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….. This ensures that PwD get services in the community…. 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