Rehabilitation Blind Sp

Department of Rehabilitation Services

Job Type: Full time.

Employment Type:

Regular.

• Level I (Pay Band J) $4,108.104 Monthly $49,297.25 Annual.
• Level II (Pay Band K) $4,382.494 Monthly $52,589.93 Annual.
• Level III (Pay Band L) $5,066.347 Monthly $60,796.16 Annual.
• Level IV (Pay Band M) $5,725.15 Monthly $68,701.80 Annual.

Location:

Weatherford, OK (SBVI
69).

• Provides counseling and individualized instruction to persons who are blind or severely visually impaired who may have multiple secondary disabilities and their families to facilitate solutions to the problems created by blindness through reinforcing the client’s strengths and minimizing weaknesses to develop necessary self confidence.
• Interprets and analyzes consumers physical or mental condition, social and economic situation, attitudes and aptitudes, job readiness, educational background, and personality traits to determine the extent of disability and potential for independent living and employment.
• Consults with physicians and other medical and rehabilitation personnel to obtain information to aid in the determination of eligibility for rehabilitation services.
• Develops an individualized rehabilitation/independent living plan with consumer; plans, arranges, and provides specialized services; authorizes and monitors the expenditures of funds.
• Provides individual instruction to persons who are blind or severely visually impaired who may have multiple disabilities in developing orientation and mobility skills within different environments.
• Provides instruction in orientation self protection techniques and management of dangerous situations; in long cane skills, in sighted guide techniques; sun wear and low vision aids; and mobility devices; in the use and access to public transportation systems; routes to schools, universities, or new job sites; prepares individuals to attend dog guide school and provides follow-up.
• Educates and trains civic groups, rehabilitation professionals and other outside entities on the needs of the blind or visually impaired; develops community resources.
• Consults with other consumers, interdisciplinary team members, and rehabilitation professionals for the purpose of developing a collaborative rehabilitation plan.
• Conducts assessments and determines eligibility for services; documents consumers’ progress in achieving planned objectives; manages a caseload and maintains records in accordance with agency standards.
• Provides instruction in specialized techniques of communication, (such as Braille reading and writing, script writing, accessing information through electronic devices, and the use of low vision aids), personal management (including medical management, personal grooming, time keeping, and money management), home management (housekeeping, home safety, home care, and home mechanics), activities of daily living (food preparation, labeling, personal organization, safety precautions, sighted guide, and locating dropped objects), and leisure time activities (crafts and hobbies, game modification, and leisure and sports activities).

• Level I:
  Education – Bachelor’s degree in orientation and mobility, rehabilitation teaching or a bachelor’s degree and one year of experience in a disability related field. All applicants must have proficiency in Uncontracted Unified English Braille as demonstrated by the successful completion of a competency test administered by the Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Division of the Department of Rehabilitation Services.
• Level II:
  Education – Bachelor’s degree in orientation and mobility, rehabilitation teaching plus two years of experience in rehabilitation teaching or orientation…