In Kenya, Handicap International works to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities and advance their rights with a special focus on refugee-related issues. Working in Kenya since 1992, Handicap International currently employs 80 local staff and three expatriates

Key role:

• The Physiotherapist’s (PT) main responsibility is to manage and support the delivery of physical and functional rehabilitation services in collaboration with Occupational Therapist (OT), Prosthetic and Orthotic Technicians (P&O), and Psychosocial Workers (PSS). The Project Manager (PM) directly supervises the position, with an indirect link to the Regional Rehabilitation Specialist (RRS) for technical and quality-related support.
• The PT work directly with children with Disability and their caregiver, accompanied by the CBR worker, in service delivery, home follow-up, and family education in continuous rehabilitation care, ensuring the achievement of goals and skills to improve activities of daily living (ADL).
• The PT supervises the work of the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) workers, ensuring the highest quality performance in service delivery and follow-up in the community. At the same time contributes to the capacity building and skilling of the CBR workers while working on the project.

Responsibility 1: Delivery of direct services to people with Disability in the refugee camp with Community Rehabilitation Workers following an integrated approach – 40%

• Perform individual assessments, planning, and treatment of people with physical and functional disabilities, including prescription, and training on use and maintenance of assistive devices.
• Conduct monthly inventory and prepare a timely request for rehabilitation consumables and equipment and submitted to the PM.
• Re-assess, evaluate, and report case progress using rehabilitation outcome measure tools.
• Provide home exercise training to beneficiaries and their caregivers with the CBR workers.
• Review case file for re-assessment and discharge according to the degree of functional improvement and achievement of rehabilitation goals.
• Supervise the center-based and community workers in providing rehabilitation and social integration of persons with disabilities and their families/caregivers in the community.
• Follow-up and support the activities of CRW in the center and the community
• Participate and contribute to the monthly/quarterly interdisciplinary case meetings organized with PM and RRS.

Responsibility 2: Support the sustainability of learning and skills to the community rehabilitation workers and partners – 25%

• Conduct training needs assessments, design, development, facilitating training, and follow-up learning in the field and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in delivering basic rehabilitation training to all community workers.
• Organize peer-to-peer training on basic rehabilitation skills with the beneficiaries and family members through the community workers.
• Coordinate with the PM and RRS to validate training and other project technical requirements used in the project activities.
• Coordinate the recruitment, training, and mentorship of new refugee CRWs supporting the project.
• Mentor and coach CRWs on the job and submit (simple) performance evaluation reports.

Responsibility 3: Coordination and collaboration with partners in quality service delivery and disability inclusion. – 15%

• Participate in service and partner mapping to coordinate and refer cases within and outside the refugee camp.
• Contribute to preparing annual international celebration calendars with the team and partners.
• Coordinate and promote synergies of HI rehabilitation workers and those of other partners for smooth implementation of activities and better teamwork at the community level.
• Represent HI in the refugee camps’ different thematic working groups (Child protection, Health, GBV, Shelter, WASH, and Youth Protection) and provide feedback to the PM.

Responsibility 4: Contribute to HI project quality standards – 20%

• Contribute to the development and management of the budget allocated for rehabilitation activities.
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual technical reports on physical therapy-related progress, indicators, and data.
• Support documentation and sharing of impact/success stories and best practices to promote learning
• Conduct and submit monthly/quarterly performance evaluations of the CRW.
• Participate in the data collection and reporting process by ensuring tools are used correctly by the Therapist and CRW.
• Participate in the project’s overall implementation and achieving objectives, anticipating any responsibilities assigned by the Project Manager.

YOUR PROFILE :

Educational background and experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• With at least 4 years of work experience in a private or public institution or NGO with experience in management and supervision
• Experience in delivering community or home-based physiotherapy services

Technical Competencies

• Knowledge of Rehabilitative Services and Assistive Technology and current trends
• Knowledge of Kenya Refugee Response Framework
• Knowledge of disability law/policies in Kenya
• Knowledge and skills in training design and development, and facilitation
• Knowledge of the UNCRPD and IASC guidelines on Disability Inclusion
• Advocacy and awareness raising

Cross-Cutting Skills

• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving
• Networking
• Facilitation skills
• Mentorship and coaching skills

Computer Skills

• Very good knowledge of MS Office suite.

Language skills

• English and Kiswahili