Enhancing Vision Rehabilitation Services in Wales
Explore the crucial role of Rehabilitation Officers for Vision Impairment in promoting independence, reducing risks, and reteaching lost skills through effective partnerships. Discover real-life examples, challenges faced, and ongoing efforts to address concerns and improve access to services in Wales.
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What does a rehabilitation Officer Vision Impairment do? Give an example of how effective partnerships can achieve rehab outcomes Highlight concerns and update what we are doing to address them
What does a rehabilitation officer do? Work with individuals, family members friends, Carers and other professionals to: Promote independence Increase confidence Reduce risk of injury Reteach lost skills
An example of how we can work in partnership to achieve rehabilitation outcomes. Steve s story Unable to access text Unable to use phone effectively Afraid to go out alone Had become isolated
What we did Referral into low vision service Training using iPhone Orientation and mobility training Referral to Cardiff Institute for the Blind
Issues and concerns 107,000 people with sightloss 38 full time posts across 22 regions People waiting for over 12 months to see a rehabilitation worker Number of ROVI s set to retire People are falling through net People getting screened out of rehabilitation assessments or being assessed by unqualified staff
Asks: What WROF and our partners are doing to resolve these concerns Raise awareness of the role of the rehabilitation officer within health, Social care and the general public Establish plans for future workforce development and encourage people into the profession Feeding into the eye care delivery plan and the state of the nation report for (RE)habilitation to try and accurately map out services
Continued Need to work with LA s and LHB to develop clear referral routes into rehabilitation/early intervention and preventative services where this is not already happening. Registration to ensure the workforce is meeting set standards and challenge LA s who are not meeting them. Ensure all people who have a vision impairment have timely access to rehabilitation services no matter where they live in Wales, avoiding a post code lottery (best practice suggests 1:70,000 of the population)
Thank you Contact: Ian Moran, Chair, The Welsh Rehabilitation Officers Forum Ian.moran@rctcbc.gov.uk
