Sight Loss Awareness Training
Our Sight Loss Awareness Training sessions provide professionals with an understanding of sight loss and how it impacts on clients they may encounter
There are currently 111,000 people in Wales living with sight loss, but that number is set to double over the next 25 years. This training session will equip your staff with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to ensure you can meet the challenges of this growing population. The course will also build confidence and help remove the initial fear in dealing with people who have a visual impairment.
We offer two training programmes. The first would be suitable for all staff to develop an understanding of sight loss and the needs of clients with a visual impairment. The second one is geared towards those who would work directly with blind and partially sighted clients.
Sight Loss Awareness Training: 2-hour online introduction to Sight Loss.
Course Content:
- Give you a greater understanding of the issues and challenges faced by people with sight loss
- Give you an overview of common eye conditions
- Help you to provide appropriate support for people with sight loss
- Help you to communicate appropriately with people sight loss
- Help you to promote the independence, safety, and wellbeing of people with sight loss
- Explore what support is available to people with sight loss
- Explain your legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
- Question and answer session and signposting.
Cost £250 per session.
Duration: 2 Hours – Online delivery. (Delivery could also take place at your office/place of work or at our offices in Jones Court, Cardiff)
Maximum Number of Participants per session: 10
Sight loss awareness Training (half day)
This half day course is designed to provide a wider insight and understanding of Sight Loss and includes practical sessions on directly interacting and assisting with people with a visual impairment. This would be ideal for all your staff who were dealing directly with clients who were blind and partially sighted.
Course content:
- Who Sight Life are and how we help the sight loss community, your clients, staff, and your partners.
- Why you need to be aware of Sight Loss
- Common eye conditions and the registration process
- Practical sessions exploring eye conditions
- Communication
- Canes and aids / Guide Dogs
- How technology can help directly or with wider communication – including demonstrations
- Guiding, meeting, and assisting – a practical session
- Your everyday practice – how you can help
- Question and answer session
Cost £500
Duration Half Day.
Delivery at Sight Life’s Offices in Jones Court or at a mutually agreed venue.
Maximum of 10 people per session.
We would be open to discussion regarding your training requirements and can offer a more bespoke programme to better suit your needs. Please contact us to discuss your training requirements.
