Job Description

CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY
Location: 1801 Valley View Lane Farmers Branch, TX - serving Dallas County
Schedule: Contract, flexible hours based on client needs.
Compensation: Competitive/contract rate

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Orientation and Mobility Specialist (O&M) to join our team on a contract basis. In this role, you are responsible for assisting blind and visually impaired clients to achieve personal adjustment and maximum independence through orientation and mobility training and techniques that aid in daily living skills. Interviews clients, conducts assessments, provides instruction and/or training, and evaluates progress to determine present, and required or desired orientation and mobility goals.

• Conduct orientation and mobility assessment process with client that focuses on both short-term and long-term needs of the client. Includes the needs and strengths of the client and an estimate of the length and frequency of service necessary to meet identified needs and goals.
• Prepare sequential and meaningful instruction geared to the client’s assessed needs, IEP goals and objectives, functioning level, and motivational level to include all of part of the following:
  • Perform intake assessment
  • Patient evaluation report
  • Physical conditioning
  • Sighted guide technique
  • Pre-cane skills
  • Orientation skills
  • Functional vision skills
  • Bioptic training
• Prepare and use equipment and materials for the development of orientation and mobility skills, e.g., tactual maps, models, distance low vision aids, and long canes.
• Confer regularly with family members, parents, teachers, and/or other special education personnel to assist in work, home and classroom environmental modifications, adaptations, and considerations and to ensure reinforcement of appropriate orientation and mobility skills that will encourage the client with a visual impairment to travel independently in these settings.
• Provide orientation and mobility instruction, to include but not limited to, body imagery, sensory awareness, spatial concepts, compass direction concepts, basic protective and information gathering techniques, map skills, and cane skills.
• Instruct clients/students with visual impairments in the development of skills and knowledge that enable them to travel independently, to the highest degree possible, in accordance with the clients’ assessed needs and goals and the client’s IFSP/IEP/ITP. 
• Teach clients/students to travel with proficiency, safety, and confidence in familiar and unfamiliar environments.
• Transport clients/students to various community locations as necessary or requested to provide meaningful instruction in realistic learning environments, which could include:
  • To and from residence to work and back home
  • To community resources/locations
  • Home adaptation needs
• Knowledge of Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) requirements around services and documentation will be kept up to date and documentation will be maintained per TWC guidelines.
• Maintain awareness of current practices in the field through review of literature, attendance at conferences, continuing education requirements for certification, etc.
• Be able to travel to areas in North Texas to perform duties around orientation and mobility training.
• Flexibility to perform other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with graduate training in Orientation and Mobility required.

  
Experience: Minimum of 1-3 years of previous experience in orientation and mobility training required.

 
Knowledge/Skills:

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience working with all disabled populations.
• Knowledge of or experience in working with low vision aids and appliances.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills necessary to provide close support and consultation.
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail; job requires prioritizing tasks and working independently.
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work flexible schedule as necessary, and travel in-state as required for job.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) certified by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP) required.
• Current Certified Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment in Texas (CVTI) certification preferred.
• Current CPR/First Aid certification required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Total Number of Employees Directly Supervising: 0

Number of Subordinate Supervisors Reporting to Position: 0

VISION REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

Can be performed with or without assistive technology:

___ Required to perform activities such as: preparing/analyzing data/figures; viewing a computer screen; reading; inspecting small objects for defects; using measuring devices; and/or assembling parts with close eye contact.

___ Required to perform activities such as: operating machinery and/or power tools at or within arm’s reach; performing non-repetitive tasks such as carpentry work or repairing machinery.

X Required to review/inspect own assigned work, the work of others, or facilities or structures.

Requires normal (or corrected to normal) vision/acuity:

___ Required to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment such as forklifts.

COMMENTS

Envision, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Envision, Inc. employs and advances in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and does not discriminate on the basis of disability or veteran status in its hiring or employment practices. 

Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of a position. 

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