Trainee Habilitation Specialist

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.

Requirements:  

·       A 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.