Habilitation Specialist

**Reference **:002615

**Publication end date **:24/04/2023

**Employment Details**:
**Contractual hours**:
35.00

**Salary**:
£34,123 - £38,387 gross per annum

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
England, West Midlands, Birmingham

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
Operations - Midlands & East

**Job Title**:
Habilitation Specialist

**Job Level**:
Specialist Professional

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**External job advert**:
The Habilitation Specialist enables children and young people with a vision impairment to live the life they choose by delivering specialist services that enable them to become more mobile and independent.

We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked Monday to Friday. The nominated office will be Birmingham on a home-start arrangement, with travel across the region required.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

**Diversity**

**Safeguarding**

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Evidence of qualification in one of the following or equivalent:

- Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight Graduate Diploma - IOE.
- BSc Hons Top-up Degree Habilitation Studies (BCU Birmingham City University).
- Rehabilitation Officer Diploma / Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) - Working with Children with Visual Impairment.
- Nationally recognised qualification in habilitation training for children and young people with visual impairment.

Or hold one of the following and demonstrate the motivation and willingness to study for the BSc Hons Top-up Degree Habilitation Studies (BCU) or equivalent:

- Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment).
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual impairment)
- Both Mobility Officer and Technical Officer Certificates.
- Diploma in Higher Education in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment).

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

**How to apply**

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

**Application Closing Date**:
23/04/2023