PSS Facilitator - South Lebanon

PSS Facilitator

The Psychosocial Support Facilitator will have the knowledge and practical skills to carry out psychosocial support activities with vulnerable adolescent girls & boys and caregivers.

The PSS facilitator will implement the activities in a manner that leaves a considerable positive impact the targeted beneficiaries and promote their wellbeing.

Job Description:

• Provide inclusive age- and gender-appropriate focused psychosocial support (PSS) to vulnerable adolescent girls and boys.
• Provide parenting skills sessions to targeted parents and caregivers.
• Provide age- and gender-appropriate awareness-raising key messages on critical SGBV and CP risks, SRHR, available services and gender equality & inclusion, provided to vulnerable adolescent girls and boys
• Full coordination with senior management to ensure proper implementation of the project.
• Plan, organize and run activities with adolescents while facilitate and encourage their participation
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Ensure that all beneficiaries are involved in the activities being implemented
• Deal with difficult behaviors (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reason behind the behavior to positively communicate with the situation.
• Ensure that the adolescents under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities
• Collect data on the activities organized and ensure that all the relevant forms are duly filled
• Identify key protection issues or threats affecting children and adolescents and raise them to the senior case manager
• Refer protection and GBV cases to the case worker(s) of the project
• Ensure all project means such as attendance sheets evaluation documents… are in filled in neatly and clearly and are always done in a timely manner.
• Report back to senior staff if requested in a timely manner

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Psychology, social work…)
• Good knowledge in Child Protection and Gender Based Violence
• Able to deal with vulnerable adolescents from different backgrounds
• Quality, monitoring and reporting
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Good communication and facilitation skills
• Self-management
• Mission orientation
• Teamwork
• English and Arabic (written, read and spoken - not mandatory)
• Basic Computer Skills
• Clean criminal record is a MUST
• Availability of own car