Request for Proposal (RFP): Facilitator mental health workshop

Job Details:

• Position: Facilitator for provide DISC workshop (Consultant Agreement)
• Period of Performance: June 6, 2024 (in person session at Phetchaburi)

Background:

The USAID Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) Project managed by FHI 360 is a global project with specific scopes of work in multiple countries. In Thailand, EpiC focuses on interventions to reduce HIV transmission among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), male sex workers (MSW), and transgender women (TGW) populations and to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Thailand. Most interventions are implemented through community-based organizations (CBOs) in ten different parts of the country, namely Bangkok, Chonburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phitsanulok, Song Khla, and Ubonratchathani, and include reach-recruit-test-treat-prevent-retain (RRTTPR) interventions such as targeted online interventions on social media, differentiated service delivery for HIV testing, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, and antiretroviral treatment including telehealth services, and cross-cutting issues of stigma and discrimination reduction and policy advocacy.

EpiC Thailand supports numerous key populations-led health services (KPLHS) organizations as main implementing partners (IPs) and subrecipients of the FHI 360’s EpiC Thailand project To address the burnout issues among the staff of EpiC Thailand’s In response to burnouts, EpiC is seeking a consultant service to response to the burnout of IPs staff, and to identify the root causes and interventions for burnout with primary objective to enhance and foster a healthy work environment and positive working environment, workplace culture, support system and wellbeing of individual staff and of each organization.

Purpose and Details:

• Deliver DISC workshops to implementing partners – SWING, Mplus, RSAT, and Caremat at June 6, 2024. These workshops aim to:
• Conduct DISC (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness) sessions, enabling CBO staff to comprehend their own personality types and those of their colleagues.
• Explore the influence of these personality traits on communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution within the organization.
• Provide practical strategies to harness individual strengths, bridging communication gaps for more effective teamwork.
• The workshop will cater to key population groups, specifically the LGBTQ+, with an expected participation range of 100 individuals.
• Generate comprehensive reports summarizing the impact of each workshop, covering improvements in well-being, communication, trust-building, and overall organizational success, in both Thai and English languages.

Deliverables and required outputs:

• Develop, plan and deliver DISC workshops in-person at Phetchaburi.
• Summary DISC workshop that includes gaps/challenges, tailored improvement plan.

Vendor Qualifications:

• Workshop conducted in Thai language.
• Demonstrate past experiences and ability to conduct and facilitate workshop of similar health services/themes, gender sensitivity and mental health knowledge and awareness.
• Understand and have an experience to provide DISC workshop, mental health, positive communication, stress management and burnout.
• Have experience working with key-populations, LGBTQ+, health providers, mental health and psychosocial support.

Evaluation

Evaluation will be based on past experiences, expertise on workshop facilitation especially on mental health services, payment condition and price.

Reserved Rights

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• Disqualify any offer based on offeror failure to follow solicitation instructions.
• Reserve the right to award based on the initial evaluation of offers without discussion.
• FHI 360 will not compensate vendors for preparation of their response to this RFP.
• Issuance of this RFP is not a guarantee that FHI 360 will award a purchase order.

Disclaimers

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