The Psychosocial Support Assistant is responsible for conducting psychosocial activities for children affected by the Beirut Explosion while ensuring their well-being and reporting any concerns

Responsibilities:

• Provide effective methodologies to affected children  that support them in working through their trauma
  
• Plan, prepare and deliver sessions to children as per NRC PSS curriculum
  
• Attend and actively participate in all training held by NRC Lebanon
  
• Implement and follow NRC PSS curriculum and enrich content where appropriate
  
• Maintain a child-friendly and safe environment in the centres
  
• Assess children's well-being with pre and post-assessments during the cycle
  
• Enhance parental involvement through positive communication channels with parents
  
• Supervise children upon arrival and departure and between sessions
  
• Carry out related mainstreaming of protection in program daily implementation as per the set NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines, and ensure reporting any breaches/concerns to the line manager for proper action
  
• Ensure all children information is kept confidential
  
• Participate in weekly team meetings in order to contribute to project planning and effective implementation
  
• Participate in the preparation of internal and external reports, as required
  
• Assess and report serious cases which require specific actions or responses
  
• Organize and run recreational activities for children taking their needs into account
  
• Undertake all other related duties as requested by the line manager
  
• Respect NRC’s code of conduct, child safeguarding policy, and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse policy, ensuring implementation of the policies and prompt notification on regarding potential breaches

• University degree or certification in psychology or counselling
  
• A minimum one year of experience in a relevant field working experience with children
  
• Experience in theatre, art or music is a plus
  
• Fluent in Arabic and English both spoken and written; French is a plus

• Ability to work systematically in an organized manner
  
• Ability to listen actively and communicate effectively
  
• Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality