Visual Impairment Service Information
Case reference FOI2022/01091
Published 8 August 2022
Request
Q1. Do you offer an in-house visual impairment service? If so, please describe what kind of service is provided? (For example, is visual impairment rehabilitation provided? Community mobility training?)
Q2. Do you provide equipment?
Q3. Do your Visual Impairment officers apply for grants for equipment?
Q4. If provision is outsourced - who provides this service?
Q5. How many visual impairment officers do you currently have (including senior &/or junior)?
Q6. What is the number of referrals that the service receives per financial year?
Q7. What is the current waiting time for an initial assessment?
Q8. What are the current salary scales for a junior Visual Impairment Officer?
Q9. What are the current salary scales for a senior Visual Impairment Officer?
Response
Q1. Do you offer an in-house visual impairment service? If so, please describe what kind of service is provided? (For example, is visual impairment rehabilitation provided? Community mobility training?)
No, we do not offer an in-house visual impairment service.
Q2. Do you provide equipment?
Not in-house, our out sourced service does provide equipment.
Q3. Do your Visual Impairment officers apply for grants for equipment?
N / A
Q4. If provision is outsourced - who provides this service?
Vision Links, Hereford
Q5. How many visual impairment officers do you currently have (including senior &/or junior)?
Herefordshire Council does not employ any Visual Impairment Officers.
Q6. What is the number of referrals that the service receives per financial year?
The service receives an average 120 to 150 referrals a year.
Q7. What is the current waiting time for an initial assessment?
2 weeks on average.
Q8. What are the current salary scales for a junior Visual Impairment Officer?
Herefordshire Council does not employ any Visual Impairment Officers. As such, this information is not held.
Q9. What are the current salary scales for a senior Visual Impairment Officer?
Herefordshire Council does not employ any Visual Impairment Officers. As such, this information is not held.
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