Are you passionate about ensuring children and young people have the skills they need to reach their full potential?  Do you thrive on working in a team that offer a holistic approach?  Would you like to work for a local Surrey charity that has the flexibility to work in a variety of different ways to meet the needs of children, young people who have vision impairment or multi-sensory impairment and their families? 

Sight for Surrey are looking for a qualified Habilitation Specialist to work within a multi-disciplinary team, alongside other qualified Habilitation Specialists.

Applicants are welcome from people holding Specialist Graduate Diploma in Habilitation (Children and Young People) or equivalent qualification.  However, we would also welcome applications from qualified Rehabilitation Workers who are interested in studying for the habilitation top-up qualification.

Applications will be reviewed on receipt.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 FTE

Hours: Full time/part time

Closing date: Monday 28 August

Interview date: TBA

For an application pack for the above post, please contact Sandra by email (workforus@sightforsurrey.org.uk) or phone 01372 869962.

Alternatively, you may download the forms and job description by clicking here.

About role

Do you want to be part of a new service that will improve mental health outcomes for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism? Do you enjoy working with children, young people and their parent carers? Do you want to support children, young people and their families to create a personalised plan that ensures services work in a joined-up way that works for them? If so, this may be the opportunity for you! 

The Keyworker team will work to ensure children and young people with the most complex needs, initially those at risk of admission or in hospital, receive appropriate personalised, integrated support. This might be supporting someone at a crisis point after they have attempted suicide or serious self-harm injuries. You will do this by:

• Building a trusting relationship with the young person and their family through regular and consistent communication,
• Understand the services involved in their care and where there may be gaps,
• Provide emotional and practical support with the aim of improving the outcomes for the individual,
• Attend meetings (CETRs, LAEPs and other relevant multi-disciplinary meetings) alongside or as a representative for the young person to champion their voice and their wishes,
• Working with the young person and family to create a personalised plan that takes their goals into account alongside a multiagency approach including: Health, Social Care and Education,
• To "step away" once the positive outcome has been achieved and the young person/family are confident to continue without support.

Read more here.

Salary: £32,798 - £35,419 per annum

Contract type: Fixed term

Hours: 36 hours per week

Location: Surreywide

Job description:

For an informal discussion please contact Charlie Sherlock – Keyworking Operational Lead - Charlie.Sherlock@surreycc.gov.uk