Rehab Assistant

Rehab Assistant tags

Closing date: Thursday 01 August 2024
Location: Halton
Hours: 15h per week, days and times to be agreed
Salary: £12 per hour, £23,088 FTE
Contract: Permanent
Interview date: TBC

Job Title: Rehab Assistant

Responsible to: Halton Services Manager

Hours of work: 15h per week, days and times to be agreed

Salary: £12 per hour, £23,088 FTE

Staff Responsibilities: None

Location: Halton

Vision Support is a long-established organisation whose mission is to provide support and services for people with a vision impairment that aim to increase independence, wellbeing and reduce social isolation across North East Wales and Cheshire.

Job Summary

Overall Aims of the Post:

Rehab Assistants play a key role by working with individuals with a vision impairment to empower and enable them to lead a better quality of life, to access their community and services, undertake everyday tasks and maintain social contact with friends and family to relieve social isolation.

Key Responsibilities:

Visit service users and maintain contact by telephone. Submit a short written report for each contact on an in-house database.
Develop an understanding of vision impairment issues and equipment.
Identify areas where service users could benefit from a referral into other Vision Support services and/or external organisations.
Develop an awareness of safeguarding issues and procedures.
Identify social activities in the area and encourage service users to attend.
Assist with correspondence i.e. reading/writing mail, making appointments, etc.
Accompany service users to one-off shopping trips or medical appointments.
Develop an awareness of benefits and service user eligibility, and support service users to complete the forms as appropriate.
Contribute to the Vision Support newsletter.
Take part in supervision, annual review, team meetings and undertake training appropriate to the post.
Contribute to raising and maintaining the professional image of Vision Support.

General/Additional Information

The postholder is expected to follow the Organisation’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
Confidentiality – It is expected that all employees understand that our work with service users is confidential and that personal details about service users or their families should not be divulged to members of the public. A breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action.
It is not possible to cover all potential responsibilities in the job description. It is expected that the postholder will cover tasks not specifically covered within their job description therefore flexibility is required.
As far as possible training will be provided to enable the postholder to carry out the job effectively. Awareness training (including listening skills, attitudes to vision impairment, causes of vision impairment, suitable equipment and sighted guiding techniques) will be given. Ongoing training and regular staff meetings will follow induction.
Applicants are advised that contact with guide dogs may be necessary within the workplace.
Vision Support operates a no smoking policy within its buildings.

To apply, please send your CV along with a covering letter / supporting statement stating how you meet the knowledge, ability, skills and experience of the job description

General/Additional Information:

The post holder is expected to follow the Organisation’s Policies and Procedures.
It is not possible to cover all the potential responsibilities in the job description therefore there is an expectation that the post holder will cover tasks not specifically covered within their job description therefore flexibility is required.
Vision Support is committed to training and development. Awareness training (including listening skills, attitudes to visual impairment, causes of visual impairment, suitable equipment and sighted guiding techniques) will be given. Ongoing training, formal and informal will be part of the role.
Applicants are advised that contact with guide dogs may be necessary within the workplace.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early should we find a suitable candidate.

To apply, please email a copy of your CV to khurst@visionsupport.org.uk

For further information about this vacancy and details of how to apply, please visit the Vision Support website: https://www.visionsupport.org.uk/

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Rehab Assistant

Job Title: Rehab Assistant

Responsible to: Halton Services Manager

Hours of work: 15h per week, days and times to be agreed

Salary: £12 per hour, £23,088 FTE

Staff Responsibilities: None

Location: Halton

Vision Support is a long-established organisation whose mission is to provide support and services for people with a vision impairment that aim to increase independence, wellbeing and reduce social isolation across North East Wales and Cheshire.

Job Summary

Overall Aims of the Post:

Rehab Assistants play a key role by working with individuals with a vision impairment to empower and enable them to lead a better quality of life, to access their community and services, undertake everyday tasks and maintain social contact with friends and family to relieve social isolation.

Key Responsibilities:

Visit service users and maintain contact by telephone. Submit a short written report for each contact on an in-house database.

Develop an understanding of vision impairment issues and equipment.

Identify areas where service users could benefit from a referral into other Vision Support services and/or external organisations.

Develop an awareness of safeguarding issues and procedures.

Identify social activities in the area and encourage service users to attend.

Assist with correspondence i.e. reading/writing mail, making appointments, etc.

Accompany service users to one-off shopping trips or medical appointments.

Develop an awareness of benefits and service user eligibility, and support service users to complete the forms as appropriate.

Contribute to the Vision Support newsletter.

Take part in supervision, annual review, team meetings and undertake training appropriate to the post.

Contribute to raising and maintaining the professional image of Vision Support.

General/Additional Information

The postholder is expected to follow the Organisation’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Confidentiality – It is expected that all employees understand that our work with service users is confidential and that personal details about service users or their families should not be divulged to members of the public. A breach of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action.

It is not possible to cover all potential responsibilities in the job description. It is expected that the postholder will cover tasks not specifically covered within their job description therefore flexibility is required.

Applicants are advised that contact with guide dogs may be necessary within the workplace.

Vision Support operates a no smoking policy within its buildings.

To apply, please send your CV along with a covering letter / supporting statement stating how you meet the knowledge, ability, skills and experience of the job description

General/Additional Information:

The post holder is expected to follow the Organisation’s Policies and Procedures.

It is not possible to cover all the potential responsibilities in the job description therefore there is an expectation that the post holder will cover tasks not specifically covered within their job description therefore flexibility is required.

Vision Support is committed to training and development. Awareness training (including listening skills, attitudes to visual impairment, causes of visual impairment, suitable equipment and sighted guiding techniques) will be given. Ongoing training, formal and informal will be part of the role.

Applicants are advised that contact with guide dogs may be necessary within the workplace.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early should we find a suitable candidate.

To apply, please email a copy of your CV to khurst@visionsupport.org.uk

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