Therapist - BLN Program

Al-Fayhaa Association (henceforth referred to as Al-Fayhaa) is a Lebanese non-profit NGO that aims to develop and rehabilitate the community through educational programs and socio-cultural activities. Al-Fayhaa was founded in 1999 and was officially established on 8\10\2008 holding the registration number 1254 AD.

Al-Fayhaa has no political nor sectarian orientation; it only adopts the principle of neutrality and non-alignment of any of the partisan spectra maintaining the same distance from everyone. Al-Fayhaa commits through the implementation of its projects the principles of human rights, which includes responsibility and commitment to the rule of law and the empowerment and participation and integration, justice, equality and non-discrimination and a focus on children with special needs and learning difficulties.

Part 1 - Basic Literacy and Numeracy services to boys and girls who lack the minimum skills to join formal education - UNICEF

This project aims to provide basic numeracy and literacy courses to 400girls and boys aged between 10 and 14 years to prepare them for entry in the ALP programming in 2019. Interventions will take place in the area of Tripoli and entails food, minimum transportation where required, learning materials, referral for psycho-social support or other support services as well as engagement with parents on the roles and responsibilities under their “Duty of Care”.

The program is funded by UNICEF and is implemented under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Who are we impacting?

• 400 girls and boys aged 10-14 years

1. Services to be provided:

Al-Fayhaa is currently seeking to contract with an external therapist for children with special needs or a center of specialists to provide the following services for the targeted children who are enrolled in the program:

1. Speech Therapy
2. Psychological Assessment
3. Psycho-Social Support
4. Management of Severe Cases
5. Collaboration with classroom teachers to develop more effective support services for children

The beneficiary children will be referred to the therapist via Al-Fayhaa’s social workers. Once referred, the therapist is to follow-up on each case and ensure that adequate measures are taken in order to remedy whatever problems those children are facing.

Therapist is expected to submit a complete report on every case he/she receives and which includes at least the below information:

• Name of the child
• Initial diagnosis
• Number of sessions
• Progress of the child and his/her responsiveness to the treatment
• Final outcome of the case

2. Contract Type

Services Agreement – 9 months

3. Reporting & Hierarchy

The contracted therapist will report to:

1. The project manager of the program regarding the processing of cases
2. The procurement manager regarding the process of payments and delivery of reports.
3. The General Manager of Al-Fayhaa regarding any other matter.

4. Facilities to be provided by Al-Fayhaa Association

Contracted party is to host all the referred cases in their premises.

Contracted party is to submit pictures of their clinics with the offer.

In case the selected party is a person who does not have a clinic, Al-Fayhaa will provide the necessary working space. Operation costs of the working space will be deducted from the therapist’s hourly rate.

5. Financial Compensation

Al-Fayhaa will reward the selected therapist on a session basis.

The maximum number of sessions shall not exceed 100 distributed over 9 months.

Interested individuals or firms are to declare their hourly rate in their proposals.

6. Center Visits

Due to the nature of their duties, contracted therapists may be asked to conduct several monitoring and supervision visits to Al-Fayhaa’s BLN centers or the schools beneficiary of the Retention-Support program and which are all located in Tripoli.

The schedule of visits will be agreed upon with the project manager ahead of time and communicated properly with Al-Fayhaa management.

7. Start date & period of implementation

The intended start date is immediate and the period of implementation of the contract will be nine (9) months from the contract signature date. Period may be extended depending on the extension of the program and / or provision of additional funding.

8. Compensation of Working Hours

Performance of the contract (and therefore payment) is based solely on the actual completed sessions on the basis of the fee rate mentioned in the financial offer.

9. Conflicts of Interest

All experts must be independent and free from conflicts of interest in the responsibilities they take on. 

10. Equipment

No equipment is to be purchased on behalf of Al-Fayhaa as part of this service contract or transferred to Al-Fayhaa at the end of this contract. Any equipment related to the successful execution of the services must be communicated to Al-Fayhaa’s procurement department and purchased as per its implanted procurement policy.

11. Incidental expenditure

Under these Terms of Reference, Al-Fayhaa does not justify any incidental expenditure. It reserves the right to reject payment of any incurred expense if it is not approved by Al-Fayhaa’s Procurement Manager.