Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 14 Oct 2016
Background
CBHFA: The Red Cross Red Crescent has a long history of implementing community health programmes and services. Community-Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA) is an approach implemented by 109 Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies. CBHFA tools are adapted/translated to 46 languages. The programmes have empowered communities and volunteers to be in charge of their own health through community based approaches to health promotion, behaviour change, primary prevention, social mobilization and health literacy. From 2011 to 2014 the Red Cross Red Crescent trained 127,703 volunteers and 5,148 facilitators in CBHFA at the branch and community level reaching a total of 20,200,967 people with community health services.
NCD Youth: IFRC has developed 4HealthyHabits on Healthy Lifestyle and NCDs prevention as an integrated part of the CBHFA tools. The Healthy Lifestyle module builds on the existing CBHFA tools, incorporating behaviour change methods to increase knowledge and equip communities and individuals with the tools to make healthier lifestyle choices. Five topics were developed for community-level implementation by volunteers with supporting material to train programme managers, facilitators and volunteers. The materials are being translated into Arabic, French, Spanish, Indonesian, German, Armenian, Russian and other languages. Staff and volunteers from 64 National Societies were already trained on how to implement the tools and more will be joining. Over one million people were reach in 2014 by NCDs services by National Societies. Major interest from NS to develop guideline and tools for healthy lifestyle prevention for youth.
Healthy Ageing: Many National Societies world-wide are interested in implementing programmes on healthy ageing and there are many National Societies are already implementing different ageing activities and programmes especially in Europe zone. IFRC developed different documents regarding ageing: first aid for older people (participants and trainer guide), community-based home care for older people (minimum standards of home care for older people in Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteer-based programming in Europe) and Years that count advocacy report.
Progress so far
Phase 1 and 2 of CBHFA framework: CBHFA framework was drafted, CBHFA wheel was developed based on inputs from global health meeting Nov2015 and IFRC inputs. Plan for CBHFA revision was developed based on feedback of 30+ NSs.
Phase 1 and 2 of developing implementation guide for children and youth (NCDs programming). The tool is at the final stage and at IFRC to provide final feedback and inputs.
Phase 1 of NCD and Healthy Ageing tools development: Desk review and key discussion were completed. A draft concept paper was developed; interview of SME is in process.
Purpose
The consultant will support Senior officer – Care in communities to further the CBHFA, NCD and Healthy Ageing file and build on the progress so far in CBHFA, NCD Youth and Healthy Ageing and finalize the following key tasks in 40 days:
Phase 2 and 3 of Health Ageing tool development to draft and collect inputs from experts. To Roll it down with trainings and finalize the tools.
Phase 3 of CBHFA framework: to finalize the CBHFA framework based on IFRC and NSs’ inputs.
Phase 3 of NCD and Youth tool development: incorporate final comments from IFRC and finalize the tools ready for publishing.
Deliverables 40 working days
CBHFA Framework, CBHFA eLibrary design, CBHFA revision plan
NCDs Youth guideline
Healthy Ageing guideline and training tools
Plan for online learning for NCD Youth and Healthy Ageing
Working from home
How to apply:
Please send your CV and daily fee to luc.soulie@ifrc.org