Introduction

Young people have many challenges in life, adding a visual impairment can often stop them living to their full potential. Our aim is to support children and young people to grow up and live independently. Your role will be to help us achieve this and work with young people and their families to provide support and services that reach these goals. The work will be challenging, but equally rewarding.

We provide a range of services across Oxfordshire including:

• Information & Advice
• Equipment Provision
• Technology Training
• Befriending and Counselling
• Clubs, Groups, and Sporting Activities
• Children’s events
• And much more

You can find out more about our work and services at our website: www.MyVision.org.uk

Job Title: Children and Young People’s (CYP) Coordinator

Hours: 14 hours per week (Can be worked flexibly over the week or two full days)

Salary: £11,200 (£28,000 Full Time Equivalent) per year

Annual Leave: 10 days (25 days FTE) a year, plus bank holidays

Contract Type: Permanent (6-month probationary period)

Reporting to: Community Engagement Lead

Start date: As soon as possible

Base: Office/home-based with frequent travel across Oxfordshire.

Closing Date: 12noonMonday 20^th January 2025

Interview Date: Monday 27^th January 2025 (in person at Bradbury Lodge)

Job Purpose:

To support visually impaired children and young people to live to their full potential, providing activities, sports sessions, confidence building and much more. You’ll be building relationships with children, young people, and their families to support them through their sight loss journey.

Duties: 

• Regular contact with children, young people and their families to support their needs
• Organise and run regular activities and events across Oxfordshire aimed at children and young people with a visual impairment
• Work with partner organisations to support children and young people to reach their full potential
• Support patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital during their visit to the paediatric low vision clinics
• Provide regular e-news updates aimed at children, young people and their families
• Develop the service based on feedback from children, young people, families and partner organisations

Other duties:

• Keep accurate records and provide reports when needed
• Attend and contribute to team meetings
• Attend relevant training and networking events
• Be an ambassador for MyVision and help us to reach out, grow and continue to support visually impaired people across Oxfordshire
• Other reasonable duties set out by your line manager and Chief Executive
• There may, on occasion, be a need to work outside normal hours e.g., weekends and evenings

Breakdown of duties

This is a rough guide to your duties; flexibility will be required.

Person Specification

NOTE: We expect candidates to evidence how they meet the criteria in their covering letter. This can be through work, volunteering, and your personal life.

Essential skills, experience, and knowledge:

1. Experience of working with children and/or young people
2. Experience of organising events and activities
3. Knowledge of good safeguarding practice
4. Strong administration and organisational skills

Desirable:

1. Lived or learned experience of visual impairment or other disabilities
2. Experience of working with disabled children

Personal Qualities

1. The ability to work under own initiative
2. Good communicator
3. Creative thinker and problem solving
4. A supportive team player

This role may suit someone who has worked or volunteered in an education or youth work setting. It may suit a parent/guardian or carer of a child or young person who has a visual impairment, or a person who has lived experience of sight loss. We also recognise that many skills are transferrable, we’d be open to applications from people from many different backgrounds.

Safeguarding

MyVision is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. You can find our safeguarding policy here – Safeguarding Policy. This role is subject to a DBS check and two references.

Equal Opportunities and Disability

MyVision is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader. If you have any concerns about the role or the application process that may relate to your disability or health condition, please do contact us. We are also a Youth Friendly Employer and signed up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment.

MyVision has a strong commitment to employing staff and volunteers with lived experience of sight loss, you can find out more here: MyVision Oxfordshire Commitment to Lived Experience.

Access to Work

Support can be provided through Access to Work if you have a disability or long-term health condition. This can be equipment, travel to work, or travel within work. You can find out more about Access to Work here: Access to Work.

How to apply

Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV, including two references and a covering letter (no more than 500 words) evidencing how your skills and experiences meet the persons specifications and job role. You may use evidence from work, volunteering, and your personal life. Please use no more than 500 words. You can send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@MyVision.org.uk. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

The closing date is:  12noon Monday 20^th January 2025