DeafBlind Rehabilitation Specialist

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Regular Full-Time Professional Minneapolis, MN, US

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Are you ready to make a difference in your community? Do YOU want to work on a team that is committed to empowering individuals? At Helen Keller Services, our employees work in an environment that is more than just a workplace, it’s a community.

Since 1967, Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) has been committed to improving the lives of individuals who are Deaf Blind or have a combined hearing and vision loss. HKNC is dedicated to working with each person to achieve their desired goals towards independence, employment, and quality of life, based on their talents, preferences and aspirations. We currently have an exciting career opportunity available to join the HKNC team as a Deaf Blind Rehabilitation Specialist in our North Central Region.

Candidate must reside within Region 5 in one of the following states:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, or Wisconsin

Pay Range: $70-80k annually.

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide direct vocational rehabilitation, employment readiness, job development, job placement, job coaching, independent living, low vision, and assistive technology services across North Central Region 5 in accordance with HKNC and applicable service agreements.
• Deliver one-on-one and group services in home, community, work-site, training, or virtual settings based on consumer goals, communication preferences, accessibility needs, and service appropriateness.
• Support consumers with complex medical needs, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or co-occurring disabilities by adapting instruction, coordinating with families, caregivers, medical providers, and interdisciplinary support teams, and ensuring services are responsive to individual abilities, safety considerations, communication preferences, and support needs.
• Collaborate with Vocational Rehabilitation, community rehabilitation programs, Centers for Independent Living, schools, employers, Deaf Blind projects, families, and other partners to support Individualized Plans for Employment, transition planning, referrals, and community-based services.
• Provide instruction in independent living skills, IADLs, home and community safety, braille, tactile literacy, keyboarding, mobile device accessibility, screen reader use, low vision devices, environmental modifications, assistive technology, self-advocacy, and related casework as needed.
• Conduct functional vision, independent living, vocational, and environmental assessments within the scope of CVRT practice to identify strengths, barriers, accessibility needs, communication preferences, training goals, and recommended strategies.
• Develop and implement individualized training plans that integrate employment goals, independent living skills, low vision strategies, adaptive techniques, assistive technology, workplace accommodations, and community supports.
• Train consumers in the effective use of low vision devices, lighting, contrast, magnification, labeling, organization systems, braille and tactile tools, accessible mobile technology, screen readers, and adaptive tools for home, work, community, and virtual environments.
• Support measurable progress toward employment readiness, work experience, job placement, job retention, accommodations, independent living, and low vision training goals.
• Maintain accurate and timely case notes, assessments, training plans, service summaries, follow-up reports, progress updates, barriers, and next steps in accordance with HKNC standards and applicable requirements
• Provide outreach, consultation, mentoring, and technical assistance to strengthen regional capacity related to Deaf Blindness, vocational access, independent living, low vision strategies, assistive technology, workplace accommodations, transition services, and HKNC programs.
• Coordinate with HKNC programs, State Deaf Blind Projects, VR partners, employers, and home teams to support referrals, transition planning, follow-up recommendations, work experiences, the HKNC National Registry, and regional best practices.
• Participate in continuing education and remain current on Deaf Blindness, low vision, employment, independent living, rehabilitation, accessibility,…