Consultancy: Training of trainers on Parental Engagement Curriculum for Children with disabilities (34 days in 4 months), Beirut, Lebanon)

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For every child, Education

Background

UNICEF provides education and other services to children with disabilities through two tracks a) for children with moderate and severe disabilities, support package of education and rehabilitation services is provided through specialized NGOs b) for children with mild disabilities, and whenever possible, moderate disabilities, education and other necessary services are provided through mainstream education partners as part of our inclusive education package.

Both programs have a parental education component, conducting sessions for the parents on different topics – child rights, positive parenting, taking care of children with disabilities, etc. However, there is no unified curriculum, so each partner determines the content of the sessions with their technical team.

Recently, UNICEF has developed a unified curriculum for Parents and Children with Disabilities, I order to support implementing partners in deliver a standardized program tailored to the needs of parents of children with disabilities. The curriculum provides information for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities on how to advocate and promote children’s rights, understand and enhance their development through early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence, use positive approaches to help children with disabilities learn appropriate behaviors, to encourage independent life skills, to protect them from violence and for parents/caregivers to understand and manage their own emotions related to raising children with disabilities. These themes were informed by the NFE and disability organizations as well as the parents of children with disabilities and self‐advocates in a participatory manner.

How can you make a difference?

cope of the consultancy

The objective of this consultancy is to train education and child protection partners on the developed parent curriculum tailored to parents of children with disabilities. The consultant’s presence would have the potential of offering hands-on support to trainers and to ensure that the concepts of disability and inclusion are well delivered by trainers and received by trainees. The consultancy has three components:

1. To train implementing partners on the Parental Engagement Curriculum for Parents of Children with Disabilities.
2. To build the implementing partners’ capacity to train parents of children with disabilities by shadowing the trainers and providing supervision on the site/online to assess quality of Parental Engagement training sessions conducted by partners at their organizations.
3. To ensure trainers at partner organization have the full capacity to cascade the content from the curriculum to the parents/caregivers at their organizations.

The consultant will use the finalized copies of the curriculum and facilitators guide in both English and Arabic to thoroughly go through modules in group and individual meetings. The group training is to be facilitated in person, face to face, to education partners on the seven modules of the curriculum that are to be implemented by the trainers to provide a hands-on experience and modeling to consolidate their knowledge of the social model and rights-based approach to disability that underpins the modules. Trainers will continue to receive professional development training with a focus on different aspects of disabilities included in the curriculum and difficulties that trainers may face in the implementation process with parents and caregivers by the consultant.

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

Training of 30 partner organizations on the curriculum- Education and Child Protection Partners (5 days preparation and 7 days training workshop)

Training Report, agenda and materials; list of participants

12 days

Parental Zoom Conference Event/Webinar for 200 parents (2.5 days preparation, half day event)

One-page Brief, agenda; conference materials

3 days

Bilateral capacity building meetings at partner level to supervise quality of PE sessions for 10 NFE and 5 Specialized Disability partners

- 1 day dedicated to each partner divided into (1) Observation of PE Session (2) feedback on Gaps

Statement of Fact- brief notes on findings and feedback

16 days

Presentation meeting to EDU/CP/Field UNICEF teams on training findings

Presentation

1 day

Update UNICEF Focal Points on progress

Biweekly debrief on progress with a monthly written report on progress against work plan at the end of each month

2 days

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Master’s Degree in Education (preferably with focus on education for children with disabilities) or other relevant Social Science discipline. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in in the area of parenting, disabilities ECD, curriculum, education and relevant fields
• Experience in developing and writing curricula
• Proven experience in the education or Child Protection sector
• Proven experience of work in MENA region is highly desirabl
• Excellent knowledge of English is required, Arabic is desired
• Strong communication and working with people skills

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

Only applications including an all-inclusive budget (expert fees, ticket estimate, DSA) in form of a daily fee in USD will be considered. The selection will be made based on the best value for money principle.