Rehabilitation workers work for social services and local voluntary societies for people with serious sight problems. Increasingly, rehabilitation workers are involved in low vision services. One of the main schools for rehabilitation studies is UCE and RNIB is a major employer of rehabilitation workers as well as a provider of rehabilitation services to a number of Social Services departments nationally. Social workers Social workers assess an individuals care needs and can provide home based support services to people with low vision. Social workers are generally employed by local authority social services but not all these have a dedicated social worker for people with serious sight problems.
Some social workers work in local voluntary organisations and hospitals.
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