Overview
The Protection Assistant- PSS will be responsible for the implementation of psychosocial support activities in Sanja, Ethiopia, focusing on individual and group counselling, trauma healing, and capacity building.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of structured and non-structured PSS activities for children, adolescents, women, men, and caregivers.
- Facilitate group sessions such as life skills, peer support groups, child-friendly space activities, and community-based PSS sessions.
- Provide basic individual psychosocial support in accordance with PSS principles.
- Plan and organizing awareness sessions on stress management, coping mechanisms, and positive parenting.
- Organize community dialogues and psychoeducation sessions.
- Plan and Conduct community sensitization on stress, trauma, and coping mechanisms
- Plan and provide capacity building training for community leaders and structures on PFA, basic psychosocial support principles etc.
- Identify individuals showing signs of distress, provide psychological first aid- PFA for individual who faces stressful situations and refer them to the appropriate focused specialized MHPSS service providers.
- Support safe and confidential referral of cases to health, protection, legal, and other relevant services using the referral pathway.
- Maintain confidentiality and adhere to survivor-centered approaches at all times.
- Work closely with community leaders, caregivers, volunteers, and facilitators to promote psychosocial wellbeing.
- Mobilize community members to participate in PSS activities.
- Maintaining accurate attendance records, activity reports, and basic MOVs and monitoring tools.
- Support data collection while ensuring confidentiality and data protection standards.
- Provide regular updates on activities, challenges, and progress.
- Plan and conduct trainings and orientations for community volunteers, facilitators, and caregivers on basic PSS concepts.
- Coordinate with other protection team members to ensure integrated service delivery.
- Participate in team meetings, supervision sessions, and capacity-building activities.
- Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different operational areas
- initiate procurements and ensure their execution under the PSS activities
- Any other duties as may be assigned by the Emergency Response Manager, relevant to the achievement of protection objectives.
Required Experience
Minimum 1 year of experience in psychosocial support, protection, child protection, or community-based programs. Experience working with vulnerable populations, including children and survivors of violence, is an asset.
Qualifications
Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology or a related field.
