Midwife

Job Purpose:

With the support and under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator, the midwife is in charge of i) providing specialized support to survivors of SGBV, Women at Risk, and children affected by Child Protection concerns, that are already receiving case management support under the INTERSOS programme and ii) providing health specialized counseling to women and children though awareness session and focus groups discussions. 

Generic Duties:

Project component:

In collaboration with the staff already on board (psychologist, lawyer, case workers and community mobilizers, field activity coordinator), the midwife will be involved in both activities through specialized support and counseling to women at risk, survivors of SGBV. This assistance can include health counseling/advice/information, support in dealing with medical procedures and providing trainings on (referral pathways for) GBV and CP to healthcare providers and staff. The midwife will also be requested to provide counseling support and advice to the INTERSOS team in dealing with particular health challenges related to survivors of SGBV in Lebanon.

Case management:

Based on the individual case-plans, the midwife will provide survivors of GBV (both children and adults) that are receiving case management support from the INTERSOS caseworkers, with specialized services and information, in particular by;

• Providing individual counseling support regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) including family planning;
• Providing individual support in dealing with pregnancy, including support to cases of early pregnancy or unwanted pregnancies;
• Providing individual awareness to survivors of early marriage and/or at risk of early pregnancy regarding the medical consequences of early pregnancy and how to mitigate these risks;
• Providing support to survivors that have contracted sexual transmitted diseases, or that are facing other physical complications as a result of the incident, including complications affecting their sexual and reproductive health, in coping with these consequences.

To ensure all cases (both GBV and CP) can receive the medical support they may be in need of, it is therefore the responsibility of the midwife to support the caseworkers in:

• Maintaining good relationships with healthcare providers in the area, in particular with health facilities providing Clinical Management of Rape (CMR). Where needed, the midwife will support the caseworkers in the establishment of referral pathways with health care providers, to ensure ethical and safe referrals in both directions;
• Providing counseling to CP and GBV cases regarding the options available for medical support;
• Based on the needs, accompanying cases that need to access medical facilities to ensure cases are provided with the appropriate support in an ethical and safe manner;

Awareness activities:

• The midwife will conduct regular SGBV awareness sessions with beneficiaries as indicated by the monthly schedule by the Protection Manager and Protection Officer for Community Services
• The midwife will conduct trainings for INTERSOS staff on SGBV core concepts and SGBV safe identification and referrals
• Based on the assessment of the psychologist, the midwife will provide counseling/advice and information on health issues during awareness sessions and focus group discussion with women and girls.

Others:

• Provide support to ROVs, Wash outreach team, Protection Monitors and Community Mobilizers on how to address sensitive issues in the community
• Provide support to ROVs, Wash outreach team, Protection Monitors and Community Mobilizers to regarding the health component of activities at the community level.
• Provide support to the case workers regarding the health component of activities
• Participate in staff meetings as required;

Meetings:

• Attend meetings and workshop/training as requested by the Protection Manager and the National Protection Officer CM. The national protection officer and the midwife will meet at least once a month together with the caseworkers involved to discuss the status of the cases receiving support of the midwife
• Ad hoc meetings can be called for to discuss highly urgent cases with the national protection officer CM and the protection manager.

Reporting:

• On a monthly base, in advance of the monthly meetings at the end of each month, the midwife will provide
• The National Protection Officer CM with an overview of the support provided through the case management.  This overview will consist in a brief of what has been done for which case in collaboration with the case workers, as well as a narrative component that explains the status of each case, challenges and opportunities, and the suggested way forward for each case
• The Protection Manager with an overview of the support provided through the outreach activities (awareness sessions and focus group discussions with women and girls). This overview will consist in a brief of what has been done in collaboration with the psychologist and the social workers, as well as a narrative component that explains the topic discusses, the feedbacks received from the community, the major gaps in the health services and the solutions/advices given.  
• On a weekly base, the midwife will provide the National PO CM a plan of her/his activities and the main topics to discuss during the week, to be developed in deep in the monthly report.

Monthly and weekly reports have to be sent to the National Protection Officer and to the Protection Manager.

Other Specific Duties:

(Can be adapted to the particularities of the job location and the requirement of the project. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired).

1. Roving among the 5 CCs in order to conduct awareness sessions and support groups on GBV
2. Conducting GBV awareness sessions and support groups in the embedded ITSs
3. Train staff of INTERSOS Bekaa on GBV Core Concepts
4. Provide input as requested for relevant project proposals on GBV

Competencies:  (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

Professional Competencies:

• Minimum 1 year of relevant work experience.
•  Computer literacy (Word, Excel)
• Reporting skills
• Driving License
• Has received training in the Clinical Management of Rape (CMR), and/or experience in supporting survivors of GBV,
• Has experience in providing (awareness about options for) family planning services and is familiar with SRHR core concepts.
• Availability to frequent field visits across the south.

Behavioural competencies:

• High confidentiality, respect and non-discrimination attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good interpersonal and  communication skills
• Leadership and management skills
• Willing to work extra hours and during the weekend if emergency cases arise

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English