Services Specialist for the Blind 2/Generalist

Duties

• Provide individualized, nonvisual instruction to adults in all center classes.
• Provide instruction to several students in a small group format.
• Aid Home Management Instructor in teaching skills of daily living, organizing training area, obtaining groceries.
• Substitute for other class areas as needed.
• Assist training center students in evenings and some weekends on the IDB premises.
• Assist students in preparing meals, learning non-visual techniques for cooking, cleaning, and organizing.
• Aid new students in grocery shopping, learning to travel to and from the center, to the bank, post office, and various daily living errands that arise.
• Serve as point person during some evenings and weekends for any student needs that may come up.
• Meet with Center Director and student for meetings and check-ins.
• Write service verified case notes for delivery of these services each month for RSA reporting purposes.
• Demonstrate and promote a positive attitude toward blindness amongst center students.
• Evaluate student progress, set goals, and write progress reports within the case management system.
• Plan and participate fully in all center activities; some weekend student activities required.
• Purchase and maintain classroom supplies.

Qualifications

Thorough knowledge and understanding of the agency's philosophy of blindness and the ability to implement this philosophy in work duties.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: Enjoy vacation with accruals that rollover on a yearly basis, sick leave with no limits on accrual and 9 paid holidays per year.
• Great Benefits: Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options.
• Retail Plan: IPERS Retirement package and an option for a deferred compensation plan.
• Flexibility: Flexible Spending Accounts (medical and dependent care).
• Life Insurance: Free Life Insurance.
• Support: Employee Assistance Programs and Employee Discount Programs.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university and experience equal to one year of full-time professional or paraprofessional work in human service fields such as: social services; nursing; personnel; vocational rehabilitation; education; psychology; or intangible sales, interviewing, recruiting, and promotion; recreation, public information, volunteer service for public or private organizations, fund raising, or ministry in a recognized faith or denomination; OR graduation from an accredited college university with a major emphasis in library science or liberal arts and at least one year of library work experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting the equivalent of one year of full-time work experience (as listed above) for each year of the required education to a maximum substitution of four years.