Trainee Rehabilitation Support Worker

  • Rehabilitation tags

Closing date: Wednesday 16 February 2022
Location: Surrey
Hours: 15 hours per week
Salary: Starting salary £10.00 per hour (£7,800 p.a. FTE £18,720 p.a.) Following successful completion of training rising to £11.42 per hour
Contract: Part time

We are looking to recruit a trainee to join our already established Rehabilitation Support Worker team. The role will be to assist with the provision of proportionate assessments and rehabilitation for people with vision impairment or combined sight and hearing loss.

Sight for Surrey is a charity offering a lifetime of help and support to those living in Surrey who are blind, vision impaired, Deaf, hard of hearing or Deafblind.  Established in 1922, we are a countywide charity based in Fetcham, near Leatherhead.

The post holder will be organised with good time management skills and have the ability to follow processes and procedures.  They need to have the ability to relate to clients with empathy and understanding.  The hours will be worked flexibly to meet the needs of the role.

The post holder will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check, which we will arrange.  In view of our Social Care activities, our aim is to have a fully vaccinated workforce, and we encourage and support our workers to protect themselves with available vaccinations.

For further details of the role please see the job description. Full time annual leave entitlement is 28 days per annum.

Applicants will be reviewed on receipt.  The listing may be closed early if sufficient applications have been received.

For an informal discussion on this role contact Sue Fritsch (Operational Team Development Manager) on 01372 377701.

For an application pack for the above post, please contact Sandra Chenery by email: schenery@sightforsurrey.org.uk, Tel. 01372 869962.   Alternatively you may download the forms and job description from Sight for Surrey website.

Please send your completed application form, equal opportunities form and signed GDPR Privacy Notice to Sandra Chenery, email address as above or by post to Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey  KT22 9JX.

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