Job Openings

Wayfinder Family Services

04/01/2022

Early Intervention Visual Impairment Specialist Responsibilities:

• Provides home visits to families, supporting parent/child interactions through developmentally appropriate play activities.
• Works with families to develop curriculum appropriate for a child with vision impairment.
• Provides family with information about visual diagnosis and effects of vision loss on early childhood development.
• Conducts developmental and functional vision assessments using observation, parent interview and formal assessment strategies.
• Provides social/emotional and crisis support to families as appropriate.
• Plans and implements family events, providing information and parent to parent support.
• Refers families to community resources.
• Actively collaborates with community-based providers of related services to overcome family barriers, such as language, culture and income.
• Consults with professional community on behalf of children and families (attend medical visits; IFSP, IEP sessions; program visits, etc.).
• Provides workshops and trainings for parents and professionals.
• Follows agency guidelines for participation in the National Registry of Early Childhood Vision Impairment Project.
• Provides monthly accounting of client contract hours.
• Provides information regarding program services to Development Department on request.

E_mail: jbozikovic@wayfinderfamily.org

Phone: (310) 981-7185

Cert: Any Certification

Required Education, Skills, and Experience:

• B.A.,B.S. degree required or M.A. degree in Special Education, Social Work, Child Development, Orientation and Mobility, Infant or Early Childhood, or Social Work.
• Teaching credential in Vision Impairment, Orientation & Mobility, Early Childhood Special Education, and/or a Certificate in Early Childhood Education preferred.
• Professional preparation in the education of children with vision impairments, orientation and mobility, infant or early childhood development, and/or social work.
• Experience as a home teacher.
• Experience working in multi-cultural situations preferred.
• Experience/training in Active Learning techniques of Lilli Nielsen preferred.
• Child and Family Counseling background.
• Bilingual (Spanish) required.