Rehabilitation Specialist

About the role

The Family Support Division (FSD), Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB) is seeking a full‑time Rehabilitation Specialist, Teacher for the Blind based at the Jackson County/Kansas City RSB Office, 615 E 13th St, 4th Floor, Kansas City, MO.

Responsibilities

• Makes assessments of the impact the loss of vision has on blinded persons, assesses needs of the client and takes steps to assist in compensating for the loss of vision.
• Provides counseling services to individual clients as necessary to help in realistically accepting the loss of vision and to assist the client in remaining a contributing member of the family and community.
• Participates with a rehabilitation counselor and mobility specialist as a member of the rehabilitation team to provide comprehensive services to clients.
• Provides direct teaching services to blind and visually impaired persons in their own homes.
• Interprets services available to blind and visually impaired persons and determines what services are needed and desired.
• Teaches skills necessary for daily living and homemaking activities.
• Teaches braille, typing, and other communication skills as needed.
• Gives limited travel instruction, with both sighted guide and cane, about the client's home and immediate surroundings.
• Teaches handicrafts for therapeutic purposes.
• Assists blind and visually