Psychology Consultant

Project: “Improving access of children with disabilities to quality multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in the Gaza Strip”
 

CONTEXT
 
Handicap International (HI) is an independent international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster, working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. Handicap International is active in the occupied Palestinian territory since 1996; HI gives the priority to the development of capacities of disable person's organizations at local, national, and regional level. HI aims at developing the mechanisms and capacities to enhance access to services and supporting initiatives to remove barriers and enhancing inclusiveness of the community development process. In addition to that HI gives priority to emergency response through development of capacities and contingency plans with relevant partners for a quick reaction in case a crisis occurs.
 
Through the project “Improving access of children with disabilities to quality multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in the Gaza Strip” HI is aiming toreduce the extreme vulnerability of Children with disabilities in Gaza by improving the access to essential rehabilitation services and in particular the psychological and physical services.
 
The project has three components: providing quality psychological and functional rehabilitation services to CWCP/MD by multidisciplinary outreach team. Empowering the families of CWCP/MD to insure their follow up to the rehabilitation process of their children, and strengthen the referral system on local level and information on available services is more accessible.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIRED SERVICE PROVISION
The psychology consultant will provide partners’ outreach psychologist on the job training and support on a monthly basis.
Needs Assessment and Planning
-Conduct training needs assessment for the two partners outreach team psychologist.
-Provide the partner organization and HI with the training needs assessment report and conclusions
-Provide and submit to partner organization and HI the training and on job coaching plan for the two speech therapists based on need assessment.
 
On job training and support
-Conduct 2 on job training visits each month to the 2 psychologists working in Baitona located in the North of Gaza  and PACF (Palestine Avenir for Childhood Foundation) located in Gaza City. .
-Direct and indirect supervision and Support of the partner’s psychologists to develop psychological intervention plan, based on data collection, from variety of sources including psychological tests, direct and indirect observations, and interviews with the child, family members and other involved in child care.Support partner’s psychologist to implement highly skilled evaluation and decisions about intervention options, taking into account the theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factor concerning historical and developmental process which has shaped the child and the family.
-Support partner’s psychologist to develop and articulate the best practice in psychology within the service and contribute across the service by exercising the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision.
-Provide and submit to partner organization and HI the training and on job coaching plan for the two Psychologists.
 
 Reporting
 
-Report to the partner organizations and HI about each visit with a field visit report which should include (Visit Date, Duration, Objectives and Aims, skills enhanced, advices provided, areas to focus on, recommendations and challenges, next visit plan, conclusions and where we up to with the therapist skills)
-Provide partner’s organizations and HI with a final draft report about the confidence level of Psychologists and on job training period, and wait for the comments of partners and HI.
-Provide partner’s organizations and HI with final report about on job training activity for the psychologists.
 
 
CONSULTANT’S PROFILE
1-Higher education with proven long experience in psychology for CWD
2-Ability to provide counselling on the job training.
3-Willingness to travel to the field.
4-Excellent communication skills.
5-Good organizational skills.
6-Ability to work under pressure and within a team
7-Ability to handle multiple assignments and meetdeadlines.
8-Positive, innovative, inspirational and problemsolving attitude
 
SERVICE DURATION AND LOCATION
 The Service provision contract with the Psychology consultant Starts on the 2nd December 2012 to 29th August 2013.
 
WORK SCHEDULE
According to the following timetable, the Psychology consultant is going to provide his services during the following Schedule

7-Report
-Provide 2 partner organizations and HI with a final draft report about the confidence level of therapists and on job training period, and wait for the comments of partners and HI.
-Provide 2 partner organizations and HI with a final report about on job training activity for the 2 speech therapists
 
8-RESOURCE PERSON
Within the framework of the service provision, the Psychology consultant will be asked to collaborate with Handicap International’s team and in particular with the Referral System Officer as a focal point.
 
9-Budget
Once the short listing of applicants is done, Handicap International shall contact the shortlisted applicants to provide a full proper price quote with his/her financial expectations according to the services requested fitting with the below criteria:
-Price quote shall be in English and in ILS currency.
-Prices shall be inclusive of VAT.
-Delivery timeframe & payment terms shall be clear and mentioned in the quote fitting with the start/end dates requested by Handicap International.
-Price quote shall be signed and stamped.
 
 
Handicap international encourages qualified Persons with Disabilities to apply for this post.
Please send your CV with at least 2 references and cover letter no later than 15th November 2012
With the reference [Psychology Consultant]