Community Base Rehabilitation Worker position with Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) (319 Views)

About Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA)

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) invites all qualified candidates to apply for the following position. SCA actively promotes and encourages Women and People with Disabilities to apply

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation working to assist in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. SCA’s interventions inside Afghanistan began in 1982. Today SCA runs four major development programmes within Disability, Education, Health and Rural Development and is one of the largest NGOs in the country. SCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment based on their skills, abilities and experience without regard to age (18-65 years), race, colour, religion, marital status, sex, physical disability, or veteran status.

Non-monetary Benefits for Females:
Transportation close to residence and work, child nursery at workplace, safe travel facilities and companion to field trips, female association membership, trainings and capacity building

Job Summary

Rehabilitation of Afghans with Disabilities (RAD) is a programme of Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA). SCA runs four RAD projects in thirteen provinces in Afghanistan managed in four Project Offices (PO); Ghazni, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Taloqan , each project has five main components (physiotherapy, orthopaedic workshop, community mobilization and advocacy, special and inclusive education and employment support)
The Community Based Rehabilitation Worker (CBR-Worker) is the responsible person in term of implementation of CBR strategy for the rehabilitation, recognition and integration of PwDs with in community level where awareness, training and linking PwDs with external service providers are key tools.
The CBR-Worker reports to the Head of Community Mobilisation and Advocacy, but due to the field work nature of the work can be assigned to report or follow instructions from field supervisors, employment support officer, and special and inclusive education officers of physiotherapists.

Duties and Resposibilities

• House to house surveys of PwD with in her concerned area
• Assess needs of PwD with assistance of physiotherapy, Special Education and Employment Support sections and prepare plan for rehabilitation intervention including selection of training material
• Work as a first referral source for the implementation of CBR Strategy
• Assist RAD trainers in establishment of CBR Committees and Disable People Organizations (DPOs)
• Identify and mobilise available local resources and utilise for better implementation of CBR strategy for the rehabilitation of People with Disability (PwD)
• To promote awareness and given advice on disability and rehabilitation issues to the community
• To promote community’s knowledge regarding disabilities and its prevention at different stage
• Facilitate school integration of children with disability after completion of preparatory education
• Assist Employment Support Officer (ESO) in identification of PwD for vocational group and apprenticeship
• Assist PwD in filling of revolving loan application forms and collect loan instalments from loan borrowers
• Distribute publications such as monthly ability to all villages covered by him/her in to all schools and health centres in the concerned area
• Refer needy PwD to other rehabilitation resources inside and outside of RAD

Qualification

• Graduated from a relevant college is preferred, 12th grade is required
• Minimum three years work in community development programme, preferably work with disability or disability support organizations
• Fluency in Dari and Pashto written and spoken
• Ability to travel and live at RAD project sites within Afghanistan
• Being Afghan citizen

Submission Guideline

 Interested qualified candidates should submit a SCA Job Application Form along with possible introduction letter and CV to the SCA HRM Unit in Kabul, Ghazni, Kunduz, Wardak, Taloqan, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad, Laghman, Samangan and Sar-e-pul. The application form can be obtained from the gate at all these SCA offices as well as from the SCA website: www.swedishcommittee.org (vacancies section) and www.acbar.org (downloads section).
 For applying online please send your application / CV to vacancies@sca.org.af
 Academic job documents are not needed with application, but can be requested if called for interview.
 Only short-listed candidates will be informed for written test and interview.

Office Address:
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Jalalabad Main Road, Paktia Kot, after UNO Education Press Kabul
Postal address: Central P.O. Box 5017, Kabul City
Phone: 0799-316 367, 075-202 3568
E-mail: vacancies@sca.org.af
Web site: www.swedishcommittee.org

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