Eikholt is looking for a counsellor/senior counsellor vision and mobility

Do you want to help develop a unique rehabilitation programme for people with combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness? And do you find collaboration with other professional groups inspiring?

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We are looking for an employee who enjoys working with people and who can contribute to the professional work related to our rehabilitation/adaptation courses in vision and mobility.

We are looking for a professional who wants to work innovatively with professional and service development and close user contact. Perhaps you also have interests and hobbies that can be utilised in our courses? A desire to work interdisciplinary is a given in this position. 

Work tasks:

  • Development and implementation of customisation courses, individually and in groups
  •  Training and follow-up of our users in braille, mobility and the use of visual aids
  • Mapping of rehabilitation needs
  • Training programmes for professionals and teaching at colleges and universities
  • Counselling for children, young people and adults 
  • Collaboration with specialised environments nationally and internationally
  • Project work and other professional development work
  • Documentation and publication of knowledge

Some travelling must be expected

Qualifications:

  • Vision educator or other relevant education within vision
  • Additional education/specialisation in the field of mobility is desirable
  • Experience from vision assessment, rehabilitation and educational work
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Experience from development and project work
  • Sign language skills are desirable, but not a requirement

We emphasise:

  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams
  • Flexibility and solution focus
  • Personal suitability

We can offer:

  • Challenging and exciting interdisciplinary tasks
  • A highly skilled professional environment with high job satisfaction and motivation
  • Participation in national and international professional environments
  • Good professional development opportunities
  • Training in different forms of communication
  • Good pension and insurance schemes in KLP
  • Salary according to agreement

Do you find this exciting and want to hear more about the position and our business? Please contact Head of Courses Hilde Melvold Osen on Mobile: +47 971 89 673 or email: hilde.melvold.osen@eikholt.no

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