JOB TITLE: HOME BASED EDUCATION FACILITATOR (INCLUSIVE EDUCATION) JOIN THE TEAM Salary BDT 27,500 Gross per month (Commensurate with qualifications and experience) with one bonus in a year. Disabled candidates are particularly encouraged to apply and as a ‘disability confident employer’ ADD guarantees to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We want to see you at your best and so please let us know if there are any adjustments at all that we can make to the recruitment process to ensure that it works for you. We are also committed to ensuring that we continue to review and make adjustments throughout your employment with ADD. DISABILITY: ENSURING NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND Disabled people living in poverty are among the most vulnerable, marginalised and discriminated people on earth. Often, they have no access to basic human rights, education or the opportunity to work. There are approximately 1 billion disabled people in the world according to the World Health Organisation, 80% live in developing countries – and around 150 million have very high levels of need. Shockingly small numbers of disabled children go to school leading to low literacy and low employment, and, for most disabled people, even basic health services are inaccessible. Disabled people are frequently discriminated against, stigmatised, and excluded from wider society – even by their own families. We are a disability rights organisation with 35 years of experience. We fight for independence, equality and opportunity for disabled people living in poverty in Africa and Asia. We believe it is not the impairment, but the barriers in society, that limit people from reaching their full potential. We work in areas of extreme poverty alongside disabled people’s organisations run by disability activists at a local and national level, supporting them with the tools and resources to build powerful movements for change. ADD International is an ally to the global disability movement and we partner with disabled people’s organisations and disability activists in Africa and Asia to help them access the tools, resources and support they need to build powerful movements for change. Movements that will achieve a vision of a world where all disabled people are free from discrimination and oppression and have full equality within an inclusive society. ABOUT ADD INTERNATIONAL BANGLADESH: ADD International has been working in Bangladesh since 1995. ADD is committed to work with persons with disabilities to establish their rights and dignity by raising their voices as members of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) at the grassroots level. ADD also works to implement the global and national policy instruments related to disability and development and mainstream persons with disabilities in all aspects of social, economic and political life. ADD International Bangladesh’s five-year Country Strategy envisions a world where all persons with disabilities are free from discrimination and oppression, enjoying equality within an inclusive society. ADD International Bangladesh Program currently operates in North, South, Coastal, and Central geographical locations. ADD works with DPOs to strengthen their individual and organizational capacities to participate more in the disability movement and their institutional sustainability. ADD in Bangladesh is a member of several networks and alliances with I/NGOs and Civil Society. Currently ADD International Bangladesh is implementing several projects with the potential to expand its engagement with persons with disabilities and their networks. The major program thematic areas ADD concentrates are: Economic Empowerment and Wellbeing; Social Political and Civic Rights of the Persons with Disabilities; Mental Health; Prevention of Gender based violence against Women and Girls; Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk reduction. All projects of ADD Bangladesh are implemented through OPDs, OPD Networks and partner NGOs. ROLE CONTEXT. ADD International Bangladesh is implementing a project on Inclusive Education with the objective to provide support to the children with disability who are already enrolled in the primary schools; identify children with disability who are in schools attending age but not enrolled, to prepare them to enrol in the school and children with disability who were in school but dropped out for any reason and held them to bring back to school with appropriate support. Besides, the project will also identify the children with severe and multiple disability who are not is a status to attend schools to provide them home based education with appropriate accessibility support. The project is also working with OPDs (Organization with Persons with Disabilities) within the project locations and facilitate a capacity assessment and improvement support to ensure their meaning and effective engagement in the project. The project specifically continues the community awareness raising and sensitisation on disability; implement OPD engagement strategy; provide technical support to other partners on OPD engagement and develop learning piece on OPD engagement. The project interventions focus to work closely with 15 selected schools, teachers, SMCs and PTAs along with local primary education officials, Union Parisads and other stakeholders who could potentially contribute to strengthen inclusive environment in schools and education system at large. The project is implementing through a consortium of four organizations of which ADD International Bangladesh is a partner. SAFEGUARDING LEVEL.
JOB PURPOSE. The key roles of HBE Facilitator as is envisioned are to take responsibility of providing technical support with the team to identify and assess children with severe and complex disabilities (CwSCD), provide them with individual education support, train and orient parents/ caregivers/ teachers/ volunteers/community on inclusive education and home based education support for CwSCD in collaboration with staff and members of organizations of person with disabilities (OPD). Therefor s/he must have interaction with OPDs, Schools, communities, parents/caregivers and children with disabilities at different level. The position also expects to data management of children with disabilities, documentation and reporting of individual children. The position will have a close working relation with the Field Coordinator and the Field Facilitators. Children identification and assessement.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
LIAISON AND TRAINING/ORIENTATION.
SAFEGUARDING.
DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING
OTHER DUTIES
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE. QUALIFICATIONS. KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE Essential The expected candidate should be a graduate with experience and orientation on home based education/Inclusive Education for children with severe and complex disabilities. Basic PRT (Primary Rehabilitation Therapy) skill Training facilitation skills Desirable
Interested applicants should send the following attachments by email:
Please send your application to: infobd@add-bangladesh.org by the closing date: June 09th 2022 By 4.30 pm. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. We are only able to reply to those shortlisted ANNEXURES: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. We are keen to promote strong principles of equality and diversity and would welcome applications from all backgrounds. Disabled people are strongly encouraged to apply and as a ‘disability confident employer’ ADD guarantees to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. For more information on this please see our Equal Opportunities Policy. SAFEGUARDING. The nature of ADD’s work is as an ally to the global disability movement promoting the rights of all people with disabilities. It does mean that our staff, consultants, trustees and volunteers may come into contact with children and vulnerable adults in some capacity or another. ADD is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, consultants, trustees and volunteers to share this commitment. At ADD, we’re committed to creating a safe and rewarding environment for all of our people to work and volunteer, as well as for those we come into contact with through our work. SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES EXAMPLES:
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