TRAINING

It is important that our visitors are trained and we offer all new volunteers a two-hour session at a local venue.

In order to be of most help to your client you need to be aware of how sight loss affects their ability to do certain things for themselves. You learn how you can help them to remain independent in their own homes, not always necessarily by doing things for them, but by often by working out a way to help them to do it for themselves

During the training session we show you some of the many blind aids that are available to help our clients.

The training sessions are run by two Homecall co-ordinators, an SSD (Social Services Dept.) Officer for the Visually Impaired and a representative from East Sussex Fire Service.

The session is split into several short sections, covering the contents of our training manual, two short video excerpts showing how our service works, a talk by the SSD Officers on different types of blindness, a short session on sighted guiding and, over coffee and biscuits, a look at some of the blind aids.
The session closes with a short talk on Fire Safety in the home.

During the training session you will learn that we place a very high importance on both confidentiality and respecting the dignity of each client.  

 Training takes place at Fire Stations throughout the County, with sessions mainly held at:-

Pevensey Fire Station for the Eastbourne area.  MAP

Hastings Fire Station for the Hastings, Bexhill and Rother areas. MAP

Lewes or Uckfield Fire Station for the Lewes, Seaford and Wealden areas. MAP (Lewes)

MAP alternative Lewes
MAP (Uckfield)