Habilitation Officer

**Habilitation Officer**
**Salary**: Qualified and Registered: SRS Band 6 £32,020.00 to £35,411.00 per annum
Graduate Unqualified: SRS Band 5 £27,852.00 to £31,099.00 per annum
**Hours**: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
**Start Date**: January 2023
**Interview date**: To be confirmed
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a committed individual to join The Enhanced Resource Base at Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy, part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust due to the reorganization of the post.
Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy is a mainstream Secondary School with an Enhanced Resource Base (ERB) supporting students with a vision impairment and/or physical disability to access mainstream education. The post plays a key role in supporting students to promote and develop their independence and life skills prior to attending further or higher education or training on leaving school. This forms part of the offer of the ERB to Derby City and Derbyshire pupils placed in the school. As part of this role, work would also be carried out at the Markeaton Primary School Enhanced Resource Base for children with Vision Impairment.
**About you**:
You will have experience in assessing mobility and habilitation needs, delivering teaching and training programs and monitoring progress. You will have the skills to further develop mobility and habilitation provision for CYP with visual impairment across the settings.
A thorough understanding of the impact of visual impairment is essential, along with high expectations of children and young people with visual impairment. You will work closely with families and settings, and work will be carried out in a range of environments, including homes, education settings and the wider community.? You will work with very young children through to teenagers.
This role will be part of the Enhanced Resource Base at Saint Benedict and contribute to the Resource based Provision in Derby that serves both Derby and Derbyshire children and young people.
**For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tessa Astill Director of Learning ERB Saint Benedict CVA on 01332 557032.**

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How do I apply?*
Please note that the closing date may be brought forward depending upon interest.

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Being part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust*
On 1st September 2018, the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, part of the Diocese of Nottingham, brought together 25 Catholic schools located in Derby City, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Stockport together in partnership, to ensure the very best spiritual, social and academic experiences and outcomes for the young people in our schools.
Everything we do is to better the lives and futures of our children, providing access to first-class teaching, both academically and spiritually and we are united by our collective vision to excel.

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Why work for the St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust?*
To find out why you should come and join our team, click on the link to our ‘Why work with us?’ brochure.
A summary of our fantastic benefits are as follows:

- **Access to first class CPD opportunities.** We also work in partnership with Nottingham Teaching School Alliance to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.
- Genuine opportunities for **career progression** - with 25 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
- **Professional assistance** - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
- **Pension** - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- **Terms and Conditions** - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.

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**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £27,852.00-£35,411.00 per year