City of Scottsbluff, Nebraska - Government

• Evaluates the present level of skill possessed by clients to identify attainable goals and areas of needed improvement to adjust to blindness. • Educates clients and the public in understanding the various implications of blindness and how this relates to current attitudes toward blindness. • Conducts technology assessments for clients and employers. • Makes recommendations for the purchase of assistive technology. • Provides training in assistive technology to clients and staff. • Prepares and implements instructional programs for clients to address the necessary skills to deal effectively with blindness such as computer use (email, internet, social media, screen readers or low vision applications), cooking and other homemaking skills, Braille and cane travel. • Prepares periodic reports to evaluate the clients’ progress toward successful rehabilitation and to monitor the overall effectiveness of programs provided. • Assists in the training of new staff members in the different philosophies of working with the blind, the implications of being blind and teaching daily living skills to the blind. • At times, serves as a team leader for a working group of Orientation Counselors. • Refers clients to additional opportunities provided by the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and other social service agencies. • Other duties as assigned within the scope of the classification.

• Evaluates the present level of skill possessed by clients to identify attainable goals and areas of needed improvement to adjust to blindness. • Educates clients and the public in understanding the various implications of blindness and how this relates to current attitudes toward blindness. • Conducts technology assessments for clients and employers. • Makes recommendations for the purchase of assistive technology. • Provides training in assistive technology to clients and staff. • Prepares and implements instructional programs for clients to address the necessary skills to deal effectively with blindness such as computer use (email, internet, social media, screen readers or low vision applications), cooking and other homemaking skills, Braille and cane travel. • Prepares periodic reports to evaluate the clients’ progress toward successful rehabilitation and to monitor the overall effectiveness of programs provided. • Assists in the training of new staff members in the different philosophies of working with the blind, the implications of being blind and teaching daily living skills to the blind. • At times, serves as a team leader for a working group of Orientation Counselors. • Refers clients to additional opportunities provided by the Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and other social service agencies. • Other duties as assigned within the scope of the classification