Animator for Community-based Psychosocial Support for Children in Beirut

The holder of this position will be implementing Community-based Psychosocial Support sessions with children, aiming to increase the capacity and awareness of children to be resilient and cope with the ongoing changes and risks and know where to go for help. Activities will also serve as an entry point to identify children who are at high risk of CP violations.

The content of community-based child protection activities has to be structured (not just always random play), every session should have a schedule, however it has to be simple enough that a community member (non-professional) can lead this activity without doing any harm to children (e.g. no discussions about abuse, etc.).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement psychosocial activities according to the children’s ages and situation.
• Promote and ensure the child participation in all activities.
• Positively interact with children and encourage them to express their needs and ensure their safety.
• Ensure that the activities are done in an appropriate location in line with minimum standards.
• Ensure participation of children in the sessions in a non-discriminatory as well as age and gender sensitive and appropriate approach.
• Ensure that the children feel safe, comfortable and respected during activities.
• Collects and documents feedback on the implementation of the methodology including challenges and lessons learnt.
• Ensure that all children are aware of any accountability/ complaint mechanisms.
• Ensure sector specific tools (example: Satisfaction and / or well-being survey).
• Develop individual and group progress report and maintain a filing system of children respecting confidentiality,
• Collect attendance of participants in the activities, and fill in weekly / monthly reports as required,
• Respect and abide to the organization’s internal code of conduct and child protection policy,
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor,
• Ability to provide Psychological First Aid when needed,
• Ensure that all identified children at risk are referred to Focused-Psychosocial support or other services when needed by following the referral pathways.

Qualifications and Experiences:

• University degree in psychology, social work, education, social sciences and / or other relevant degrees,
• At least 1 year in working with children (preferably children who were at risk),
• Knowledge in Child Protection minimum standards or principles,
• Experience in implementing community-based activities,
• Previous experience in working with refugees or / and vulnerable population is a plus,
• Knowledge in Psychological First Aid is a plus,
• Good communication and facilitation skills (including active listening),
• Comfortable in communicating in both Arabic and English languages (English for reporting is a must),
• Knowledge and skills in computer usage including word, excel, and power point,
• Flexibility in working hours and willing to work in volatile environments,
• Experience in remote modality of activities’ implementation is a plus,
• Experience in the provision of emergency response is a plus,
• Experience in team leading and handling programmes action plans,
• Experience in Psychosocial Support programming and community mobilization.

About Red Oak

Red Oak is a Lebanese NGO. It promotes innovative approaches to existing social, educational and cultural structures through education, art, art therapy and mental health, for the protection of children, and the empowerment of women and girls, with a special attention for people with disabilities.