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Community Focal Point - Al Hol Camp

Syria

  • Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
  • Location: Syria
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Social Affairs
    • Civil Society and Local governance
    • Protection Officer (Refugee)
    • Human Settlements (Shelter, Housing, Land, Property)
  • Closing Date: Closed

Job Overview: Community focal points CFP  (Home Visitor) meet three strategic ECD programming objectives:

To strengthen IRC’s outreach within refugee, IDP and host communities of which CFP are members of. CFP act as, an entry point for information and awareness provision, monitoring of protection concerns, and referral of individuals in need to ECD and protection services.

CFP engage in beneficiary (refugee/IDP/host community) mobilization, ensuring community participation in the design and implementation of response efforts. CFP will support beneficiaries in accessing feedback mechanisms.

CFP will facilitate sessions and curricula for ECD (Ahlan Simsim Project) community-based programs, high contact with the caregivers such as recreational activities with children and positive parenting skills sessions with parent/caregivers. IRC will train CFP, contributing to building community capacities for self-protection. CFP will play a key role in supporting parents/caregivers, children and the broader community in building self-confidence and skills for the care of children, working with the community to raise awareness of risks to children and community protective structures and opportunities for children.

CFPs responsibilities and duties:

  • Applying Ahlan Simsim content - High contact for caregivers - through home visits.
  • Applying Ahlan Simsim content - High contact for caregivers - through parenting groups.
  • Establishing links between humanitarian actors and the local community;
  • Identifying individuals with specific needs through community activities household or community visits, referring them to existing services, in accordance with principles of confidentiality, non-discrimination and do no harm;
  • Facilitating ECD content such as Social and Emotional Learning sessions and Reach Up and Learn visits to parents/caregivers
  • Information dissemination on protection risks and ECD services   
  • Engaging communities in program design and implementation, ensuring that feedback mechanisms are being accessed by beneficiaries and the broader community.
  • Conduct home-based or center-based activities, promoting early childhood development, positive parenting skills and social and emotional learning for children.
  • Participate actively in ECD training packages and specific child protection trainings.
  • Participate in regular meetings with the  ECD (Reach up and learn) team to relay feedback on protection concerns and trends 

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