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Illinois Department of Human Services Rehabilitation Mobility Instructor in Jacksonville, Illinois
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12393104
Agency:Department of Human Service
Location: Jacksonville, IL, US, 62650
Opening Date: 12/05/2024
Closing Date: 12/20/2024
Salary:Anticipated Salary \$6,005-\$8,678/month (\$72,060-\$104,136/year)
County:Morgan
Number of Vacancies: 1
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Posting Identification Number: 43100
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Position Overview
The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired is seeking to hire a Rehab/Mobility Instructor who provides professional instruction and counseling to persons who are blind, visually impaired and deaf/blind. This position conducts ongoing evaluations of assigned students; prepares orientation and mobility component for the Individualized Educational Programs with assistance of parents, local education agency representatives and other school staff so as to include present levels of performance, long range goals, short term objectives and related services; serves as designated lead worker to lower level staff; develops and continues to evaluate the sequential instructional curriculum for orientation and mobility to meet the needs of all students on campus; maintains and provides written reports of student progress and supervises the use and care of equipment and supplies.
Essential Functions
- Provides professional instruction and counseling to persons who are blind, visually impaired and deaf/blind.
- Conducts ongoing evaluations of assigned students.
- Serves as designated lead worker to lower-level staff.
- Develops and continues to evaluate the sequential instructional curriculum for orientation and mobility to meet the needs of all students on campus.
- Maintains and provides written reports of student progress.
- Supervises the use and care of equipment and supplies.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Preferred Qualifications
- One (1) year of professional experience working with the principles of home management, personal hygiene and communication skills, and mobility skills as they relate to persons who ar blind, visually impaired, or Deafblind.
- One (1) year of professional experience working with the possible effects of loss of vision on personality in relation to emotional and vocational adjustment.
- One (1) year of professional experience working with federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing rehabilitation and education.
- One (1) year of professional experience teaching, reading, and writing of Braille.
- One (1) year of professional experience evaluating, planning, reviewing, and assessing progress of a specialized program for individual customers.
- One (1) year of professional experience demonstrating ability to instruct and develop sequential instructional and vocational plans.
Conditions of Employment
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug scre