[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Ely County Council.

  • Isle of Ely (England). County Council. n 78027969.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Ely County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    56/64 (page 54)
    Provided that no person employed as a Home Teacher of the Blind, whether qualified or not, shall be employed in connexion with the discharge of the Council’s functions under this scheme without the consent of the Minister at any time when— (a) the number of persons employed as Home Teachers of the Blind (both qualified and unqualified) is less than one- hundredth of the number of persons whose names appear on the Register of the Blind and the Register of the Partially-Sighted (taken together); or (b) the number of persons so employed is less than one one-hundred-and-twentieth of the number of persons whose names appear on the said Registers, when added to the number of persons whose names appear on any other Registers maintained by the Council pursuant to scheme in force under Section 29 of the Act, being persons in relation to whom the persons so employed perform duties under the said schemes. (2) The duties of Welfare Officers shall be such as the Council may determine for the purpose of securing the general welfare of handicapped persons, but shall include the following duties, and the duties of Welfare Officers shall be distributed amongst them in such manner as the Council shall determine: — (a) to ascertain the existence of and the needs of handi- caped persons; (b) to visit handicapped persons in their homes, or else- where if necessary; (c) to instruct handicapped persons in methods of over- coming the effects of their disabilities; (d) to advise handicapped persons of any social, health or medical services or facilities, whether provided under any enact- ment or made available by any voluntary organisation, of which they appear to be in need and of which they wish to take advantage; (e) to give special attention to the needs of handicapped persons suffering from multiple disabilities, in consultation, where necessary, with any officers of the Council who may be specially concerned with any one of those disabilities; and (f) to organise social centres, classes and individual and other recreational facilities for handicapped persons, and to recruit voluntary workers to assist in the performance of this duty and to perform other duties in connection with the discharge of the Council’s functions under this scheme.