Visual Impairment Specialist

at  Oxfordshire County Council

DO YOU WANT TO HELP US RADICALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE DELIVER SOCIAL CARE?

Join Oxfordshire County Council on an exciting journey towards Delivering the Future Together, our ambitious transformation programme which is enabling us to be an employer, partner, and place shaper of choice. We’re seeking the right people who can help us get there while embracing our value of ‘daring to do it differently’, as we continue to strive to do better.
In Adult Services, this means we’re daring to do adult social care differently by supporting Oxfordshire’s residents to stay fit, healthy and independent in their communities for as long as possible through a strength’s-based approach. Working with local NHS services, care providers and community and voluntary groups, we make the most of what each of our strengths are, pulling in the same direction, and united by one shared vision.
This means we keep the people we support at the heart of all that we do. And that works. By listening to people and building on the positives in their lives, we can work collaboratively to help them live the lives they want with the right support around them.
It is something we call the Oxfordshire Way and we can’t do it alone – our proactive, positive approach to social care gives everyone the opportunity to make a bigger difference. If we’re doing a good job, we don’t stand still – we’re ambitious and we’re always striving to do better; it’s in our DNA.

You will be working alongside Vision Rehabilitation Specialists and Support Workers within the Sensory Impairment Team. You will be supported by a qualified Vision Rehabilitation practice supervisor and sensory impairment manager. We are a specialist countywide team providing support and direct rehabilitation for both children and adults within Oxfordshire. As part of this team, you will:

• Empower people in the community to identify their strengths and desired outcomes, embracing new ideas and ways of doing things to improve and maintain their independence through direct rehabilitation.
• Utilise a strength-based approach to promote people’s wellbeing to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
• Support people and carers to ensure their voice is heard through advocacy where necessary.
• Support children and young adults to identify and work towards their habilitation goals and maximise inclusion

Our team empowers you to deliver bespoke solutions that support people to achieve their desired goals and outcomes.
We do this through our commitment of giving you the autonomy to do your role, to create new ideas and ways of doing things, with the support from our stable leadership team, regular group and 1:1 supervision and the opportunity to develop and progress across many different areas of Adult Social Care.
We continue to be a financially stable local authority and our investment in Adult Services enables us to recruit to the vacancy of Specialist Visual Impairment Worker (qualified Vision Rehabilitation Specialist) to join us and help shape and deliver our team vision; it’s an exciting time to join us!

You will be working alongside Vision Rehabilitation Specialists and Support Workers within the Sensory Impairment Team. You will be supported by a qualified Vision Rehabilitation practice supervisor and sensory impairment manager. We are a specialist countywide team providing support and direct rehabilitation for both children and adults within Oxfordshire. As part of this team, you will:

• Empower people in the community to identify their strengths and desired outcomes, embracing new ideas and ways of doing things to improve and maintain their independence through direct rehabilitation.
• Utilise a strength-based approach to promote people’s wellbeing to help them achieve their desired outcomes.
• Support people and carers to ensure their voice is heard through advocacy where necessary.
• Support children and young adults to identify and work towards their habilitation goals and maximise inclusion.