Local Rehabilitation Consultant

Local Consultant for the Training for families of PwDs and in particular children with CP and multiple disabilities on the holistic medical rehabilitation  & the Models of disabilities


Project:   
Improving access of Persons with Disabilities and in particular Children with Cerebral Palsy and Children with multiple disabilities, of the Gaza Strip to services adapted to their needs, funded by ECHO       

Background:

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 persons with disability in opts is around 113,000-287,000.

 
Scope of Work

HI is running a project to improve the services provided for children with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities. Families of persons with disabilities and in particular children with CP and multiple disabilities in Gaza are in need of being more aware of the rehabilitation needs and aspects which will assist them to provide basic rehabilitation to their children at home.

In order to increase the awareness of the families about the rehabilitation process and their roles in  different stages of rehabilitation process, the   families should acquire the basic knowledge about the models of disabilities and the process of holistic rehabilitation plan. This will enable them to assist in the early detection of disabilities and guide them to seek to Diagnosis & treatment.

Many families are not aware about these topics which negatively affect their access to the needed early detection & intervention, education and proper integration of families within the community. The main goal of the training is to empower families to practice their active role in the rehabilitation process and ensuring services provided are adapted to their children needs.
Description of Duties

To design the training package of two modules in both English & Arabic in coordination with HI team on:

1-Comprehensive rehabilitation (definition of comprehensive rehabilitation, principles of comprehensive rehabilitation, components of comprehensive rehabilitation, multidisciplinary team services and family participation in the rehabilitation process)

2-Models of disabilities (medical model, social model, rights based model and disability creation process)
-To send the training package to HI for revision, feedback, and validation.
-To modify the training package according to feedback of HI if needed.
-Design  the daily training evaluation form and send it to HI for revision and validation
-To implement the training for 3 family groups (15 participants each) in each of the five governorates in Gaza Strip (3 family groups in North Gaza, 3 family groups in Gaza, 3 family groups in Middle area, 3 family groups in Khnyounis, and 3 family groups in Rafah ). Each module will last for two training hours and two modules are to be conducted in one day by the applicants.
-To ensure attendance sheet and the daily evaluation form are disseminated and filled in properly by the trainees. and send the daily report to HI
-To prepare the final training Report including evaluation conclusions / recommendations in English language and submit to HI in no later than two days after implementing each training day modules.

Background technical references:

Normative and basic of the training should be based on the recent world wide documents:

-WHO World Report on Disability
-Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities
-Keeping the promise: realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond UNITED NATIONS.

Profile of the consultant
-Degree in Occupational therapy or physiotherapy /Rehabilitation.
-Experience working in the field of disability, rehabilitation & education in particular with babies born at risks, children with CP and multiple disabilities. 
-Fluent in English and Arabic
-Good skills in MS Office software (MS Excel, Access and MS PowerPoint)

 
Time Frame and Work Plan:

The consultant will work for full 15 training days distributed on December 2011/January 2012
 

Hourly Rate

…………….   ILS/ hours

Number of hours

      60 training hours

TOTAL

…………….. ILS

Method of payment

(Cheque or Bank transfer)

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Handicap international encourages qualified Persons with Disabilities to apply for this post

Please send your CV with at least 2 references and cover letter including your financial expectation before 30/11/2011

With the reference [Rehabilitation consultant for family training]

To:  [email protected]