Casual Caseworker (Differentiated Assistance) - World Food Program - Dadaab Refugee Camp
(2025-08 - 2025-11)
- Team Lead and camp representative for the Ifo 2 caseworkers
- Conduct household assessments to ascertain livelihood and economic status of the vulnerable persons with disabilities and provide appropriate recommendations.
- Provide technical support to the recourse committee on disability cases to inform categorization/recategorization for humanitarian support.
- Work with the community members, community structures and protection partners to identify potential risks and opportunities in the community to support the vulnerable groups
- Submit daily updates, weekly and monthly reports to the concerned partner, and the DA committee in Dadaab
- Flag and refer any protection-related concerns on persons with disabilities requiring immediate attention through the appropriate referral channels
- Contribute to the external communication on Differentiated Assistance to the community members as a means of Complaints Response/feedback mechanism (CRFM)
- Advocating for persons with disabilities through inclusive communication and meaningful participation in the DA forums as per Inclusive Humanitarian Action and IASC guidelines
Protection Officer (Disability Inclusion) - Humanity & Inclusion - Dadaab Refugee Camp
(2023-03 - 2024-12)
- Identification, assessment and appropriate interventions like physical and functional rehabilitation, Cash-based interventions, non-food items, etc. to vulnerable community members including persons with disabilities and learners.
- Empowerment of the community members and structures (like Disability Inclusive Committees) with protection skills including identification, and appropriate referrals of protection cases affecting persons with disabilities.
- Identification and assessment of vulnerable learners in the community for case conferencing and provision of education assistive devices like hearing aids, supportive wheelchairs.
- Represent Humanity & Inclusion in technical working Groups and advocate for the vulnerable persons, persons with disabilities, vulnerable children, youth and women at risk.
- Ensure that the project activities are implemented by correctly allocating the available resources to meet the needs of the most vulnerable community members with disabling conditions including Assistive Devices like wheelchairs, Cash-Based Interventions, etc.
- Capacity-building and sensitization of partners on Disability inclusion as per the IHA and IASC guidelines on Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian response, and the instruments that promote inclusion like the UNCRPD, The Disability Act, etc
- Ensure project data management through appropriate data collection and management tools are in place, and are used correctly as per the set standards including the client file, Washington Group of Questions, the UNICEF child functioning Module, the International Classification of Functions, Disability & Health (ICF).
- Conducting Quarterly meetings with the community structures and organization of Persons with disabilities (OPDs), Disability Inclusive Committees (DICs), Older persons committee, Youth Committees, and the Key population to get feedback from the community on the project, and ensure community engagement in the implementation.
- Conduct coordination meetings and external communication with protection partners including UNHCR and Department of Refugee Service-DRS, and humanitarian service providers to provide technical support on inclusion of persons with disabilities.
- Support the community members in identifying the resources readily available to meet their protection needs including land, skills, and structures.
- Contribute in the fundraising for the organization through proposal writings, and identification of the available funding opportunities
- Mentorship and supervision of refugee staff on rehabilitation and other protection skills
Rehabilitation officer - Humanity & Inclusion - Kakuma Refugee Camp
(2020-01 - 2022-09)
- Identification, assessment and referrals of vulnerable cases in the community for inclusive humanitarian services including rehabilitation and appropriate referrals
- Represent the organization in the BID panel, and MHPSS technical working groups to enhance inclusion of persons with disabilities
- Provide technical support on inclusion to protection partners including the use of the UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM), and the Washington Group of Questions (WGQs)
- Capacity-building caregivers of children with disabilities, with basic rehabilitation skills to manage disabling conditions like cerebral Palsy, for continuity of the rehabilitation service.
- Recommend, fabricate and fit the corrective and supportive orthotics to improve hand functions and motor skills
- Mentorship and Supervision of the refugee staff under my areas of service deliveries on Protection and inclusion of children and their caregivers
- Participate in proposal writing and donor reports for the project, and participates in project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
- Conducting Inclusion activities in the community to promote equal participation e.g. Inclusive Play therapy sessions, awareness on children rights (including right to education), persons with disability rights
- Promote HI child protection policy, PSEAH policy to all stakeholders
Occupational Therapist III - Nyamira County Teaching and Referral Hospital - Nyamira
(2013-06 - 2019-12)
- Support Education Assessment and Research Centres (EARC) in conducting assessments to learners for inclusive education in Nyamira and its environment
- Provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities and their caregivers to improve their function, and participation in community activities
- Support department of Education in conducting assessments for National Examination candidates with disabilities and provide appropriate recommendation to accommodate them during the exams.
- Conducting community-based rehabilitation programs (CBR) involving mobile clinics
- Support the National council for persons with disabilities (NCPWD) in conducting disability medical assessments for registration of persons with disabilities, and tax exemption
- Conduct continuous medical education to the healthcare workers on early identification of disabling conditions and appropriate interventions
School-based Occupational Therapist - Parklands Inclusive School (Nairobi) – Cerebral Palsy Unit - Nairobi
(2012-08 - 2013-06)
- Identification of barriers to learning for children with disabilities in the school
- Provide rehabilitation services to learners with disabilities in the school
- Conduct assessment of learners to identify difficulties for referrals and admission.
- Capacity building of teachers with basic rehabilitation skills to support learners in the school
- Promote disability Inclusion in the school, through inclusive play, and inclusive clubs
Outreach occupational Therapist - Cerebral Palsy Society of Kenya
(2011-06 - 2012-07)
- Offer rehabilitation services to learners with disabilities at the center and at home.
- Capacity-building of caregivers with basic rehabilitation skills for continuity
- Assessments, fabrication and issuance of assistive devices to support learners
- Awareness creation on cerebral palsy, intellectual impairments and disability
Occupational Therapist - Association for The Physically Disabled of Kenya-APDK
(2011-09 - 2012-03)
- Clinic-based rehabilitation officer offering occupational therapy services.
- Awareness creation and information sharing on disability inclusion
- Capacity building of caregivers with rehabilitation skills
- Provide information on the available support systems
Volunteer Occupational Therapist - Nairobi Family Support Services - Nairobi
(2011-01 - 2011-06)
- Provide rehabilitation services in the informal settlement
- Provide Psychosocial support services to families with persons with disabilities
