Career Opportunities
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The Sherlock Center has 30 years of experience supporting the disability community in Rhode Island. Founded at Rhode Island College in 1993, the center is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). UCEDDs are evidence driven and designed to advance policies, practices and research that improve the health, education, social and economic well-being of people with disabilities, their families and their communities.
Available positions:
Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (part time)
The Sherlock Center is seeking to hire a part-time Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments to work up to 19 hours per week for the 2024-25 school year.
This position requires a certified teacher to provide direct specialized instruction and/or consultation for students ages 3-21 who are blind and/or visually impaired during the 2024-25 school year. Teacher must be eligible for RIDE certification.
This position is open until filled. View the job description or apply for this position.
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
The Sherlock Center is seeking to hire a part-time Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist to work up to 19 hours per week for the 2024-25 school year.
This position requires a certified orientation and mobility specialist to provide direct specialized instruction and/or consultation for students ages 3-21 who are blind and/or visually impaired during the 2024-25 school year. Orientation and Mobility Specialists must be eligible for ACVREP Certification as an Orientation and Mobility Instructor.
This position is open until filled. View the job description or apply for this position.
Benefits Specialist, Bilingual
We are seeking to hire a benefits specialist who is bilingual in Spanish to counsel and educate SSI/SSDI beneficiaries about how employment will affect their benefits as well as public and private health insurance and other federal, state and/or local benefits they receive.
Applicants should be proficient in speaking and writing Spanish, have at least an associate degree and one or more years of experience supporting adolescents or adults with adults with intellectual and developmental or other disabilities. Previous work incentive benefits counseling experience is not required; training will be provided. This position is open until filled.
Learn more and apply on the Rhode Island College website.
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution that values and is committed to inclusion and expanding the diversity of its faculty and staff, Rhode Island College invites members of protected classes, including minorities and persons with disabilities, to identify themselves as such at the time of application.