Vision Rehabilitation Worker

Job summary

Sensing Change is a team within Adult Social Care, Suffolk County Council. We provide a range of services to people with sight and/or hearing loss throughout Suffolk, which include Vision Rehabilitation, Social Work and Assessment and a Sensory Support Service.

Sensing Change is a well-established, dedicated and supportive team with lots of experience, enthusiasm and passion for promoting the needs of people with sight and/or hearing loss. We will nurture and develop your existing skills providing additional training when needed in this interesting and specialist area of work.

Sensing Change is passionate about improving outcomes for people with sight and/or hearing loss throughout Suffolk. If you are too, join us as a qualified Vision Rehabilitation Worker and help us to make a meaningful impact on peoples lives. Your innovation and drive will besupported by this experienced and knowledgeable team.

Main duties of the job

You will

• be responsible for assessing, planning and delivering high level independence skills, including orientation and mobility training to people with sight loss or dual sensory loss
• offer information, advice, guidance and support to enable people with sight loss to live as independently as possible
• balance needs and risk of individuals and you will do this while focussing on promoting independence and positive outcomes
• support individuals, carers and their families and work alongside colleagues within Sensing Change and Adult Social Care, as well as partner organisations when required.

About us

Sensing Change is a team of 25 staff, all of whom have a wealth of knowledge and experience and there is always someone available to provide support and share skills. Our main bases are in Ipswich and Lowestoft, but we cover the whole of Suffolk, so this would be flexible.

We work in a hybrid way, mixing office, community and home working to suit our workload. Our aim is to focus on early intervention and prevention, enabling individuals to maintain and increase their independence, as well as providing longer support where needed.

We have 5 Qualified Vision Rehabilitation Workers and 3 Vision Independence Practitioners. We are excited to welcome someone to join this dedicated team and work alongside us to empower our customers.