Rehabilitation Officer - Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Title: Rehabilitation Officer - Occupational Therapist

Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Occupational Therapist (BOT), Post-graduation is a plus.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports.
∎ CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD`s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.
∎ The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.
∎ Since November 2017, CDD in partnership with CBM is implementing humanitarian response for the Rohingyas and Host Communities in Ukhia, Cox`s Bazar. As per operational strategy 2020-22, the current key activities of the response consist of (1) the provision of multidisciplinary rehabilitation services, (2) running of a Therapy Corner to provide rehabilitation and other related services for the Children with severe impairments, and (3) technical support to mainstream organizations, advocacy with sectors to include persons with disabilities in the humanitarian action

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Door to door clients / Persons with disabilities screening and assessment of Rohingyas & Host community people with Occupational Therapy intervention.
∎ Preparation of treatment plan for follow up Therapy services.
∎ Provide Occupational Therapy interventions in client home.
∎ Home Modification for better accessibility for Person with Disabilities
∎ Client referral to other professionals for medical and rehabilitation services.
∎ Selection of appropriate assistive device for clients.
∎ Documentation of client files and other related information about service delivery.
∎ Maintain therapy equipment,
∎ Supervise the activities of the Occupational Therapy Assistants and volunteer.
∎ You will also perform additional work according to the projects need and as being assigned by the CDD authority

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 23 to 35 years
∎ Ability to take initiative and generate ideas to complex situations.
∎ Diplomacy skills and ability to understand and handle multiple perspectives.
∎ Cross-cultural communication skills.
∎ Ability to prioritize workload in fast paced environment and handle stress with limited supervision.
∎ Willingness to learn and take on progressive portfolio of responsibilities.
∎ Excellent oral and written English and Bangla and capacity to product learning documents and products.
∎ Computer literacy (Microsoft Office, internet package).
∎ Experience in inclusion of at-risk groups ideally in humanitarian context- persons with disabilities, women, children, and older people.
∎ Fluency in English and Bangla (speaking and written).
∎ Experience in capacity building and delivering trainings, preferably in the field of age and /or disability
∎ Experience in humanitarian context/ Cox's Bazar context and preferably in an advocacy and/or technical support position
∎ Knowledge / understanding of humanitarian architecture, disability inclusion standards and guidelines and Universal Design principles
∎ Periodic Field Visit in the Rohingya Camp and Host Community Project Locations.
∎ Need-based work during weekends, when essential
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 61000 - 61500 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Accommodation allowance BDT. 5,000.00 (if from outside of Cox's Bazar district) will be provide as per CDD's Policy.
∎ Prorate basis festival allowances Insurance as per organizational agreed coverage
∎ Compensation & other benefits

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 6 Aug 2021

Company Information:
∎ 29 Jul 2021
∎ Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
∎ Address : A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ Web : www.cdd.org.bd
∎ Business : The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with a disability. CDD`s mission is to address this by simultaneously educating the community in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by providing them with essential supports. In this way persons with disabilities can be given the same rights, freedoms, dignity and quality of life as everyone else. CDD respects rights and dignity of all human beings including children, women and persons with disabilities . All staff members of CDD must sign a Child safeguarding Code of Conduct.

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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