Focus Psychosocial Support (FPSS) Facilitator for its Makani Centers.

Job Announcement:

Terre des hommes- Lausanne is seeking a qualified Focus Psychosocial Support (FPSS) Facilitator for its Makani Centers.

In local contexts, the FPSS Facilitator has the knowledge and practical skills to carry out focused psychosocial support activities with children at high risk of vulnerability and their caregivers. Focused PSS activities will be carried out in line with individual organization and interagency guidelines.

The intention of this position is to build the resilience of most vulnerable children and youth as well as the caregivers through psychosocial support activities. The FPSS facilitator implements the activities in a manner that leaves considerable positive impact on children, youth and their caregivers to promote their wellbeing.  Moreover, the FPSS facilitators will work hand in hand with the MAKANI team to guarantee that children and youth have easy access to suitable services that address their needs. (Direct implementation with the caregivers)

Under the management of the Project Manager, the FPSS Facilitator will perform the following tasks:

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Planning and Implementation of Activities:

• Support the outreach teams in mapping and assessing adolescent girls at child marriage risk and in need to attend Focused PSS activities.
• Support the outreach teams in mapping and assessing children to attend Focused PSS activities.
• Assess the main similar needs / issues faced by the targeted community group of children.
• Register and enroll children and caregivers in focused psychosocial support activities.
• Plan, organize and run activities with children and the caregivers while facilitating and encouraging the participation of all participants.
• Develop an action plan of PSS activities, topics and other type of interventions with the group based on a “Group intervention approach”.
• Ensure activities run in a timely manner to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
• Implement these sessions on a periodical manner and evaluate each session with the children as well as with the project coordinator.
• Revise sessions according to each feedback/evaluation and constantly adapt approaches and exercises.
• Deal with difficult behaviors (conflict, aggressiveness, introversion) and understand the reason behind the behavior to positively communicate with the situation.
• Ensure Children- caregivers under her/his responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities.
• Promote and ensure the Children- caregivers participation in all activities.
• Ensure that all activities are done in an appropriate location in line with the minimum child friendly standards.
• Document all necessary feedback and provide regular monitoring report to the project manager on the progress of children and caregivers.
• Ensure that parents receive regular feedback and advice on their children progress and interaction.
• Ensure that all children and caregivers are aware of any accountability/ complaint mechanism.
• Establish or support the establishment of community-based child protection committees.
• Capacitate the community members to engage and enable communities to identify and report on CP issues and concerns.
• Set up the different activities connected with the community programmes.

• Plan and identify materials and any kind of support required for every intervention on weekly basis.
• Ensure that the beneficiaries who need specific medical or nutritional care are referred to the appropriate organization.
• Assist in the development of new PSS methodologies or/ and new PSS M&E tools.
• Review and adjust PSS tools to make sure the relevant, accurate and up-to-date information is always presented in accordance to Tdh and the Inter Agency guidelines.
• Suggest modifications of sessions and exercises in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment, based on the feedback of the caregivers and children.
• Represent Tdh in relevant MHPSS trainings and in the field visits at sites of intervention with donors and line managers.

• Support the identification and packaging of PSS advocacy issues.
• Prepare all the necessary for the various activities well in advance, paying attention to details
• Ensure that the activities are done in a clean, safe and hazard free location.
• Collaborate in ensuring that the material appropriately used and later stored in a safe way at the end of the day.
• Establish a calendar/agenda for intervention for each group of children/caregivers concerned.
• Be able to identify children at risk of harm or being harmed and being able to refer them as per the Tdh procedures.
• Verify the beneficiaries list and presence.
• Contribute to spread the messages to the community and beneficiaries (be able to orient and support beneficiaries on services available in the mapping of services and establish positive relationships with beneficiaries).
• Attend weekly, monthly and urgent meetings with team.
• Be able to provide a correct use of guidelines, tools, material and games once agreed with technical team.
• Ensure effective engagement of children and caregivers with disabilities in the PSS activities.

• Participate in the advocacy and campaign required from Tdh.

Reporting:

• Regularly provide field reports, protection monitoring reports and reports related to project progress to your line manager.
• Assist in analysing the data collected and reports both quantitatively and qualitatively.
• Provide information about progress when required.
• Report and support the constant evaluation process about the impact of activities on children/caregivers.

• Ensure a daily proper recording of data (# of children, caregivers, participating, activities delivered, etc).
• Provide official and on time report for any security and safety incident.
• Report and support the constant evaluation process about the impact of activities on children/caregivers.
• Ensure a daily proper recording of data (number of children, caregivers participating, activities delivered, etc).

• Provide official and on time report for any security and safety incident.

Communication and Coordination:

• Participate with in donor visits and promote proper preparation and implementation.

Organisational Policies:

Job Requirements:

Academic Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Sociology or other relevant degree.

Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience, preferably GBV, MHPSS Intervention

Technical Competencies:

• Good knowledge in Child Protection-GBV.
• Able to deal with peaple from different backgrounds
• Facilitation skills
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure (responding to high risks cases)
• Respect for institutional framework.

Organizational Competencies:

Personal, Social and Leadership Competencies (PSLC):

• Self-management
• Communication and interaction
• Teamwork
• Mission orientation

Technical and methodological competencies (TMC) :

• Respect for the institutional framework
• Innovation & Development
• Quality Monitoring & Reporting
• Languages: English and Arabic (written, read and spoken)
• Computer skills: Microsoft office
• Driving License is preferred

Reports to: Project Manager

Location/Travel:  Roving position in all South, Nabatiyeh and BML according to need. Office base in Tyre

Tdh Foundation, Lausanne has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries.  Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours).  Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff.

• Keep close coordination and update with the MAKANI team.
• Contribute to create a positive atmosphere interacting constructively with colleagues and children/youth and caregivers
• Communicate efficiently with technical team and managers conveying to them ideas and new proposals according to daily observation in dealing with children and caregivers.
  • Communicate with the stakeholders, partners and municipalities through regular visits.

• • Respects the Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) and its principles of child protection, ensuring it’s the policy’s implementation and prompt notification of the CSP Focal Point with any information regarding potential breaches of the policy;
  • Is aware of, abides by and promotes the practices and values set out in all other Tdh policies and procedures such as the Internal Regulations, Standard Operating Procedures and other policies.
  • Undertake all other duties that may be requested by the line-manager and that are compatible with the job.
  • Participate actively in weekly and monthly coordination meeting with the line managers.
  • Ensure Do No Harm analysis are carried out and the principle of Do No Harm is observed and upheld in all the engagements of the FPSS Facilitator