Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada is a unique health services organization that serves people who are blind or partially sighted across the country. Our certified specialists provide training that empowers clients to develop or to restore activities of daily living skills, to promote their independence, to enhance safety and mobility. We work closely with ophthalmologists, optometrists and other health care professionals, by providing essential care on a referral basis in homes, workplaces and communities across the country.
This role covers a broad range of duties and responsibilities including providing instruction and guidance in compensatory independent living skills, and assistive technology, enabling individuals living with vision loss to independently carry out daily activities.
Responsibilities:
- Assesses the independent living needs and abilities of individuals.
- With the individual, identifies and prioritizes goals, and develops an independent living plan.
- Teaches adaptive skills for independent living in areas of personal management, household management, communication, leisure activities, basic indoor orientation & mobility skills, and basic technology training.
- Assists individuals in the acquisition and use of assistive devices.
- Promotes self-advocacy skills for individuals living with vision loss to access community programs and resources.
- Maintains all case data and documentation consistent with Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada Systems and Procedures.
- Provides consultation, public education, and in-service training.
- Performs administrative duties including, but not limited to service tracking, benchmarking, report writing, etc.
- Maintaining, facilitating, and conducting group sessions and presentations.
- Liaises and builds relationships with community-based rehabilitation teams, agencies, schools, partners, health practitioners and stakeholders.
- Provides support and consultation to individuals and their families re adjustment to vision loss.
- Attends and participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- Promotes an understanding and awareness of vision health related issues through consultation, public education, and in-service training.
- Assists with the training, placement and supervision of volunteers and students.
- Provide timely delivery of services to ensure people living with vision loss acquire skills and assistive technology to remain/regain independence.
- Ability to creatively and quickly problem solve to respond to unique individual needs.
- Utilizes standard procedures and processes to implement each individual’s unique independent living plan.
- Utilizes judgment when determining if the individual requires a referral to another CNIB service or external services.
- Takes initiative to keep abreast of knowledge in the expertise of vision rehabilitation/independent living skills.
- Facilitate and enhance team efforts on a professional level and share specialized knowledge, sources, experience, concepts, and skills.
- Provides leadership to community groups and partners by educating, advocating and promoting awareness about vision loss.
- Provides leadership in training and coaching volunteers, students and staff.
