Junior Blind is a non-profit agency that provides education, recreation, training, and rehabilitation programs for infants, children, teens, and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled and their families. We offer opportunities for advancement, training and competitive benefits, including, medical, dental, life insurance, generous paid vacation days, sick days, holidays, 401(k) retirement plan, and more…
We are currently accepting applications for the following career opportunities:
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Milieu Counselor I (Full-Time and Part-Time)
The Children's Residential Program (CRP) serves the unique needs of children and youth, ages 5-21, who have varying levels of medical, emotional, physical and behavioural challenges. Client population includes level 12 Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) DCFS youth with mental health conditions. In a warm and loving home setting, children receive round-the-clock care, counseling and education designed to help them reach their highest level of independence.
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Family Partner (Full-Time)
An important component to the mental health services is family support. As the Family Partner, you will provide community resource support and emotional support for Junior Blind families receiving DMH services. The Family Partner will support families as a peer with similar experiences.
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Therapist/Case Manager (Full-Time)
As part of the mental health services team, the Therapist/Case Manager will be integral to this expansion of services. As the Therapist/Case Manager, you will provide direct clinical and case management services to children in treatment and their families to provide clinical direction to the treatment team.
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Rehabilitation Specialist (Full-Time)
Junior Blind is pleased to announce that it will be adding mental health services to its already enriched resource and service support for DCFS youth placed in our residential program. Mental Health services will also be available to youth approved for placement in our residential program but placed on a waiting list. Additionally, mental health services will be available to youth discharged from our residential program and returning to their homes or communities. Mental Health services will be provided by a multidisciplinary team.
The Department:
General Programs
The Position:
Group Home Program Manager/Administrator (Full-Time)
In our continuing efforts to provide the best possible services, Junior Blind's group home initiative furthers our mission to helping children and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled achieve independence. To aid us in this effort, the Group Home Program Manager/Administrator will provide program development, implementation, evaluation, and management of staff and residents living in the group homes in the community.
The Department:
Infant & Early Childhood Program
The Position:
Infant & Early Childhood Specialist – Palmdale/Lancaster Area (Full-Time)
Touching more lives is not only one of our values, but something we do every day. Our Infant & Early Childhood Program provides a wide range of services for children, birth to 6 years, with visual impairments and other disabilities through-out Southern and Central California. A key component of these services is helping families gain the knowledge to become successful advocates for their child's education and care.
The Department:
Accounting
The Position:
Bookkeeper (Full-Time)
Our Accounting team of detail-oriented and experienced team members in the finance and accounting fields handle the core accounting roles at Junior Blind. As the Bookkeeper, you will maintain all accounts payable in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations. This includes matching invoices with approved purchase orders, entering invoices into the accounts payable system, processing invoices in a timely manner, ensuring invoices are paid on time, and month-end closing of accounts payable into the general ledger. Your strong analytical skills will enable you to handle data-intensive reconciliations and internal audit functions.
The Department:
Davidson Program for Independence
The Position:
Resource Specialist (Full-Time)
To enrich the existing programming in the Davidson Program for Independence and to provide additional individualized support to our students, we are excited to announce the addition of the Resource Specialist position to the DPI team. As the Resource Specialist, you will provide specialized support to participants within DPI who have needs related to Developmental Delay (DD) or Learning Disability (LD) in addition to visual impairment. You will modify curriculum to meet individualized student needs, provide individual instruction when necessary and determine when a student can be effectively included in classes.
The Department:
Medical
The Position:
Registered Nurse (Monday – Friday, 1:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
The Department:
Special Education School
The Position:
Physical Therapist (Part-Time)
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Milieu Counselor II (Full-Time and Part-Time shifts available)
The Department:
Children's Residential Program
The Position:
Milieu Counselor III (Full-Time and Part-Time shifts available)
The Children’s Residential Program (CRP) serves the unique needs of children and youth, ages 5-21, who have varying levels of medical, emotional, physical and behavioural challenges. Client population includes level 12 Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) DCFS youth with mental health conditions. In a warm and loving home setting, children receive round-the-clock care, counseling and education designed to help them reach their highest level of independence.
Junior Blind will not discriminate with regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, disability (physical or mental including HIV/AIDS diagnosis), pregnancy, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), ancestry, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or the provision of any benefits. Junior Blind will provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified disabled employee or applicant.
Junior blind supports a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment background and drug screenings.
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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