Rehabilitation Officer for Vision Impairment

3 weeks ago

Sefton, United Kingdom Galloway's Society for the Blind Full time

**Job Title ** Rehabilitation Officer Visual Impairment

**Responsible to** Community Services Manager

**Salary ** £28,840 per annum FTE

**Hours **22.2

**Location **A hybrid working mix of home and community-based work covering the Sefton area with office space available in Southport and Bootle at Sefton Council’s shared office spaces.

**Length of contract **Fixed-term contract ending 31st March 2025

**Qualification **Honours Degree or Dip. H. E./Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment) or equivalent required.

**Role Outline**

To identify, deliver and evaluate professional rehabilitation interventions to visually impaired people to enhance their skills and confidence to maximise their independence.

To assess and provide support plans to help people at risk from harm or becoming dependent on others due to their sight loss.

To act as an advocate for visually impaired people and the organisation to help promote accessible services; equality; social integration and understanding of the impact of sight loss.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Assessment**

To undertake specialist visual impairment assessments with the visually impaired person to identify their needs and aspirations to promote independent living.

**Rehabilitation and service provision**

To plan, implement, evaluate and review rehabilitative services to the visually impaired person aimed at maximising and maintaining independence, safety, dignity and choice. Rehabilitation may include, but not be restricted to:

- Daily Living Skills - to provide Daily Living Skills training; to include the teaching of new skills or adapted practice for all aspects of daily living, home management, employment and leisure.
- Communication Skills - To provide communication training; to include all forms of access to communication including but not limited to print, Braille, Moon, audio description, ICT, telephones, Deafblind manual and block alphabet.
- Mobility training - To develop planned programmes of training to develop independence in indoor and outdoor mobility environments, including training in guiding skills, pre-cane, long cane, orientation (including specialist equipment) and route planning techniques.
- Low vision - To provide low vision training/therapy in coordination with local NHS low vision services that helps individuals make the best use of functional vision, magnifiers, lighting and other low vision aids.
- To work with visually impaired people who have additional complex needs such as dual sensory loss, learning, physical and mental health disabilities in recognition of the cumulative effect of additional disabilities. To liaise with other specialist workers as necessary.

To assess and recommend minor works of adaptation as highlighted in the specialist visual impairment assessment and liaise with all relevant parties in line with employer’s budget and policies.

To work within a safeguarding framework to identify, manage and where possible reduce risk to visually impaired people, family, carers, communities, self and colleagues.

To understand the psychological aspects of sight loss and provide emotional support as part of the rehabilitation process to the individual, their family and carers.

To signpost and or refer individuals to partners in local authority, health service, education service, welfare and employment services, voluntary sector and other community services.

To support visually impaired people to represent their culture, needs, views and circumstances where appropriate.

To enable the Local Authority to maintain the Local Authority’s Partially Sighted/Sight Impaired and Blind/Severely Sight Impaired Registers.

**Personal and Professional Development**

To practice in accordance with the National Occupational Standards for Specialist Sensory Workers.

To manage and be accountable for, with supervision and managerial support, your own practice within your organisation, including maintaining professional development

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of legislation (including community care legislation), statutory codes, standards, framework and guidance relevant to rehabilitation practice and related fields.

To maintain a current working knowledge of the safe use of a wide range of specialist equipment.

To prepare for, and participate in, regular technical and managerial supervision and annual performance from appropriately qualified supervisors.

To supervise, mentor and support student Rehabilitation Officers on placement where appropriate.

To develop and maintain links with primary and secondary care and public health services particularly Ophthalmology, Optometry practices and GP practices.

**Policies and Procedures**

To ensure that written and electronic records and reports are maintained in accordance with the employer’s policies and procedures and the Data Protection Act 1998.

To ensure compliance with all policies and procedures concerning confidentiality i

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