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?

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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