Job Description: Structured PSS Facilitator (Female Only)

Number of positions: 1

Duration: 5 months

Location:  Duhok Governorate, in and out of camp locations  

Publishing date: 15 July 2024

Deadline of submission: 22 July 2024

About Us:

The Lotus Flower is a non-governmental organization which empowers vulnerable women and girls so that they are safe, have opportunities to learn, the tools to become financially independent and the freedom to lead change. We provide safe social spaces inside refugee camps and implement projects to help them rebuild their lives and earn a living. We run four women’s centers for the IDP, refugee and host community in Kurdistan 

Our programs are based around pillars from the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals:

·       Health & Safety

·       Education & Livelihoods

·       Peacebuilding & Human Rights

·       Climate Change

Our centers implement much-needed livelihood training, language courses, computer training, mental health support, fitness and health training, and awareness sessions and advocacy on women's rights and gender-based violence. 

We aim to provide the foundation for women to rebuild themselves, their families, and their futures. As local implementers, we work at the grassroots level to get right into the heart of communities, listening to local needs and employing local women to implement the programs. Our fundamental belief is that women and girls are powerful drivers of change, and we provide the support they need to reach their full potential and rebuild their futures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Structured PSS Facilitator will be responsible for facilitating the PSS sessions for Syrian and non-Syrians in and out of camps locations for youths and parents/caregivers, providing psychosocial support sessions at the safe spaces, through coordination with case workers, CYFS team, Non Structured PSS team as well as the with the Child Protection (CP) facilitators and other service providers to build strong relations with the community and camp management, while assessing the psychosocial needs of beneficiaries.

The Structured PSS Facilitator will establish and support parents’ groups composed of caregivers who need support and counselling on caring for their children as well as youth groups with the most at-risk boys and girls, from the age of 13 to 17 years old by using structured manuals for each group.

· Provision of Intervention and Psychosocial support

a)     Ensure a timely and adequate implementation of the structured PSS sessions.

b)    Conduct age-appropriate sessions for each age group of youths and parents/caregivers.

c)     Determine a safe and appropriate place to conduct structured PSS sessions, after coordinating internally and externally to determine the safe and appropriate place.

d)    Ensure the safety of youths in advance of and during the sessions as well as after their departure.

e)     Have a strong coordination with case workers in order to integrate needed cases within PSS sessions as well as parents/caregivers.

f)      Establish trusting relationships with youths and families/caregivers.

g)     Ensure obtaining participants consent from both youths and parents/caregivers to participate in PSS sessions.

h)    Identify and refer cases of vulnerable children (i.e. children with psychosocial problems, behavior changes, traumas and other problems), to the TLF case workers.

i)      Participate in training, team meetings as requested by the CP Management.

j)      Other tasks as assigned by the CP Coordinator and Child Protection Project Manager.

· Reporting

    1. Provide monthly reports to the Outreach & Capacity Building Field Monitor 

    2. Keep files (Attendances, consents form, feedback and final evaluation), records and documentation up to date, secure and confidential.

    3. Adhere to standard documentation processes and follow best practice guidelines.

· Compliance

    1. Ensure the compliance with TLF policies and protocols of confidentiality, non-discrimination, consent, respect and safety.

    2. Ensure that beneficiaries are duly informed on the Complaint Mechanism and can give their feedbacks on TLF structured PSS activities.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in social, psychology or other related sciences.

· Minimum of 2 years’ experience in CP with an INGO/NGO.

· Experience in a PSS program.

· Experience in computer use including Microsoft software, word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail etc.

· Confident communicator, excellent coordination and communication skills. 

· Very well organized and with good reporting skills.

· Works well in a team, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.

· Fluency in Arabic, Kurdish (Kormanji) and good English skills.

HOW TO APPLY:

·       Please send your updated CV to careers@thelotusflower.org, mentioning ”Structured PSS Facilitator” as the subject of your email.

·       CVs that are in the form of pictures and screen-shots will not be accepted.

·       CVs that do not include the subject line will not be considered.

·       Due to resources, successful applicants will be contacted.