JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION:Orientation and Mobility Specialist – North Bay/EBC
REPORTS TO: Director, Orientation and Mobility or Regional
Manager, Orientation and Mobility
STATUS:Full Time, Exempt
JOB CLASSIFICATION:Specialist II
UNION ELIGIBLE:Yes
WORK ARRANGEMENT:Hybrid, 3 days/week in-person, servicing the Greater
Bay Area
LOCATION: California
SALARY RANGE:$69,000-$90,711
APPLICATION DEADLINE:Open Until Filled
*Blind/visually impaired strongly encouraged to apply.
*Please note the terms and conditions of this position may be subject to change, once a Union Collective Bargaining Agreement is in place.
Founded in San Francisco in 1902, the LightHouse’s vision is a world where blind and low vision people flourish, and its mission is to promote independence, community, and equity created by and with blind and low vision people.
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, headquartered in downtown San Francisco, is looking for a full time Orientation and Mobility Specialist (O&M Specialist). The Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS or NOMC) provides in-person and virtual orientation and mobility instruction to blind, low-vision, or deaf-blind youth, adults and seniors from diverse backgrounds. The Orientation and Mobility Specialist (OMS) will conduct assessments and provide training that reflects recent and progressive travel and orientation techniques and trends, focusing on the student’s travel needs in the home, work, academic sites and community.
The OMS must have the ability to assess and teach to differing skill levels, as well as to train on varied mobility devices and options such as: monocular telescope, tints, GPS Apps and use (ie BlindSquare, Google Maps), Audible Pedestrian Signals and tactile maps (public streets, transit hubs, and public spaces and buildings). The OMS must provide instruction that takes into consideration understanding of student’s abilities and potential concomitant health conditions. Knowledge and understanding of primary eye conditions, including Cortical Visual Impairment, is imperative. Knowledge of health associated with aging, head injury, diabetes and mental health and developmental disabilities is very helpful. Together, the OMS and the student develop and revise goals to achieve the student’s intended mobility outcomes.
Flexibility and ‘thinking outside of the box’ are attributes essential to this position. The philosophy of our trainers is to facilitate skills for independent (as defined with each student) travel. The OMS also provides training with the student using a training shade where best applied for learning and instruction. The OMS must be able to work with and provide information and training to family and friends, community members, volunteers and service providers as well as effectively communicate and collaborate with referral agencies in providing services to shared students. As the cross-cultural community of the LightHouse is increasing, a second language ability is preferred. Cultural sensitivity to disability is integral to this position. The duties of the OMS may include (but are not limited to): conducting assessments, writing individual training plans with the student, and facilitating individual and group instruction as needed. Additionally, the OMS may be requested to coordinate specific training projects with colleagues or represent the LightHouse in the community, which may be ongoing or short term. Orientation and mobility instruction may occur virtually (via Zoom), on-site at LightHouse facilities, in the home, workplace, academic sites or the student’s community, including travel on all forms of local and regional public transportation and Paratransit.
While most of the training occurs in the counties of Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Marin, Solano and Humboldt, the OMS must be open and flexible to working from all LightHouse locations and sometimes beyond, as needed for special projects. Additionally, the OMS must be able to balance their training schedule to accommodate week-long seminar training at Enchanted Hills Camp and Retreat; immersive training in San Francisco with our Guide Dogs for the Blind collaboration (orientation skill development) or travel to locations outside the greater bay area overnight to accommodate training for students who live outside the area. Training may occur in either urban (all areas of a city) or rural settings. The OMS may also be asked to teach and assess urgent and basic daily living skills. The OMS is a professional within the Lighthouse Training Team, sharing resources, recommendations, referrals, and skills with each other. All of our training team members practice honing their teaching skills under occlusion as needed, providing feedback and discussing strategies for training.
LightHouse is an equal opportunity employer. LightHouse policy and the law prohibit discrimination and harassment based on an individual’s race, ancestry, religion or religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, age (40 and over), sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin (including language use restrictions), marital status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), physical or mental disability (including HIV and AIDS), military or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions, denial of Family and Medical Care leave, height and weight, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. Our policy and the law prohibit co-workers, third parties, supervisors, and managers from engaging in such conduct.
LightHouse personnel are employed on an at-will basis. Employment at-will means that the employment relationship may be terminated, with or without cause and with or without advance notice at any time by the employee or the Agency.
We strive to maintain a scent-free environment and a drug-free workplace. Employees are expected to behave in accordance with these objectives.
All employees at LightHouse are hired for an indefinite and unspecified duration and consequently, no employee is guaranteed employment for a specified length of time. Employment is at the mutual consent of the employee and LightHouse. Accordingly, either the employee or LightHouse can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause (“employment at will”).
Please submit a cover letter and résumé as Word attachments (no. PDFs please), along with the completed employment application (downloads in a Word document), to HR@lighthouse-sf.org, including the job title in the subject line. To fill out the application, please enable editing in the document. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest, thanks for your understanding.
To fill out the application, please enable editing in the document. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles. Due to time constraints, we will only respond to complete submissions in which there is serious interest, thanks for your understanding.
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