Parent Guide and Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) Guide openings
The Texas Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side (GBYS) program has part time position openings for the following: one (1) D/HH Guide in the Houston metro area, one (1) Parent Guide in the South Houston area and one (1) Parent Guide in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area.
A Parent Guide must be a parent/guardian of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing. A D/HH Guide must be an adult who is d/Deaf or hard of hearing. The Guides will undergo specialized ongoing training in order to provide support to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing including a mandatory 2 day training held in Austin in November 2013.
Guide By Your Side (GBYS) is a program of Texas Hands & Voices that provides support for parents of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, or deaf with additional disabilities. The goal of the program is to provide parents – with d/hh children ages birth to twenty-one – the opportunity to establish a supportive relationship with a trained and experienced fellow parent and/or a d/Deaf or hard of hearing adult.
You can find the job descriptions and applications below and on our GBYS website http://www.txgbys.org/news . Please submit application by September 18, 2013. Documents may be submitted as an email attachment, fax document, or by mail.
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (512) 462-5661 Attention: Christine Moody
Mail: Christine Moody, GBYS Coordinator
Texas Hands & Voices
PO Box 2208
ypress Texas 77410
Questions? Email [email protected] or call (512) 462-5738 If you prefer to use a videophone (VP), please call the above number (VRS) and leave a message. Your call will be returned via VP as soon as possible.
Parent Guide and Deaf/Hard of Hearing (D/HH) Guide openings
Parent Guide Application
http://www.txgbys.org/index.php/download_file/view/225/181/Application_form_PG.docx
Parent Guide Job Description
http://www.txgbys.org/files/1413/7838/8161/GBYS_Parent_Guide_Job_Description_Sep_2013.pdf
Descripción de Trabajo Padre Guía
http://www.txgbys.org/files/9113/7841/6989/SPANISH_GBYS_Parent_Guide_Job_Description_Sep_2013.pdf
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Guide Application
http://www.txgbys.org/index.php/download_file/view/224/181/Application_form_DHH.docx
D/HH Guide Job Description
http://www.txgbys.org/files/5313/7838/8161/DHH_Guide_job_description_Sep_13.pdf
Descripción de Trabajo DHH Guía
http://www.txgbys.org/index.php/download_file/view/228/181/
Questions? Email [email protected] or call (512) 462-5738 If you prefer to use a videophone (VP), please call the above number (VRS) and leave a message. Your call will be returned via VP as soon as possible.