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Job details
Job reference
REQ00000016114
Date posted
21/12/2023
Application closing date
24/03/2024
Location
BARROW
Salary
£35,745 - £36,648
Package
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
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Rehabilitation Officer for Visual Impairment - WMF755e
Job description
Rehabilitation Officer for Visual Impairment (ROVI)
Westmorland and Furness
Salary: ROVI: £35,745 - £36,648
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location:South Lakes / Furness
Contract: Permanent
The advertised salary includes a supplement (JWC) to the base grade of the post. JWC supplements are conditional on the physical demands and /or working conditions of the role.
Live. Work. Thrive with Westmorland and Furness Council.
We have an exciting opportunity, for a passionate, enthusiastic ROVI to come and join our dedicated and driven team, during an interesting and ambitious programme of change within Adults Social Care, to help us develop and deliver our goals for the future.
We want you to become an integral part of the implementation phase of our newly established service across Westmorland and Furness, supporting people aged 18 who are living in the community and have been identified as having longer term care and support needs. This service works across health social care and third sector organisations with a primary focus upon ensuring that all support plans:
You will:
Support living with sight loss /sensory impairment.
Work jointly with our colleagues in Hearing loss services.
Support individuals in accessing work and the wider community to live their best lives.
Be able to working under the legislative framework created by the care act.
Enable the appropriate use of technology, learning specific skills, rehab programmes and support younger people with transition into adult services.
Be qualified, or be working towards a qualification, to enable you to teach mobility.
- Include robust contingency plans that promote personal resilience to manage temporary changes in need or circumstance
- Demonstrate how people will meet their needs and aspirations from a range of sources including friends’ family third sector the community equipment or assistive technology as well as support services.
We recognise that our workforce is best placed to design and embed new ways of working to achieve a modern social care service able to deliver the best outcomes for the people of Westmorland and Furness.
We want you to know, you will be fully supported within your role, whether you’re newly qualified or an experienced practitioner we will support you in every way we can to do what you do best - change lives.
As part of this role, you will:
- Work in a team to undertake strengths-based assessments and deliver appropriate person-centred support and outcomes for people in Westmorland and Furness with care and support needs.
- Work in ways that promote independence recognise potential for change and through excellent practice enable people to maximise their strengths
- Actively promote the work of Westmorland and Furness Council internally and externally on the development and delivery of continuously improving modern and competitive services for the people of Cumbria.
Our vision for Adult Social Care is a place where people want to come and work a workforce who feel supported empowered and valued for the great work they do; We encourage flexible working, as we believe in a positive work/life balance for our ROVIs. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks.
Cumbria is more than a place to work. It's a place to live relax raise a family and experience the best of both city-living and some of the world's most beautiful Countryside.
Any Questions? For more information or to discuss further details around what we can offer you, flexible working options or our Relocation Support Package, please contact:
Emma Robinson - Team Manager
Mobile: 07825 340363
emma.robinson@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
What can we offer you!
- Excellent training and development offers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Relocation Support
- Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Boost your pension with Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (facilitated by AVC Wise)
- Various perks and discounts schemes including money off your phone contract and local gyms
- Competitive rates of pay
DBS
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with an Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.
Application and Interview information
This is a rolling advert meaning applications will be considered as and when we receive them. If you are successfully shortlisted we will contact you directly to arrange an interview date and time under the interview information
Please can we ask that you clearly state any flexible working requests, or if you require relocation support on your application form so that options can then be discussed at interview.
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed we are happy to discuss.
If you are invited to a virtual interview this will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software which is currently free for new users however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.
Safer Recruitment
At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children young people and adults at risk and expects all employees volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Employer disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this job are guaranteed an interview.
