Community level resources:

1. Rehabilitation (health) worker: community or village doctor

Supported by higher level hospitals & county disability rehab centre

Rehab is written into their job description

Training & subsidy through health sector

2. Rehabilitation Co-ordinator: (an informal social worker)

Supported by township/County Disabled Persons Federation (DPF)

Training & small subsidy through DPF

3.Disability Commissioner: a person with disability, who is representative of PwD, often takes up role of rehab co-ordinator

Selected by community and local DPF

Training & small subsidy through DPF

Note:

-- these are broadly in place, but not all are functioning

-- where CBR is strong, many other community resources are utilized including women’s federation, youth groups, self help groups, etc.

This slide is very important: in China there are designated jobs in the community which get government subsidiesc.. This ensures that PwD get services in the communityc. So long as they are trained

appropriately (they are NOT therapists), supported and supervised and encouraged, and get some (can be very small) activity budget: this latter happens when there is a project; but often is neglected after a project is completed.

All get regular training; taught how to fill in documentation/files and are the key front-line staff for CBR

All communities in China have village doctors (diploma/bachelor degree level), who act like private doctors but also get subsidy from government to do

community work including rehab / mental illness, etc

These days, most communities in China have rehab co-ordinator/ commissioner, but in poverty / remote areas especially, they may not be functioning