Sensory Rehabilitation Practitioner

We have an opportunity for a Permanent, Full Time Sensory Rehabilitation Practitioner within our Living and Ageing Well Service in Adult Social Care.

We are on an exciting and rapid improvement journey here in Adult Social Care at Southampton City Council. We are two years into our transformation programme and have far reaching and ambitious plans to build a sustainable service that supports our residents to live independent and fulfilling lives in communities that work together for the benefit of all.

We share the Vision, to enable us all 'to live in place we call home, with the people and things we love, in communities where we look out for each other, doing the things that matter to us.

The main purpose of the role is to deliver a sensory service within adult social care. You will gain experience in sensory needs assessments, provision of equipment, developing person centred care and support plans that promote independence, choice, and wellbeing and awareness of community resources.

You will work with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a high quality, responsive and professional social care sensory service leading to positive outcomes for adults with care and support needs.

The successful applicant must be:

• Innovative, creative and solution focused
• Enthusiastic about driving improvements and providing excellent social care
• Committed to personal development and sharing best practice.

We offer a robust supervision and appraisal framework within social care and opportunities for training and development. You will need effective interpersonal skills and to show skills to support a flexible and positive approach ensure people have the tools, support and opportunities they need to live life independently.

Main duties, tasks and skills required:

• To participate in the effective delivery of adult social care sensory services in line with statutory responsibility and the principles of best value
• To work with people who have significant sensory loss, and their carers who require adult social care intervention, having conversations about what matters most to them to complete strengths based assessments promoting independence, health, and wellbeing.
• To create and review outcome focused plans, negotiate for and coordinate resources to meet needs.
• To prevent harm and manage risk to adults in need of care and support in line with the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal by keeping the person at the centre of any planning and promoting positive risk taking.
• To help people build resilience and achieve outcomes that are important to them by ensuring that they receive accurate information and advice and guidance and connecting them to wider networks of opportunity and support

What we can offer you:

Salary: The salary band for this role is £37,280 - £40,778. The starting salary is £37,280 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 16.8% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Generous holiday 25-31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Contact details for informal discussion:

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Marina Wilson, Senior Practitioner: ,

For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council

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