Independent Living Worker

4 weeks ago


East Lothian, United Kingdom Sight Scotland Full time

Salary
- **£28,296 - £33,277**
- Location
- **East Lothian and Midlothian**
- Hours
- **35**
- This is a _permanent_, _full time_ vacancy_ that will close _in 15 days_ at 23:59 BST_. _

**The vacancy**

**Independent Living Worker - East Lothian and Midlothian**

We are looking for a caring, creative, innovative and dedicated person to join our Independent Living team in Sight Scotland Veterans to provide support to people with sight loss.

The independent living team delivers a local information, advice and support service for vision impaired veterans living in Scotland. As an independent living worker you will be expected to work with veterans, their families and carers to assess, plan and review their sight loss needs, in order to promote independent living.

You will be home based and will work predominantly in the East Lothian and Midlothian areas.

If you have an SVQ level 3 Health and Social Care, or a willingness to work toward this qualification or another professional health or social care qualification as well as demonstrable experience of working with older people or adults with a vision impairment, those with other disabilities, mental health or service veterans in the community

**About us**

We're one of Scotland's oldest charities - for more than two centuries, we've been supporting and empowering people with sight loss to live fulfilling lives. We're proud of all we've achieved in the past - but we have our sights set firmly on the future.

We're determined that no-one should face sight loss alone. We're committed to improving, diversifying and growing our services to make sure we can reach many more people with sight loss - when and where they need us.

**Benefits**

**Generous employee pension scheme**

**Learning and Development opportunities**

**Employee assistance programme**

**Discounted cinema tickets**

**Discounts for**
**carers



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