Age: 43
Job title: Early years inclusion officer
Employer: RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind)
Salary: 17,823-21,078 (SC6/SO1)
Location: Birmingham
Duties
The RNIB's Early Excellence Partnership Project for children (birth to five years) with visual impairment and their families is funded nationally through Sure Start and employs ten early years inclusion officers to work in four regions of the country. I, together with another inclusion officer, cover the whole of Birmingham.
The project, funded until 2006, aims to support both the existing provision for children with visual impairment and to identify and respond to future needs and priorities.
The main duties of the job are to work in partnership with other agencies, both statutory and voluntary, which support visually impaired children from birth to five years and to provide information and support to children, their families and carers.
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