Trainee Habilitation Specialist
Salary: £25,000 per annum (pay will increase following successful completion of the first year, and post qualification, then annually with experience in line with continual professional development up to £36,000)
Full-time: 36 hours per week
Work Mileage paid at 45p per mile.
This is a brilliant opportunity for an outstanding graduate with a passion for working with children and young people. This is a trainee post and the training programme takes 2 years including on the job training and a graduate diploma (which we pay for). At the end of the 2-year programme, and on successful qualification, you will then be employed as a qualified Habilitation Specialist.
We are recruiting for a trainee Habilitation Specialist who will work within the Children & Young People’s team while undertaking the Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight Graduate Diploma at University College London.
The role of the Habilitation Specialist is to teach concepts that most children learn through sight. Habilitation Specialists support children and young people to develop strategies to excel in life without vision, or with reduced vision, developing independence, mobility, and daily living skills.
For further details of the role, please see the job description below.
Requirements:
- Degree or a minimum qualification equivalent to QCF Level 4
- A passion for working with children and young people
- Experience working or volunteering with children and young people
- The ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team
- The ability to work independently and to manage your own workload
- Highly motivated to make a difference to children with a vision impairment and those with a multi sensory impairment
- A commitment to the social model of disability
The post will begin in August 2025.
The post is dependent on successful admission onto the University City London Habilitation Specialist Course beginning autumn 2025. The successful candidate will be required to apply for a place on the course once they have their job offer, and by the end of July 2025.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required.
Closing date: 13th June 2025 at 12 noon
Interview date: To be confirmed – please apply as soon as possible as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
For an application pack for the above post, please contact Sophia Eyre by email: seyre@sightforsurrey.org.uk, Tel. 01372 377701.
Alternatively, you may download the forms and job description below:
CYPs Trainee Habilitation Specialist -2025 – Job profile
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form – Role
GDPR Privacy Notice for Job Applicants V002
Please send your completed application form, equal opportunities form and signed GDPR Privacy Notice to Sophia Eyre, email address as above or by post to Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey KT22 9JX.
Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is an equal opportunities employer and accredited as Disability Confident.
Website: www.sightforsurrey.org.uk
Registered Charity No: 1121949, Company No: 06309405
