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Job | Full Time

S1326 - Hearing Aid Liaison Officer

RNID

Other
£21,000 per annum
35.00
Action on Hearing Loss Northern Ireland represents around 300,000 deaf people, people with hearing loss and people with tinnitus in Northern Ireland.

We provide a huge range of support services across Northern Ireland including hearing aid support, befriending, employment advice, training in deaf awareness, communication support such as interpreters, information, equipment and support for people with tinnitus.

We also run Ireland’s only specialist care home for deaf people with additional needs, which has a community outreach service to enable people to live independently.

We work with organisations to help them become accessible to deaf customers, staff and service users. We raise funds through a range of community events and by working in partnership.

As well as all of this, we are a tireless advocate for change, working to raise awareness of hearing loss and its impacts, and campaigning for an inclusive and equal society. Our office at Harvester House, 4 – 8 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8GA houses the NI Head Office but we have staff based in other locations across Northern Ireland.

Our Hearing Aid User Support Service works throughout Northern Ireland to ensure that people who are deaf and hard of hearing receive the support and information needed to lead quality lives. This is through practical hearing aid support and in the delivery of information.

You’ll assist us to attract, train and support volunteers who will work alongside you in the development and delivery of the HAUSS project in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area.

Friendly, approachable and with excellent organisational skills, you’ll be able to bring a knowledge of best practice in volunteer policies and procedures as well as experience of working directly with volunteers.  You’ll need access to your own transport to be able to carry out duties of the job.

If, having read the information pack you would like any further information in relation to the post or to have an informal discussion about this opportunity either by telephone at 028 9023 9619 or by email [email protected]

Please note, this role will be either 2 part time 18 hours per week posts or 1 full time 35 hours per week post.

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed

This post is also subject to an Enhanced Access NI clearance.

Closing Date

Thursday / 28 February 2019
11:59pm

Contact Details

Lynda Gould

Health & Social Care Manager

Avondale Drive
Ballyclare
BT39 9EB
United Kingdom

More Information

To apply for this role, please apply online via our website by submitting your CV & Supporting Statement.