Facilitate the participation of all the segments of the target population to the planned activities held at the assigned center, notably the most vulnerable ones (refugees, local community, children, adolescent, women, elderly, minority members, people with disabilities etc.), ensuring that proper attention is paid to specific emotional and physical needs; Plan and design the PSS activities in collaboration with the FAO, the Psychosocial (PSS) coordinator and all the team members, accordingly to INTERSOS guidelines on PSS activities; Where possible and in line with the confidentiality principles, engage volunteers from (Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Social Development Centers (SDCs) staff in the planned activities held at the assigned centers; Maintain daily attendance registers and a weekly and monthly inventory sheets for each activity conducted in collaboration with the FAO and the other staff members; Maintain and fill properly any distribution list or attendance lists for the activities conducted or the distribution done, under the supervision of the FAO; Informs the supervisors about any difficulty met in INTERSOS activities implementation; Be update about all new information send by the FAO, the PSS coordinators and the Project Manager (PM) concerning the project, the context and the beneficiaries; Be available to participate in meetings and trainings in and outside the centers and/or in INTERSOS offices when requested; Accomplish any other assignments given by supervisors or the PM.     Specific Duties: Facilitate and encourage the participation of children, adolescent, parents and caregivers, notably the most vulnerable ones, ensuring proper attention to their specific emotional and physical needs / difficulties; ensure children, adolescent, parents and caregivers 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 Protection in Emergency) in the conduction of the activities; conduct outreach activities in collaboration with the Community Mobilizers (CM) and other staff members in order to identify and provide information in services available to children and adolescent engaged in different form of labour, as well as children at high risk or survivors of violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse; conduct Focus PSS activities such as emotional support groups, focus group discussions and knowledge and skills development with children engaged in different form of labour, as well as children at high risk or survivors of violence (at home, at school, at the community level and in the workplace), exploitation, neglect and abuse in order to identify and mitigate these risks; work in compliance with the approach defined by the Psychosocial (PSS) Committee, where culturally appropriate activities with PSS and protection objectives follow structured and age-appropriate curriculum in order to ensure children and adolescents are better equipped to protect themselves; take into consideration core competencies (ex. Interpersonal communication, coping and problem solving skills, setting goals for the future, conflict resolution/social cohesion, etc) with additional components to be tailored and specialized to address specific risks in terms of content, timing and location; for any new groups i) conduct risk assessments in the intended place for activities to ensure that children will feel safe in this space and ii) consult children and parents about timing and duration of the activities to be based on the children’s availabilities, whenever possible (upon caregiver’s approval, schedule of activity, security situation and proximity of centers) link children involved in Focus PSS activities to PSS activities implemented by i) INTERSOS in its community centers / Child Friendly Space Centers, ii) Community Based Organizations (CBO) and iii) Social Development Centers (CBOs) coached by INTERSOS; in the particular case of children involved in child labour, adopt a holistic approach through working with children and duty-bearers (parents, employers and other adults) in the work place and with other humanitarian agencies, implementing: i) for children involved in worst form of child labor (WFCL): a) focused psychosocial support activities, including emotional support groups and focus group discussion (FGD) to identify and mitigate protection risks; b) referral to education for all children and c) referral of children above 15 who are unable to enrol in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) supported education programmes (Non formal education, Vocational Education, Second Shift schools) to vocational training opportunities. ii) for caregivers: caregivers programmes for parents of children involved in child labor; iii) for caregivers, employers, shawish, children and community at large: raising and sensitization awareness adopting key messages developed by the Child Protection in Emergency Working Group (CPiE WG); iv) for employers, community stakeholders and caregivers: advocacy workshops/discussion sessions with the aim of open a discussion on reduction of working hours, facilitation of access to education, engagement of children in light work, removal of children below the age of 14 from labour all together, while ensuring protection from health hazards and from CP and GBV violations in the workplace.  identify and refer vulnerable cases on the base of the referral pathways adopted by INTERSOS; collaborate with other staff members in order to insure that community groups and community members  take part in trainings on i) CP and GBV risk identification and referral; ii) advocacy and iii) communication skills, enabling them to jointly assess safety and security concerns affecting children, adolescent, parents and caregivers; plan, organize and run PSS activities with parents/caregivers according to their needs and on the base of specific PSS programmes, under the supervision of the FAO and PSS coordinator; work in close collaboration with other staff members under the guidance of the FAO and the PSS coordinator; ensure that the provided material is properly used, kept and cleaned; ensure the storage and distribution of healthy refreshment, be available to work beyond the normal working hours in order to implement activities achieve expected results.    Reporting: collect information on number of children, adolescent, parents and caregivers i) participating in the activities and ii) internally and externally referred; collect information on number of of children, adolescent, parents and caregivers i) participating in the activities conducted by CBOs and SDCs and ii) internally and externally referred; prepare weekly and monthly plans of the activities to be validated by the FAO and the PSS coordinators; fill in daily, 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.