Vision Rehabilitation Specialist

Role Description

Join our Team as Qualified Vision Rehabilitation Professional

• Location
  :
  See Ability Homes (Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Devon, Bristol)
• Salary
  : £35,000 per annum plus See Ability benefits (paid travel and vision rehabilitation professionals network fees)
• Hours
  :
  Full Time (37.5 hours – Monday to Friday)
• Contract
  :
  Permanent
• Essential
  :
  Full Driving Licence holder with own vehicle

We are looking for a Qualified Vision Rehabilitation Professional to join our award‑winning eye care and vision team at See Ability, working with people with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs, many of whom have sight loss. You will work as part of our vision rehabilitation team across See Ability's residential and support living environments to provide assessment, rehabilitation and habilitation intervention to increase independence, choice and control for the people See Ability support.

You will also provide training to See Ability's wider support teams to empower them to understand and support visual needs for the people we support on a daily basis.

• A Foundation Degree/Diploma in Higher Education in Vision Rehabilitation Studies or equivalent.
• A full valid driving licence and own vehicle.
• Experience of working with people with a learning disability, autism is desirable but not essential.

You will have excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and an ability to work proactively and autonomously as part of a team that works to ensure that everyone we support at See Ability has their eye and vision needs optimally understood and met.

Since we began as the Royal School for the Blind in 1799, See Ability has held a unique role. We are the only charity in the UK — and possibly globally — that focuses on the strong link between sight loss and learning disability.

Our research shows that people with a learning disability are ten times more likely to experience sight loss. This makes eye care a priority for us.

If you’re looking for a role where you don’t just work — you thrive, hit that apply button and let’s make a difference together.

• Paid membership to the Rehabilitation Workers Professional Network (RWPN)
• Annual excellence awards
• Long‑service awards every 5 years and recognition

• NO weekends plus working from home during school holidays and outside school hours
• 33 days holiday (pro‑rata, incl. bank holidays), increasing to 41 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
• Life events:
  Time off when you need it most
• 2 weeks organisational sick pay after 6 months service, increasing to 12 weeks over your first 3 years
• Enhanced family‑friendly pay
• Paid fertility leave
• Carers leave available

• £500 monthly bonus scheme for two lucky colleagues
• Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities
• Access to Tickets for Good
• Employer contributory pension scheme:
  Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future
• Refer a friend and receive £600
• Paid DBS and renewals
• Advance pay scheme and high‑interest saving scheme through Wage Stream App for all our colleagues

• Cycle to Work scheme
• Life assurance of 2× annual salary
• Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Free eye test
• Discounted gym membership
• Dedicated in‑house wellbeing coach for your team

See Ability is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. We expect all staff to uphold this commitment and have a strong understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding.

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, we require the following checks for all successful applicants:

• A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
• Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
• Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
• References will be obtained to ensure…