Rehabilitation Officer Visual Impairment (ROVI)
SO2 (£36,124 - £40,476) This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking (and community visits)
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 12th May 2025
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 14th May 2025
Interview Date: 21st May 2025
Interview Type: Practical Test and Interview
Your Role
We are looking to recruit to an enthusiastic and passionate qualified vision Rehabilitation Specialist (ROVI) who is committed to supporting and empowering individuals with a visual impairment and their families and make a difference to their lives.
Identifying their strengths and needs with empathy and respect you will ensure that our Stockport residents are provided, using a strength-based approach, with the very best support, training, rehabilitation and interventions.
You will carry out holistic, person centred assessments of need and provide rehabilitation programmes for orientation and mobility, communication and daily living skills for individuals with a visual impairment.
About You
You will have a recognised qualification with Foundation Degree Dip HE or equivalent in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment) and a member of RWPN.
You will have experience of carrying out specialist assessments and in the planning and delivery of rehabilitation/ training programmes involving orientation, mobility, methods of communication, low vision strategies and independent living skills.
You will be committed to supporting and empowering individuals with a visual impairment and their families by promoting accessible services, equality, social integration and an understanding of the impact of sight loss.
You will have knowledge of sensory loss and the impact on physical, emotional, social, psychological and mental health well-being
You will have up to date knowledge of social care policy and legislation in relation to broad social care practice and to specific issues about visual impairment.
You will have good time management and organisational skills and able to manage a complex caseload, ensuring rehabilitation goals are met in a timely manner.
You will be crucial to the ongoing development and delivery of services and support to the residents of Stockport.
Extensive travel is an essential part of the role so access to a vehicle for work purposes will be needed (own car or Access to Work).
About Us
You will be part of a friendly, helpful and support team who are all dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with a visual impairment.
You will work alongside another experienced ROVI, an Apprentice ROVI and Equipment and Adaptation Officers providing specialist support to those individuals with a visual, hearing and/or physical disability.
The Sensory Team comes under the wider Prevention, Wellbeing and Independence Service that includes several other professionals including Occupational Therapists, Moving and Handling Advisors, Handypersons and Social Workers.
To carry out the role to the best of your ability we will give you a comprehensive induction, monthly reflective supervision and opportunity for regular CPD/ training opportunities.
We offer the use of the latest computer technology, attention to work life balance with hybrid and flexible working.
We offer an essential car users’ allowance and will pay for your RWPN membership.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
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If you have any questions or would like an informal discussion about this role, please contact Adrienne Payne OT Team Manager on 07866 999810 adrienne.payne@stockport.gov.uk, or Debbie Carmichael ROVI on 07891 949180
deborah.m.carmichael@stockport.gov.uk
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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