Job Summary:
Under the direct supervision of the project officer, The PSS animator is responsible for identifying of most vulnerable children for Nonformal education and PSS activities as per defined selection criteria, with the close collaboration of the social worker, by carrying out recreational, Psychosocial, and non-formal educational activities with children and adolescents identified for the CFSs.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Identify the outdoor and indoor games for all categories of children and adolescents correctly.
- Take part to procure good quality materials relevant to PSS and non-formal educational activities.
- The Child-Friendly Spaces are identified within the communities with the close collaboration of community volunteers based on Tdh CFSs selection criteria.
- Identification of proper and secure places with close coordination of social workers and community elders to organize PSS activities.
- A regular visit to the targeted villages for conducting PSS activities.
- Build the capacity to raise awareness on child’s rights, child protection issues, and COVID-19.
- Design and implement recreational and psychosocial support (PSS) activities, actively involving children and adolescents (with a strong focus on child’s specific needs and vulnerabilities)
- Ensure that children get all necessary support during the activities and that rules and discipline are set up in a positive and constructive way
- Prepare activities plan/schedule and arrange materials needed for the activities on regular bases.
- Collect information (attendance sheets, questionnaires, etc.) and report identified cases of children with specific needs/extremely vulnerable children who are referred to the social workers
- Keeping regular recording of the lessons learned and Success case stories and reporting them to the regional manager or Project Assistant to be considered in the donor reporting.
- Arrange PSS training for Community volunteers with the preparation of all needed training materials.
- Attend all required internal and external training and meetings properly.
- Report on a weekly basis to the line manager on the progress of his/her activities.
- Perform any other identical duty as assigned by the line supervisor
- Warmly receive children when they come to the activities
- Make sure to have enough recreational, and educational materials at the CFSs and create local materials for a smooth and adopted approach for PSS, and educational activities with children.
- Be careful not to offend any child in the course of your work (do no harm)
- Data collection and maintenance of records on the children's database and shared with the MEAL assistant
- "Animation: Organize the children by age groups and implement the activities according to their needs:
- Activities with a psychosocial aim, which include organized and free games and sports,
- Expressive activities, i.e. small group discussions on children’s concerns (in collaboration with the Social Workers),
- Ensure the confidentiality of the data.
- Preparation of the children to be integrated into formal schools already registered in CFSs whose age is from 7 to 13 years.
Child Protection
- Child Protection: Use observation skills to detect any behavioral changes or specific vulnerability in children that may be the reason for concern and share these observations with the immediate supervisor and social workers team at joint weekly staff meetings to determine appropriate responses.
- Ensure that all child protection-related activities are in line with child protection minimum relevant standards and enhance program/activities based on CPMS.
Safeguarding Policy (Global Code of Conduct)
- Global Code of Conduct (GCC) Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP), Policy on the Protection from sexual exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Directive on staff misconduct at workplace and GBV, Operational Risk Management: Undertake to adhere to the Terre des hommes safeguarding policy and the principles connected to children's rights
- Undertake to ensure the best possible practical implementation of the safeguarding policy (Global Code of conduct) and the management of operational risks in his/her area of intervention and within his/her team.
Safety & Security
- Strictly follow Tdh security policy and regional security plan.