Start date: 1 September 2013
Duration: 4 months, with possibility to extend
Sport 4 Socialisation
Children with disabilities are often hidden, locked up and isolated from society. Nobody believes in their potential. But S4S does! The only precondition is an encouraging environment.
We empower the children to break out from their isolation and surprise society with their potential. We inspire, encourage and coach them to move boundaries. We create lasting change, by involving the whole community.
We strengthen them via physiotherapy and adapted physical activity. We connect them with able-bodied as well as disabled peers and teach them to stand up for themselves in society. We teach families how to deal with disability and fend for themselves economically. During the whole process, we keep monitoring progress. So we can achieve maximum potential. And we inspire, encourage and coach the community to change their minds about disability.
Background
Sport 4 Socialisation (S4S) is working in Zimbabwe since 2008. From the Eastern border Town Mutare, where the S4S headquarters is based, we work very hard on the implementation of our multiple award winning Social Inclusion Programme. We support children with disabilities and their families with adapted and inclusive physical activities, physiotherapy, healthcare, parent support groups and livelihood development.
Over 500 children and their families are supported through this programme.
Role of the Physiotherapist
In general the Physiotherapist shall be responsible for the running of the physiotherapy clinic and the casting room. Under the physiotherapist programme we have several sub-programmes:
– Intakes and assessments
– Physiotherapy (incl. casting)
– Direct Child Support (medication, corrective surgeries and assistive devices)
– Disability maintenance and awareness training.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
– Organise and implement intake and assessments with (new) beneficiaries and their families
– Implement physiotherapy therapy activities on a daily basis for children with a disability
– Build and maintain a database for all beneficiaries including a Monitoring and Evaluation system
– Develop Individual Rehabilitation Plans with beneficiaries and their families and monitor and evaluate the progress of the beneficiaries
– Assess and plan individual child interventions (medication, corrective surgeries and assistive devices etc.) and provide follow ups of interventions done through home visits, school visits and group meetings
– Mediate for Direct Child Assistance (medication, corrective surgeries, assistive devices etc.)
– Maintain and improve relations with partners and stakeholders, especially with medical partners for individual child interventions
– Be responsible for the maintenance of the therapy equipment
– Prepare periodic evaluation reports
– Prepare periodic work plans, incl. budget.
Key requirements and skills:
Education
– Bachelor of physiotherapy
– Work experience and knowledge
– Proven experience in a similar position
– Proven paediatric experience
– Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation
– Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
– Computer literate, excellent with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Personality
Proactive; Good and open communicator who is a critical thinker and has a strong personality; A professional orientation to work; Impeccable integrity; Committed; Dedicated.
Remuneration:
Between US$600 – US$700 – depending on level of experience plus Medical AID
and transport reimbursement.
To apply:
Applications: Cover letter and CV (2 separate documents) only via email to:office.zimbabwe@sport4socialisation.org with “Physiotherapist” in the subject line.
Application deadline: 27 August 2013
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