Rehabilitation Officer for Visually Impaired (ROVI)

Hindley Town Hall

Cross Street

Hindley

Wigan

WN2 3AX

Salary: Grade 8, £33,945 - £38,223 per annum.

37 hours per week (This is negotiable) 

Your role:

You will identify, deliver and evaluate professional rehabilitation interventions to visually impaired people to enhance their skills and confidence to maximise their independence. You will assess and provide support plans to help people at risk from harm or becoming dependent on others due to their sight loss. You will 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. You will work closely with the Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist and other specialists in Occupational Therapy to develop an integrated approach to services, identifying service goals and priorities. You will support the development of other roles within the Sensory team and promote the Sensory Service.

About you:

You will have a Honours Degree or Dip. H. E./Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment) or equivalent with post qualification experience. You will have proven experience of working with people with a visual impairment, and knowledge of a range of specialist interventions to promote independence.

You will be positive, motivated and caring with a passion for providing outstanding services to our service users. You will be used to working under pressure and will thrive in a busy, fast paced environment.  You’ll be a great communicator who asks the right questions and will be eager to resolve problems and devise solutions in order to achieve positive outcomes for our service users. You will be keen to work with service users, families, colleagues and partner organisations in order to build and maintain good relationships.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Early Intervention Service is a well-respected, enthusiastic and proactive multidisciplinary service consisting of Occupational Therapists, Primary Assessors and Sensory Rehabilitation Officers, We provide a range of services to Wigan residents who have experienced a period of illness, have an ongoing disability, or sensory impairment with the aim of improving their level of independence and wellbeing.  We achieve this via daily living skills training, communication training, mobility training and low vision training. We are a committed team wholly focused on improving the lives of our service users.

As part of Wigan Council’s Deal for Adult Social Care and Health, we are committed to providing an asset-based approach, with a focus on a person’s strengths and talents, and how we can support them to be a part of their local community.  We will provide you with the support you need to do your job and give you the opportunity to learn and develop further within the organisation.

The Early Intervention Service forms part of Integrated Community Services within the Healthier Wigan partnership.

We offer an agile working environment, with the benefits of utilising several bases across the borough open to council employees, as well as the opportunity to work from home where appropriate. We operate a flexible working policy and will consider flexible working hours in line with the requirement of the service

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

To be appointable in this role you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. If you are unsure, please visit the below link to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

For further information, please contact Ruth Harter on 01942 828787

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