Consultant Prostheses and Orthotics West Bank‎

                       

 

Handicap International (HI) has been operating in Palestine since 1996 and has developed relationship with several disability stakeholders. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics there are around 4,048,403 million Palestinian living in the oPt (2,513,283 million in West Bank and 1,535,120 million in Gaza strip), 40.8% of them (15-19) years of age, 29.4% of them (15-29) years of age and 59.2% of them (20-29) years of age. According to general estimations by WHO, between 7-10% of a given population would have some kind of disability; in the Palestinian Territories, this implies that the figure would be around 284,000 – 404,000 people.
According to the last records, the prevalence of disability in the oPt was about 7% (relaxed definition) with similar prevalence in each of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. While the prevalence of disability using the narrow definition was 2.7% distributed as 2.9% in the West Bank and 2.4% in Gaza Strip; while it was 2.9% for Males and 2.5% for females[1]. Taken together, this implies that the total number of PwDs in opts is around 113,000-287,000.

In the framework of the ongoing project, Handicap International sponsor the work of the steering committee of the user centered approach in the west bank earlier of 2011  targeting Nine rehabilitation centers. The steering committee components aims at developing the level of the client center approach, and professional capacities of the rehabilitation teams within those centers upon defined and agreed training topics. In the same time, enhance self motivation to adopt and practice user-family- centered approach in service provision and follow up. In order to reach the project specific objective, a number of training modules will be implemented. One of the implemented activities is the technical training for graduate physiotherapists (PT's) and occupational therapists (OT's) on Prostheses and Orthotic (P&O). The work will be realized, keeping in mind the general objective of the project, HI’s philosophy and training approach.

In coordination with HI technical team, the consultant will build the training material. The training material shall address sufficiently the main and core concepts and skills of the P&O. In addition, clarifies applications of the concepts, skills and tools within the rehabilitation process.

By the end of the training, the trainer will ensure that 25-30 occupational therapists and physical therapists are able to:

·         Be able to define P&O.

·         Demonstrate an understanding of basic and common P&O terminology

·         Demonstrate an understanding of basic P&O goals

·         Differentiate between general types of P&O (lower extremities & upper extremities).

·         Be able to provide the user with educational program on the use of the Prostheses or the Orthotic devices in coordination, and cooperation with the P&O specialist.

·         Be able to ensure an adequate follow-up of users fitted with basic P&O device.

 

• Implementing theoretical and practical training sessions for around 25 – 30 OTs, PTs on the Prostheses &Orthotic

• Evaluate the output of the training sessions.

·         Higher education in P&O field or closely related (medical) field (MSc or PhD).

·         Knowledge and experience on P&O.

·         Experienced in training skills towards occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

·         Five years of relevant work experience, preferable in the field of P&O physical rehabilitation and disability issues.

·         Good social and communication skills, able to respect confidentiality.

·         The consultant is expected to have a sense of personal security, be aware of the security situation and take respective action, especially when approaching check points.

·         Excellent computer skills.

·         Excellent English and Arabic language skills (reading, writing and speaking).

·         Excellent reporting skills. 

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:

Þ      Price quote shall be in English and in ILS currency.

Þ      Prices shall be inclusive of VAT.

Þ      Delivery timeframe & payment terms shall be clear and mentioned in the quote fitting with the start/end dates requested by Handicap International.

Þ      Price quote shall be signed and stamped.

 

·         HI is not responsible for health, work insurance compensation for the consultant during the working days.

 

·         Consultant will be under HI security rules during his/her mission.

The consultant will work in close collaboration of HI technical advisor.

 

Deadlines of submission reports:

·         The final elaborated report on the training with recommendation should be submitted maximum by 1 week after finishing the training.