Job Openings

POSITION: Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist (COMS) – Full-Time/Part-Time/Contract

ROLE OVERVIEW:

Future In Sight is looking for a Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist (COMS) to be part of our vision rehabilitation team, working one-on-one with individuals who are blind and visually impaired. The COMS will provide Orientation & Mobility (O&M) services, primarily to adults, in varied environments including homes, schools, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, and rural and urban communities throughout New Hampshire.

The ideal candidate will have sufficient experience, confidence, and skills to provide assessments and execute an individualized O&M service plan with minimum supervision.

REPORTS TO: Supervisor of Adult Services

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engage in a comprehensive approach of assessment and instruction which meets the diverse needs and abilities of each client and empowers them to achieve their immediate and lifelong goals.
• Teach independent travel, orientation, and related skills for safe mobility in the home, community, educational and vocational environments including, as appropriate, the use of low vision devices, adaptive equipment and other techniques.
• Apply guided exploration and a problem-solving approach that is customized to the goals and skills of each client.
• Teach methods and strategies including the use of non-visual techniques (auditory and tactual) and visual techniques including the optimization of reliable remaining vision with the goal of developing independence and self-confidence when traveling.
• Cooperates and consults with other vision rehabilitation professionals, family members, other parties, and agencies as appropriate to implement and facilitate the service plan.
• Prepares, maintains, and submits accurate and timely records and reports as they relate to the provision of O&M services and planning.
• Provides consultations, public education and in-service training as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree in Orientation & Mobility from an Accredited College or University
• ACVREP Certified
• Community-based O&M experience preferred but not required

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:

• Be informed and passionate about Future In Sight’s programs and services
• Perform all duties professionally and respectfully
• Maintain positive relationships, demonstrating tact and sensitivity with clients, consumers, board members, volunteers, vendors, and staff
• Uphold the mission and values of Future In Sight

SCHEDULE:

Full or part-time hours available, flexible schedule with remote working arrangements available. Travel within the state required as services are provided in the homes of clients. Future In Sight HQ is located at 25 Walker Street in Concord, NH. Regular office hours are 8AM-4PM Monday through Friday.

COMPENSATION: $28–$33/hour

POSITION:  Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) – Full-Time/Part-Time

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The number of students who need vision services is increasing and Future in Sight, New Hampshire’s only statewide non-profit vision service provider, is growing every day to meet those needs. Future In Sight offers families, schools and other education institutions access to a network of certified vision professionals. We are working to increase both our core capacity and our flexible capacity so that our students receive their vision services with fidelity.

At Future In Sight, we use evidence-based tools and closely collaborate with nearby institutions of higher education in action research to assess, evaluate, serve, and monitor our students. As a result, our students uniquely benefit. Empathy, collaboration, partnership, and appropriately high expectations for learners are our business.

REPORTS TO: Supervisor of Youth Services

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are seeking TVIs to provide direct special education services to children and youth ages birth – 21, as well as consultation services to parents and families, teachers, service providers, and paraeducators specific to supporting children with vision loss. Our TVIs are itinerant, and provide in-person and/or live, on-line services. Our TVIs teach a diversity of learners with visual impairment, understand the unique functional and educational needs of learners with visual impairment and act as a liaison with community services.  We provide direct and/or consultative special education services to children ages birth-21, specific to vision loss. Direct TVI services are provided to students, typically in a 1:1 setting, determined by IEP goals specific to accessing the academic or expanded core (ECC) curriculum with a visual impairment.  The TVIs on the Future In Sight team are itinerant, meaning that they travel from school to school (or site to site) to provide services to students, support teachers and parents and act as a liaison with community services. The TVI works with the educational team by advising the team about ways of enhancing the student’s learning by adapting activities and materials to the student’s abilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• State certification as a Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired (TVI)
• Special Education experience with a commitment to the agency’s mission
• Values details, communication, and independent implementation of expectations
• Motivation to add to your current areas of expertise and be at a leader in the vision services field

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:

• Be informed and passionate about Future In Sight’s programs and services
• Perform all duties professionally and respectfully
• Maintain positive relationships, demonstrating tact and sensitivity with clients, consumers, board members, volunteers, vendors, and staff
• Uphold the mission and values of Future In Sight

SCHEDULE:

This is itinerant position with a 37.5-hour work week. Remote arrangements available for office work. Travel within the state is required as services are provided to serve students in schools. Future In Sight HQ is located at 25 Walker Street in Concord, NH. Regular office hours are 8AM-4PM Monday through Friday.