Rehabilitation Officer VI

Location: Solihull
Salary: £22,580-£28,670 pro-rata per annum (depending on experience)

Hours: 30 per week 
Contract: Temporary until July 2023 

Closing Date:  Flexible 

Interview Date: TBC

Are you a qualified or newly qualified ROVI? We are seeking a dynamic individual to work within our Solihull sensory service.  You will be working closely with the Team Manager/Senior ROVI to provide rehabilitation support to clients across Solihull who have sight loss, a visual impairment or dual sensory loss.  You will have the opportunity to work for a charity and receive mentoring and professional development from our Senior ROVI with over 20 years’ experience.

Main accountabilities of the role are:

• Undertake assessments and support planning to assist service users to achieve independence through mobility training, rehabilitation, and equipment provision.
• Manage own case load and record accurate case notes and reporting.
• Provide professional advice and information to service users and signpost to other professionals and organisations.

To be successful you will need to have:

• Qualification in Rehabilitation Studies
• Demonstrate an understanding of working with people with sensory loss
• Excellent communication skills and of IT systems and processes

We offer a progression scheme that awards salary increases linked with experience and capabilities and a generous annual leave entitlement. 

We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace and we are committed to wellbeing, promoting hybrid working, an Employee Assistance Program, Health Cash Plan, Occupational Sick Pay scheme, and flexible TOIL scheme. We invest generously in training and development programs, providing sponsorship to pursue formal professional qualifications and the opportunity to learn and develop sign language skills.

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• Job description for Rehabilitation Officer -VI 

Please complete our online application form. Alternatively, you can download our application form in Microsoft Word and complete it before you send it to jobs@bid.org.uk

Deaf candidates may submit their application in a short video clip.

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