Couselling Supervision

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Organisation 
Handicap  International  –Kenya‐somalia 
programme. Kitale site Name of the project  Ubuntu Care project Project title  Confronting sexual violence against children with disability Type of consultancy Counselling supervision 
of children handlers(health  workers  and  community representatives) Period  July to December 2013 Budget  Ksh 2, 500  plus Ksh. 500 transport allowance per session. 

1. CONTEXT 
1.1 Handicap International  
Handicap  International  is  an  independent  and  impartial  international  aid  organization 
working  in  situations  of  poverty  and  exclusion,  conflict  and  disaster.  Working  alongside 
people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our actions and testimony are focused 
on  responding  to  their  essential  needs,  improving  their  living  conditions  and  promoting 
respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights. 

1.2 Handicap International Kitale project 
Operating  in  Kenya  since  1993,  Handicap  International‐Kenya  country  program  has  been 
involved in various humanitarian and development work in Nairobi, Rift Valley province, and 
North Eastern regions of Kenya including refugee camps. In Trans‐Nzoia County, Handicap 
International’s Gender Based Violence Project first began in 2008, with the main objective of 
providing access to medical care for survivors of sexual violence. 
Since November 2012, Handicap International in Kenya has been implementing the Ubuntu 
care project: “Confronting sexual violence against children with disabilities” in the County of 
Trans‐Nzoia  

This project aims to address the root causes and to mitigate the consequences of violence 
against children, especially those with disabilities. The strategy is to translate effectively the 
international commitments in regard of children’s rights, in particular the Convention on the 
Rights  of  the  Child  (CRC)  and  the  Convention  on  the  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities 
(CRPD)  into  practical  actions  on  the  ground  through  improved  response  mechanisms  to 
Sexual and gender based violence against children at all levels. This project will engage with 
children  and  empower  them  as  key  stakeholders  in  their  own  protection,  through  a 
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach. This involves empowering children, their 
families  and  community  regardless  of  gender,  or  type  of  disability,  through:  raising 
awareness,  promoting  inclusion,  skills  development,  eliminating  stigma,  and  facilitating 
access to health, education and legal opportunities. 
The intervention is focused on the following four main axes: 


a) Empowering  children  as  actors  in  their  own  protection  through  education,  skills 
development, social recreation, and participation in decision‐making. 
b) Empowering communities and families to better protect children through capacity 
building, support, and changing negative attitudes within communities/families that 
underpin violence. 
c) Strengthening  access  to  and  quality  of  services:  education,  medical,  legal  and 
psychosocial. 
d) Advocating for more effective protection systems for child survivors at the national, 
regional and international level, backed by evidence based data generated by the 
monitoring system on sexual violence against children with and without disabilities. 

1.3 Sexual violence against children with disabilities is a global problem 
In the last few decades, widespread reports of endemic sexual violence against women and 
children, particularly in countries ravaged by conflict and war, have become understood as 
an  extreme  violation  of  human  rights  and  mobilized  international  attention.  Despite  this 
international attention, the plight of women and children with disabilities has been largely 
unrecognized in response interventions. This is a serious oversight, as research shows they 
are more likely to be victims of sexual violence. Yet they remained invisible among survivors 
due to a lack of information, research and disability disaggregated statistics, and entrenched 
cultural beliefs and stigma that see them excluded from social life. The majority of these 
survivors  are  not  informed  and  aware  of  their  rights  and  some,  especially  children,  are 
economically and socially dependant on their perpetrators and cannot report the incidence. 
When  they  do,  the  cases  rarely  go  to  court,  as  existing  prevention  programs  are  mostly 
unaware  of  disability  related  vulnerabilities  and  lack  capacities  to  address  persons  with 
disabilities. Thus, perpetrators tend to go free and continue to act with almost complete 
impunity.  This  entrenched  cycle  of  violence  is  not  an  exception  but  the  rule  in  many 
countries  and  has  a  devastating  impact  on  the  survivors,  their  families  and  their  entire 
communities, that lives on well after the incidence. 


2.  DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUIRED SERVICE PROVISION 
Handicap  International  seeks  to  engage  a  psychological  counsellor  to  offer  counselling 
supervision to the health workers, social workers, community representatives and Disabled 
people’s organizations members referred to hereafter as “the children handlers”. 

2.1 Scope of work 
The counsellor supervisor will be expected to perform the following tasks: 
- Sensitize  the  “children  handlers”  on  the  importance  of  counseling  supervision 
sessions. 
- Plan and schedule of monthly counseling supervision sessions for a total of 25 people 
in 2 different groups. 
-
Conduct monthly group counseling supervision sessions for “Children handlers. One 
session per month per group.

- Submit monthly reports during monthly briefing meetings with the Child protection 
manager 

3. CONSULTANT’S PROFILE 
- At least 3 years experience in trauma counselling  
- Post graduate degree in counselling psychology   
- Must be flexible to fit in the program of the groups to be supervised, ready to work 
during weekends where applicable. 
- Have recommendation letters by the current and previous institutions where similar 
services are/were provided.  
- The working languages will be English and Kiswahili depending on the choice by the 
target group. 


4. SERVICE DURATION AND LOCATION 
The  counseling  supervision  services  will  start  immediately  a  suitable  person  is  identified 
possibly from July, 2013 to December, 2013 with a possibility of extension.  
A 1 day briefing session to be scheduled at HI‐Kitale office where the consultant will also be 
introduced to the “children handlers” identified for counseling supervision.  
The service will thereafter be provided at a venue to be agreed upon later.   


5. REPORTING 
For the duration of the consultancy, the consultant will report on a monthly basis to Ubuntu 
Care project manager. Progress report will consist of: 
- The progress of the support supervision services 
- Challenges experienced and proposed solutions to these challenges 
- Specific action or involvement required from Handicap International  
A meeting shall be held between the consultant and the Child protection manager on every 
last Friday of the month at HI‐Kitale office where the report will also be submitted. 

6. RESOURCE PERSON 
Within the framework of the service provision, the Counsellor supervisor will be asked to 
collaborate with Handicap International’s teams and in particular with the Child protection 
project officer and the child protection project manager who will be the point of contact.  

7. BUDGET 
Cost of service provision: Ksh. 2, 500 per session with 2 sessions every month. 
A part from the transport allowance of Ksh 500 to be provided per session, the consultant 
shall be required to meet his/her other expenses. 
8. EXPRESS OF INTEREST  
All interested parties must submit a technical proposal explaining their understanding of the 
TOR and how they intend to conduct the counseling supervision sessions and an updated CV 
before 25th July, 2013 at the following address: logrecruit@handicap‐international.or.ke 
The Consultant must set up a work schedule for the performance of the service and present 
it in his/her proposal for consideration. The work schedule must clearly specify the manner 
in which the Consultant will approach the activities required to perform the service.  
The  schedule  must  indicate  the  progress  and/or  the  standard  of  service  performance, 
including  the  criteria  and/or  indicators  to  check  that  the  service  provision  is  proceeding 
smoothly. 

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