Rehabilitation Officer Visually Impaired (ROVI)

at  Queen Alexandra College

DESCRIPTION

To provide guidance Rehabilitation and reablement to students (age 16-25) with a visual impairment and a range of disabilities, including wheelchair users, multi-sensory impairments, cognitive impairments, mental health, Autistic Spectrum Condition, learning and physical disabilities.
As a Rehabilitation Officer for the Visually Impaired, you will deliver and manage comprehensive rehabilitation services, promote the College’s values, and ensure learners achieve independence through tailored programs and support.
Hours - 37 hours per week, term time role, with an additional 4 weeks to be worked during the College holidays. Days to be agreed with Line Manager.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

HOW TO APPLY

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to review the job description above.
You are required to upload a CV with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment, and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College’s Safeguarding Policies are available here
As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part of your application, we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on, or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further information.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Attend team and service meetings as required.
• Undertake any other duties as commensurate with the role and as agreed with the RATT Support Area Manager.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilise technology to support learning activities and develop learner independence.
• Produce person-centred training programs and recommendations.
• Encourage the functional use of vision aids and other low vision tools.
• Provide psychological and emotional support to learners and their families.
• Maintain records and gather data to monitor and evaluate service provision.
• Plan and deliver rehabilitation training to various stakeholders.
• Promote inclusive learning environments and raise awareness of different communication forms.