Overview
We have a full time Rehabilitation Officer - Visual Impairment (ROVI) position available in our Sensory Team. The team has a supportive and engaged management structure including an Integrated Social Care Manager and a Sensory Team Lead, and you will be working alongside other Rehabilitation Officers as well as a Sensory co-ordinator. As a ROVI, you will work as part of an integrated service with people who have significant sight loss to improve their choice and quality of life. You will use timely interventions to maximise long term independence and minimise ongoing support. You will use your knowledge to provide individuals, their families and carers with information and advice on other relevant sources of emotional, material or financial help, where this is available.
About you / Qualifications
* A diploma in Rehabilitation for Visually Impaired People
* An awareness of visual and hearing impairments and the impact they can have on an individual
* Experience of working in a Health & Social Care setting
* Good IT Skills
Responsibilities
* Work as part of an integrated service to support people with significant sight loss, aiming to improve choice and quality of life.
* Provide timely interventions to maximise long-term independence and minimise the need for ongoing support.
* Offer information and advice to individuals, their families and carers about emotional, material or financial help where available.
* Collaborate with colleagues within the Sensory Team and across the council to deliver person-centred care.
Values and Support
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. We provide full training and support to help you succeed in your role. Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of remote and office working. The Immigration Act 2016 requires that anyone in a customer-facing role demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with fluency in English.
Benefits
* Regular formal and informal support
* Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
* 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
* Staff discount scheme offering savings with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with free, confidential counselling and advice 24/7
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care works with a Three Conversation approach, a model that re-emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them. This is known here in Gloucestershire as Make The difference.
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