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Empowering Community Rehabilitation Workers: Reviving Respect and Dignity!

Mrs. Siphokazi Sompeta from the University of Cape Town presents a session at the 2nd World CBR Congress, highlighting the importance of equipping and strengthening the skills of community rehabilitation workers in working with communities. The introduction of a higher education certificate in inclusive development and disability aims to bridge the gap in health workers' response to broader health needs, including disability. This session unpacks how the certificate course has encouraged and strengthened students in taking responsibility towards their communities.

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Empowering Community Rehabilitation Workers: Reviving Respect and Dignity!

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  1. Community rehabilitation workers as change agents: ”bringing back respect and dignity to communities!” Presenter: Mrs Siphokazi Sompeta Disability Studies Programme, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2nd world cbr congress (27-29 SEPTEMBER 2016) Email: Sgcaza@gmail.com

  2. introduction

  3. Rationale • These students needed to be equipped and strengthened their skills on working with communities like community entry, community development, advocacy, specific technical and referrals skills. • Introduction of a higher education certificate on inclusive development and disability to bridge the gap of health workers responding to the broader health needs including disability of the communities. • Unpack how this certificate course has encouraged and strengthened the students through them developing a consciousness; thereby taking a responsibility towards their communities

  4. The Higher Certificate In Disability Practice

  5. HCDP learning outcomes

  6. Behavioural outcomes (RCWs can..)

  7. Inclusive development and Agency • Skills • Observe-listen-communicate • Build collaboration with family, disabled persons association, self help groups • Demonstrate use of family conversation guide/tool • Demonstrate use of Wheel of Opportunities for Participation • Knowledge • Ethics of care • Disability rights • Community based rehabilitation guidelines • Environmental factors to participation • Personal attributes • Culturally sensitive • Respectful demeanour • Respectful of client space • Confidential

  8. Key Issues

  9. Key areas to participation • ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE • REHABILITAION SERVICES • FAMILY LIFE & PERSONAL INTEGRITY • PUBLIC AWARENESS ON DISABILITY

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