PSS Assistant - 231265

ROLE PURPOSE:

The PSS assistants will be responsible to Offering counselling, and psychological support to individuals include on-one sessions, group sessions, involve setting short-term and long-term objectives, keep tracking continuing professional development opportunities in the field of psychology.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to:  Project Officer

Job code: 231265

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for facilitating PSS sessions and social cohesion activities for individuals with and without disabilities.
• Develop daily plans aligned with the PSS curriculum, ensuring the availability of necessary materials.
• Create and implement PSS tools and resources to showcase beneficiaries' growth and development.
• Conduct engaging sessions tailored to specific age groups, encouraging active participation from all individuals.
• Ensure adherence to safe learning practices during all activities and sessions.
• Administer pre- and post-assessments to track beneficiaries' progress towards their learning goals, ensuring timely completion of assessments, follow-ups, and progress reports.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of interactions with beneficiaries and their families, including progress reports and any pertinent information.
• Communicate effectively with individuals with disabilities, fostering a safe and respectful environment while ensuring inclusive participation.
• Monitoring and Reporting, achievements, and any challenges encountered, reporting findings to the Shafak Program and technical team.

• Data Management, and report all collected data in a timely manner, following a monthly schedule, including number of individuals, participations, achievements, and new registration requests, update Shafak Program and technical team on any issues, challenges or gaps in implementation.
• Communication, and keep individuals informed of any updates or changes to the PSS or Caregiver Engagement schedule.
• Support and Collaboration with direct manager, assist in curriculum development, lesson planning, assessments, and objective setting,
• collaborating closely with the MEAL team to monitor activities effectively, with existing PSS, social cohesion, and Caregiver Engagement monitoring tools and use PSS selection criteria effectively.
• Uphold principles of PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), promptly reporting any incidents.
• Be prepared to undertake any other duties as directed by your supervisor, as required by the nature of the job.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

• Turkish Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, sociology or psychological counselling, or other related field is preferable.
• Experience working in protection at least 1 years.
• Good communication skills with good written and spoken Turkish, English, and Arabic.
• Experience in humanitarian work and principles.
• Advanced knowledge in curriculum development. 
• Advanced knowledge in teaching principles.
• Basic knowledge in report writing.
• Basic knowledge in Excel & Word.
• Living in Reyhanlı is preferable.

Demonstrate adherence to SHAFAK’s following policies: 

Child Safeguarding Policy

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to Shafak, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. Shafak Is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy

Shafak expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. Shafak employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual, or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside Shafak.

Notice: We will discuss these policies during interview, so if you are asked to interview please download and read them beforehand:

Add link of Code of conduct and PSEA policy

              https://www.shafak.org/site/files/shafak-PSEA-CoC.PDF