Short consultancy- Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Social Work Pract

TERMS OF REFERENCE

(ACIII Access to Physical Rehabilitation Services for Persons with Disability in West Bank)

1-CONTEXT

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). According to general estimations by WHO, between 10-15% 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.  Taken together, this implies that the total number of PWDs in oPts is around 113,000-287,000.

 HI has performed regular assessments in order to identify needs of PWDs in oPt. Main findings of our last needs assessment:

1-Increased number of PWD and deterioration of the socio-economical situation in the OPT,  PWD are one of the most vulnerable groups in this kind of context.
2-Limited access to quality rehabilitation services in relevance to SW due to :
-Lack of professional skills of social workers.
-No clear job description of social workers.
-Lack of knowledge on the disability issues.
-Low quality of existing technical trainings.
-Limited professional development of rehabilitation staff.

 

 HI current Project (ACIII) ‘Access to Physical Rehabilitation Services for PWD in West Bank” funded by the MoFA of Luxembourg, has addressed the above mentioned main findings of the needs and developed four main Expected results aiming to achieve :
-Global objective

A comprehensive approach of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) for Physical rehabilitation is shared amongst service providers in the West Bank.
-Specific Objective

Persons with disabilities can access to holistic physical rehabilitation services in the West Bank.

2-DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIRED SERVICE PROVISION


In order to reach the project specific objectives, a number of training modules will be implemented. One of the implemented activities is the technical training for graduate Social Workers on Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Social Work Practice MSWP. In coordination with HI’s technical advisor, the trainer will design the training material, the lesson plan, and conduct training two days training for 25 social workers.  The work will be realized, keeping in mind the general objective of the project and HI’s philosophy and training approach.

Specific objectives of the consultancy

Objective I: Design and develop training materials for the training module on the Micro, Mezzo and Macro Social Work Practice MSWP.

In coordination, and collaboration with the HI TA, the consultant will build the teaching materials for the training on the MSWP; the training material shall address sufficiently the main and core concepts and skills of the three levels in the rehabilitation programs of the SW.


Objective II: provide training for 25 SW on the use of the three levels of intervention of the MSWP within their rehabilitation intervention programs.

By the end of the training the trainer will ensure that the 25 SW will be able:

1-Recognize the characteristics of the micro, mezzo, and macro practice targets and the different types of needs for social work interventions at the three levels
2-Comprehend the intervention process and techniques of the three practices
3-Understand the duality between the micro, mezzo social work intervention and the macro social work intervention in order to apply a comprehensive intervention modality
4-To transfer knowledge, and skills of the MSWP to co-workers in the field.

3-CONSULTANT’S PROFILE
-Higher education in Social Work field or closely related field (MSc or Phd).
-Knowledge and experience on training Professional.
-Preferable work experience in the field of Rehabilitation and disability.Five years of relevant work experience, preferable in the field of research and Education in Social Work. 
-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 point
-Excellent English language skills (reading, writing and speaking).

 
4-SERVICE DURATION AND LOCATION
 

-Start date: Sunday Oct 21first 2012.
-Mission end date: Saturday Oct 27th 2012.
-Mission timetable: number of working  days according to the requested work load and within the proposed mission time:

Number of working days

Task

Status

2 days

Preparation

One day offsite & one onsite

3days

Conducting training 

Three days onsite

2 days

Reporting

One day offsite & one onsite

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