Orientation and Mobility Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Competitive Rates, Based on Experience ($80/ hour - $90/ hour)

Job Description:

Oxford Consulting Services is currently interviewing for an Orientation and Mobility Specialist to to provide K-12 school-based services. Providers will work one on one with students, as well as other staff members and disciplines to provide customized programs and intervention to meet each student’s communication goals and needs. If you enjoy working with children and want flexibility with scheduling, this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for!

About Oxford Consulting Services

For over 31 years, Oxford Consulting Services has proudly served as a trusted leader in providing evidence-based therapies for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other disabilities. Founded by a clinician with a passion for creating meaningful change, Oxford remains clinician-owned and operated, ensuring that quality care and professional integrity are at the heart of everything we do.

Our mission is simple yet powerful: to empower individuals of all ages by delivering exceptional Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and School Psychology services in both school-based and home health settings. We are committed to fostering growth, independence, and opportunity for the communities we serve.

At Oxford, we believe excellence is achieved through continued learning and support. Our team members are leaders in their fields, benefiting from ongoing professional development that ensures the highest standards of care and continuity for the districts, families, and clients who rely on us.

Rooted in a legacy of advocacy and inclusion, Oxford Consulting Services is deeply committed to promoting diversity and increasing representation within our field. We welcome applicants who share our dedication to making a lasting impact and creating a more inclusive future for all.

Job Responsibilities:

• Instructs students with visual impairments in the development of skills and knowledge that enable them to travel independently, to the highest degree possible in accord with the students’ assessed needs and the students’ IEP.
• Teaches students to travel with proficiency, safety, and confidence in familiar and unfamiliar environments.
• Provides consultation and support services to families, regular and special education teachers, other school personnel, and sighted peers.
• Confers regularly with parents, classroom teachers, physical education teachers, and/or other special education personnel to assist in home and classroom environmental modifications, adaptations, and considerations and to ensure reinforcement of appropriate orientation and mobility skills that will encourage the student with a visual impairment to travel independently in these settings.
• Works with the teacher of the visually impaired to conduct the functional vision assessment as it relates to independent travel.
• Conducts assessments which focus on both long-term and short-term needs of the student.
• Includes in the assessment report the needs and strengths of the student and an estimate of the length and frequency of service necessary to meet identified needs.
• Prepares sequential and meaningful instruction geared to the student’s assessed needs, IEP goals, objectives, functioning level.
• Prepares and uses equipment and materials for the development of orientation and mobility skills; e.g., tactual maps, models, distance low vision aids, and long canes.
• Transports students to various community locations as necessary to provide meaningful instruction in realistic learning environments.
• Responsible for teaching safe techniques to use at all times in all environments while fostering maximum independence.
• Provides orientation and mobility instruction, where appropriate, in the following areas: Body imagery, Laterality, Environmental concepts, Gross and fine motor skills related to independent travel, Sensory awareness, stimulation, and training, Spatial concepts, Compass direction concepts, Sighted guide procedures, Basic protective and information gathering techniques, Orientation skills, Map skills, Cane skills, Use of residual vision, Low vision aids related to travel skills, Residential travel, Travel in business districts and malls, Procedures for crossing streets, including traffic control signals, Use of public transportation systems, Procedures for use of the telephone for information gathering and for emergencies, Procedures for interacting with the public, Skills of daily living, Sensory/motor skills in coordination with the physical or occupational therapist and teacher of the visually impaired.
• Evaluates child's/students’ progress on an ongoing basis.
• Maintains progress notes on each student.
• Participates in parents’ conferences and meetings.
• Provides in-service training to general and special education personnel, sighted peers, and family members concerning the orientation and mobility needs of the student with a visual impairment and appropriate methods and procedures for interacting with the individual who is visually impaired that will foster maximum independence and safety.
• Submission of all paperwork in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all shared verbal and written information gathered according to agency policy.
• Demonstrates compliance with state-mandated training requirements
• Attendance at agency monthly staff meetings
• Perform other duties as assigned/required
• Travel required

Experience/Education/Credentials:

• Masters Degree in Audiology and state license to practice either privately or with an agency required.
• License to dispense hearing aids (if required by state)
• Prior clinical pediatric experience preferred.
• Maintains current licensure/certification as required by Professional licensing board.
• Professional Liability Insurance required.

Skills :

• Basic computer literacy of Word, Excel, Outlook
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to function independently
• Ability to multitask

COVID-19 Considerations:

We take all the necessary precautions for the safety of our team and patients.

Oxford Consulting Services, Inc . is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age or covered veteran status.