# Specialist Sensory Worker

**Company**: Brent Council
**Location**: London Borough of Brent, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 43,449 - 46,161 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Specialist Sensory Worker to champion the voices of adults living with sensory loss, including those with sight loss, hearing loss, and dual sensory loss.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and strengthening relationships with people with sensory loss, their families, carers, community groups, and partner organisations.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and facilitating service user involvement, consultation, or coproduction activities

- Ensuring the experiences, views, and needs of people with sensory loss are heard, valued, and reflected in the development, delivery, and improvement of Adult Social Care services

- Building trust, encouraging involvement, and ensuring that people with sensory loss have a meaningful influence over the services that affect their lives

- Working collaboratively with colleagues, the Coproduction Coordinator, and external partners

Requirements:

- Experience of leading or facilitating service user involvement, consultation, or coproduction activities

- Knowledge of best practice in service user participation, engagement, and empowerment

- Experience of developing new initiatives, improving services, and delivering positive outcomes

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver projects effectively

Benefits of working with Brent Council include:

- 27 days' annual leave, rising with length of service, plus bank holidays

- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions

- Hybrid and flexible working options available for most roles

- Supportive family-friendly policies, including carers' leave, paternity leave, and compassionate leave for eligible employees

- Health and wellbeing support, including eye test support and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Salary: £43,449 to £46,161 per year

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## Skills

### Required
- service user involvement
- consultation
- coproduction
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- organisational skills

### Nice to have
- sensory loss experience

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