Rehabilitation Officer, Worker Visual Impairment


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,481 to £44,253 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Northallerton, DL7 8AE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	1 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Sept 2026

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Summary

Job context This post is part of a specialist countywide Sensory Services Team offer for North Yorkshire. The team consists of Sensory Social Workers, Rehabilitation Officers Visual Impairment and Communicator Guides. The core focus of this role is preventing, reducing and delaying the needs of adults with care and support needs and carers by promoting independence and recovery through the provision rehabilitation support, training and equipment, ensuring people make best use of community facilities as appropriate to promote independence. You will be expected to work collaboratively with North Yorkshire Council staff and other professionals working with people with sensory needs and also to promote awareness and understanding of sight loss and the impact on individuals to the wider community. An enhanced DBS clearance is required. This role involves spoken communications, so a confident use of English language is required. Job Purpose The core focus of this job is to maximise the independence and safety of people of all ages with vision needs in North Yorkshire who have eligible social care needs. Operational Management Support vulnerable people of all ages with visual impairment who have been assessed as being in need by planning, implementing and reviewing rehabilitation programmes to meet the persons or carers preferred outcomes within specified resources or by enabling people to access universal community resources. Provide support, advice and training to people and carers, including: Enabling visually impaired people to maintain, acquire communication skills. Training visually impaired people in the use of orientation and mobility techniques and skills. How their needs could be partly or wholly met by access to universal and other non-care services. Promote awareness and understanding of vision loss and techniques to support individuals through training and equipment to meet individual needs. Undertake reviews of the rehabilitation programmes as required by the Team Manager. Assist with Safeguarding Adults Investigations, as delegated by the designated Safeguarding Manager and in line with procedures. Ensure value for money and maximise opportunities to generate income for adults with care and support needs. Involve advocacy services when appropriate. Maintain regular contact with adults and carers to monitor and respond to changes in their situations. Represent the Directorate in court proceedings and with other agencies as required. Assist in proactively working towards the increased uptake of direct payments and other service development initiatives including (but not limited to) reablement, personalisation, individual budgets, self-assessment and self-directed care. Communications Contribute to the development of communities to enable the empowerment of vulnerable people with vision needs. Liaising with local, universal and other services to promote vulnerable peoples access to them. Share best practice and learning with North Yorkshire Council staff and other professionals working with people with vision loss to promote awareness and understanding of vision loss and the impact on individuals. Communicate with adults with care and support needs and carers in an appropriate manner to enable effective written and oral communication in line with Directorate policies and procedures. Engage with a range of other agencies to maximise choice and resources. Facilitate 1:1 and group sessions with North Yorkshire Council staff and other professionals working with people with vision loss to promote awareness and understanding of vision loss and the impact on individuals. Resource Management Support the adult with care and support needs and carers to meet their assessed needs within the indicative budget and in a way which maximises resources, where this is not the case you will seek advice from the Team Manager. Systems and Information Maintain clear, concise and timely case records in line with the Directorate's policies. Assist in the collection of performance data using the appropriate IT systems.

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