Psychosocial Support Worker - North - Kobayat
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Caritas Lebanon is committed to all Safeguarding Principles and will not tolerate any act in any shape or form of misuse regarding Child Safeguarding Policies and Sexual Exploitation Abuse or Harassment (SEA). All staff must understand that Caritas Lebanon will apply a zero-tolerance policy to SEA and any harassment of any type. Caritas Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. Moreover, Caritas Lebanon will not share any personal data with anyone outside Caritas Lebanon whatsoever unless requested by Law. All applicants are strictly required to adhere to these standards. Therefore, the selected applicant shall be requested to provide additional information to conduct the needed background check.
In addition, Caritas Lebanon will reserve its rights not to hire any applicant who was previously reported for a SEA incident.
The Psychosocial Support Worker is directly responsible for the implementation of psychosocial support activities to persons of concern. The PSS worker is in charge of identifying children’s safe spaces by ensuring that all activities are in line with the Child Safeguarding Standards.
Responsible for the implementation of psychosocial support activities.
MAJOR DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational Activities
Supervise and evaluate PSS activities on the field including: life skills trainings, skills trainings, awareness and community groups
• Support the Social Workers and Center Coordinators in planning, drafting the proposals and implementing special occasion activities
• Contribute to establishing and implementing operational work plans, setting clear targets and activity plans for ongoing project for the PSS component
• Review targets/achievements on weekly basis
• Ensure quality of implementation through weekly field visits
• Conduct biweekly meetings with Social Workers to ensure target, impact, challenges and follow-up requests
• Review Awareness and PSS sessions content and get PSS Coordinator approval
• Monitor Awareness and PSS sessions and ensure they are in line with the approved content
• Monitor Community Groups’ content activities
• Ensure that data on Dynamics, donor’s reporting tool, monthly and weekly reports are matching
• Follow-up on recruitment of trainers and their payment cycles
• Submit biweekly schedules and all respected requests to the donor representative
• Attend management committee meetings and focus group discussions held to assess beneficiaries’ needs
• Attend sector coordination relevant meetings
• Provide direct psychosocial support and refer internally and externally as needed, respecting confidentiality and the right of the beneficiary
• Conduct all PSS activities with the beneficiaries when needed
• Report any incident or act that causes any harm to beneficiary or to others
• Adhere to all quality standards and procedures
• Contribute in ongoing field assessments and data collection as required
• Collaborate with partners and other agencies when required
Generic Duties
• Follow Caritas Lebanon operational policy and procedures
• Respect the internal policies and procedures for example: dress code, attendance, discipline, etc.
• Complete schedules, activity planners, monitor staff availability and act against any shortfalls
• Resolve any staff issues and escalate any unresolved issue to the related manager
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor
JOB KNOWLEDGE
Academic:
- Bachelor Degree in BA in Psychology
Other Qualifications:
- Communication, writing, analytical and negotiation skills
Related Work Experience:
- 3 years of experience in related field
Language skills:
- English and Arabic
Computer Literacy
- MS-Word / MS-Excel – Intermediate level
NOTE:
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- Lebanon
- North Lebanon