Inclusion Volunteer

The inclusion
focal points (one per center) will be supporting the inclusion officers for the
inclusion of children with disabilities in DIRASA PROJECT as per the tasks and
responsibilities outlined below.

Duties and
responsibilities:

The Inclusion volunteer (IV) will have the
following duties and responsibilities:

• Drafting Individualized Education Plans (IEP) in
  coordination with the inclusion officer (Modify curriculum objectives if
  needed in coordination with teachers and inclusion officers, so that the
  content is appropriate to specific children) – This will be on a
  case-by-case basis, depending on the background of the IV
• Support
  in the cascade of the different inclusion related trainings (when
  possible)
• Assist
  teachers and outreach officers in early identification (including in-class
  observation if needed, for both identification and confirmation of
  inclusion practices in the classroom)

• Act
  as a link between Inclusion officers, teachers, and therapists (at school
  level) to insure coordination and flow of information among all
• Support
  inclusion officers in collecting any official papers of assessments
  previously done to the child (from caregivers)

• Support
  inclusion officers in filling the Disability Tracking Sheet (bio data,
  noting the number of therapy sessions taken by the child…) in coordination
  with the therapists and caregivers.
• Report cases of abuse, bullying, protection risks… of
  CWDs in the school to the inclusion officer and the social worker in
  school
• Report
  on the accessibility of schools
• Regular
  reporting and coordination with the inclusion officers based on the agreed
  plan with the officers
• Accompany caregivers/children to the assessments’
  sessions and devices assessments/measurements sessions (transportation
  should be provided by the organization)
• Participate
  in all capacity building opportunities provided by UNICEF or the inclusion
  officers
• Follow
  up with caregivers to confirm attendance of therapy sessions or to clarify
  reason if not.

Profile
Requirements:

·       
University students/fresh graduates from the following
majors (Special
education, Psychomotor therapy, speech & language therapy, occupational therapy,
Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology, Social work/medico-social)

·       
Social workers/school
counselors hired to support the schools/centers (confirmed by the MFP team)

·       
From
the center staff.