Rehabilitation Officer, Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) Programme
Job Description
Title: Rehabilitation Officer, Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) Programme
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor in any discipline from any reputed public/ private university
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Ultra-poverty is the most extreme form of poverty. People living in ultra-poverty are forced to make impossible decisions every day, such as choosing between food, medicine or clean water. BRAC`s Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme is a comprehensive set of interventions aimed to enable households to progress along a pathway out of poverty. BRAC is the pioneer of the global Graduation approach, and is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to eliminate ultra-poverty completely from the country by 2030. Join us to build a more inclusive society, where no one is forced to live in ultra-poverty. Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.
∎ JOB PURPOSE: Implementation of each and every programme activities for the targeted ultra-poor people including people with disabilities to enhance their enterprise related skill, life skill towards disability-inclusive and sustainable graduation. The Rehabilitation Officer will support the revision of UPG programme references, systems, tools and capacities related to disability inclusion, as part of disability inclusive ultra-poverty graduation processes, providing capacity development and technical support, provide feedback in the materials, working closely with Programme Organisers and Psycho-social Officers, regularly communicating and consulting with the technical expert.
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme`s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Conduct participative staff capacity assessments for UPG programme and develop a capacity building plan on disability-inclusive ultra-poverty graduation model (identification, prevention, rehabilitation, inclusion)
∎ Implement capacity building plan, through facilitating formal training and on-the-job coaching, with specific focus on disability inclusion issues
∎ Provide hands on coaching to the participants through home visit in order to build the enterprise related technical skills and enhance their soft skills and confidence to lift them from the extreme poverty level
∎ Monitor changes in capacity of staff through evaluations and observation
∎ Cross-checking the selected people with disabilities as programme participants
∎ Quality control of personalised support processes for people with disabilities conducted by UPG programme
∎ Collaborate with Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPO) and UPG programme in mapping the relevant service providers, developing and implementing referral mechanisms related to rehabilitation and other basic health services for people with disabilities
∎ Coordination with UPG programme to ensure referral of people with disabilities to basic health centers and specialized service providers, promoting quality services that address needs, and ensure follow up of those referrals
∎ Support the roll-out of disability-inclusive tools or the integration of disability-inclusive indicators in data collection systems
∎ Support and monitor organisational change of the UPG programme related to disability inclusion
∎ In complex cases of people with disabilities, identified by UPG programme, conduct rehabilitation assessment and provide comprehensive rehabilitation service (functional rehabilitation therapy, caregiver training on home-based rehabilitation) and ensure regular follow-up
∎ Facilitate provision of assistive devices, accessibility and further referral for people with disabilities in complicated situations
∎ Contribute to indicator and quality of life tracking related to the progress of participants towards graduation, through monitoring and documenting practices of UPG programme and their staff
∎ Maintain and update participant files related to rehabilitation assessments, plans and progress updates
∎ Contribute to the collection of case studies to monitor progress of targeted people with disabilities
Additional Requirements:
∎ Good oral and written communication skills in Bengali and English
∎ Documentation and reporting skill
∎ Basic computer skills (MS office package- both in English and Bangla)
∎ Clear understanding of poverty dynamics, geographical and community context, different culture etc.
∎ Proven analytical and planning skills
∎ Good communication and facilitation skills with different stakeholders
∎ Problem solving skill
∎ Minimum 1 years' of experience in relevant field
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Health and Life Insurance, Festival Bonuses, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity and others
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 5 Dec 2022
Company Information:
∎ 30 Nov 2022
∎ BRAC
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 5th Dec 2022
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