NGO Jobs in Kenya
Position: Rehabilitation Officer (Outreach Services)
Responsible to: – Rehabilitation Technical Team Leader
Location: Dadaab – Non family duty station Closing date: – 22nd April, 2014
The Organization
Handicap International is an INGO specializing in the field of disability and development. A strong emphasis is placed on empowering people with disabilities
through their integration into mainstream development activities and the provision of appropriate health and rehabilitation services to ensure equal opportunities for all.
The rehabilitation project in Dadaab aims to provide and secure tangible and measurable improvement of independency in activities of daily living and quality of life of refugees living with physical impairment or disability.
The Position
- Under the supervision of the Rehabilitation Technical Team Leader, the Rehabilitation Officer is responsible for providing outreach functional rehabilitation services at community
- level and when not possible to access community due to security constrains, carry out the activities at rehabilitation center.
- He/she will ensure, through mentorship of the Outreach Rehabilitation Workers, will oversee the overall organization of quality outreach
- rehabilitation services. He/she contributes, with other members of the rehabilitation team, to provide on job practical training on community approach in the framework of the formal
- training of refugee’s students rehabilitation workers.
- He/she will contribute to the capacity building of community actors on early identification and referral of persons with impairment.
- He/she will ensure empowerment and capacity building of the refugees for sustainable overall management of Outreach Rehabilitation services.
S/he will be responsible for
Providing functional rehabilitation services at community and rehabilitation center level.
- Carrying out and supervising client physical and functional assessment and assess home based barriers and facilitators.
- In close collaboration with the other Rehabilitation officers (in charge of center based activities, technical aid workshop and day care center) and the Refugee rehabilitation workers develop Rehabilitation Action Plan in conjunction with the PWD/Family member.
- Ensure the use of Interdisciplinary User centered approach in functional rehabilitation services delivery.
Supervising and mentoring the team of Outreach Rehabilitation Workers (refugee workers), in provision daily functional rehabilitation services at the block level (community).
- Contributing, in close collaboration with the other rehabilitation officers, to “handson” (practical) training and mentorship of “Rehabilitation Workers” regarding outreach approach.
- Coordinating with the other rehabilitation trainers to ensuring compliance with training schedule and objectives.
- Providing regular hands-on training and mentorship to rehabilitation workers trainees o home based functional rehabilitation and accessibility and carryout regular case study.
Capacity building and sensitization of community actors in the field of early identification/referral, disability and rehabilitation.
- Under the coordination of the Rehabilitation Technical Team Leader, contribute to prepare developing of training Information, Education and Communication material for early identification and referral of persons with impairments.
- Provide trainings on cross impairment, early identification and referral to CB committees members, community health workers, caregivers and community leaders.
Empowerment and capacity building for autonomous daily management of thoutreach rehabilitation services.
- Building the capacity of the Outreach Rehabilitation Workers supervisor to implemen standard operating procedures, client flow and data collection.
- Enhancing proper weekly planner, daily management of the outreach rehabilitation services and weekly, monthly progress reporting.
Qualifications and skills required:
Essential
- Education Bachelor degree or equivalent ( preferably
- Masters ) in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
- Experience 3 years clinical experience in physical in rehabilitation department
- Experience in training, transferring skills and
- knowledge and mentoring rehabilitation practices.
- Up to date knowledge in disabling conditions management.
Attributes
- Creative
- Adaptability
- Persuasiveness and leadership
- Goal oriented
- Capacity to work under high pressure
- Team player
Skills required • Managerial
- Good written and oral communication
- Interpersonal
- Decision making
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV(including 3 referees with their current contacts) by email to :- recruit03@handicap-international.or.ke .
The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Rehab Officer – OS Position”.
Please note that due to the urgency of the position, applications will be processed as they are received and interviews shall be conducted on short notice.
Please do not send your academic and other testimonials they will be requested at a later stage.
Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.
Any kind of lobbying on behalf of applicants or canvassing will lead to immediate disqualification.
Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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