Key information:

This position is for individuals who are qualified as a Habilitation Specialist or hold one of the following and demonstrate the motivation and willingness to study for the BSc Hons Top-up Degree Habilitation Studies (BCU) or equivalent:

• Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Work (Visual Impairment)
• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment)
• Both Mobility Officer and Technical Officer Certificates
• Diploma in Higher Education in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment)

We welcome applications from across the UK. Please specify your preferred location in the ‘any additional information’ section of the application form.

This is not a Trainee opportunity.

Starting salary: £33,129 to £37,269 per annum, + £4,200 London Weighting for London based roles

Potential salary progression: up to £49,694 + £4,200 London Weighting for London based roles

The Habilitation Specialist helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by delivering specialist services that enable blind and partially-sighted children and young people to become more mobile and independent.

Our core hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Rehabilitation Officer Diploma / Certificate with relevant Children & Young People experience
• Experience of teaching mobility and independence skills to children and young people with a visual impairment in home, school and community settings
• Knowledge of range of resources available to Children & Young People with visual impairment.
• Can evidence the ability to work safely with children and young people.

Desirable

• Advanced Certificate in Education – Working with Children with Visual Impairment
• Qualified teacher of visual impairment with a recognised mobility qualification.
• Experience of training or making presentations to groups

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01189838837 or peopleservicecentre@guidedogs.org.uk.

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Recruitment Team on 01189838837 or peopleservicecentre@guidedogs.org.uk if you require any support with your application.