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Contract & Fractional Professional Services

Specialized Expertise Without the Need for a Full-Time Hire

Organizations do not always need another full-time employee. Sometimes they need specialized expertise for a particular project, temporary additional capacity, professional training, or ongoing access to a specialist who can support their team as needs arise.

VisionLink Solutions, LLC provides remote contract and fractional professional services to businesses, educational institutions, nonprofits, workforce organizations, disability service providers, rehabilitation organizations, and other organizations seeking specialized support in accessibility, disability inclusion, assistive technology, workforce development, rehabilitation, training, and program development. Our services can supplement your existing team, provide expertise that may not be available internally, support a new initiative, or help address temporary gaps in staffing and professional capacity. Whether your organization needs help with a single project or ongoing professional support, VisionLink Solutions can develop a contract arrangement based on your organization’s scope and needs.

Flexible Contract Services for Organizations

Every organization has different needs. For that reason, VisionLink Solutions does not rely on a one-size-fits-all contracting model.

Organizations may engage VisionLink Solutions for:

• Project-based professional services
• Short-term consulting
• Ongoing consulting
• Fractional professional services
• Remote professional support
• Staff training and professional development
• Curriculum or program development
• Subcontracted service delivery
• Temporary capacity support
• Specialized technical assistance

Services may be provided for a defined project, for a specific number of professional hours, or through an ongoing contract or retainer arrangement.

Accessibility and Disability Inclusion Consulting

Organizations are increasingly expected to provide services, programs, workplaces, technology, and information that people with disabilities can access. VisionLink Solutions provides accessibility and disability inclusion consulting to help organizations identify barriers, improve internal practices, and adopt practical accessibility approaches.

Contract services may include:

• Accessibility consultation
• Disability inclusion strategy
• Workplace accessibility consultation
• Accommodation process consultation
• Accessible service delivery
• Disability-related policy and procedure review
• Accessibility training for employees and leadership
• Consultation regarding employees or customers who use assistive technology
• Disability-focused program review
• Technical assistance for accessibility initiatives

Our role may range from guidance on a specific issue to ongoing accessibility support.

Fractional Accessibility and Disability Services

Not every organization needs a full-time accessibility or disability services professional. Fractional services give organizations ongoing access to specialized expertise while letting them choose the level of support they need.

VisionLink Solutions may serve as a fractional:

• Accessibility consultant
• Disability inclusion consultant
• Assistive technology specialist
• Blind and low vision subject-matter specialist
• Rehabilitation consultant
• Training and professional development specialist
• Workforce development consultant
• Program development consultant

A fractional arrangement may suit organizations that need recurring professional support for several hours each week or month but do not require a dedicated full-time employee. This approach can also provide continuity for organizations developing accessibility or disability initiatives while internal infrastructure is still being established.

Assistive Technology Consulting and Training

Assistive technology can improve access to education, employment, communication, information, and workplace systems for individuals with disabilities. However, selecting technology is only one part of the process. Successful assistive technology implementation may also require assessment, configuration, training, accessibility testing, and coordination with employers, educators, information technology professionals, or service providers.

VisionLink Solutions provides contract assistive technology services that may include:

• Assistive technology consultation
• Assistive technology assessments
• Technology recommendations
• Screen reader training
• Screen magnification training
• Workplace technology consultation
• Accessible productivity software instruction
• Individualized technology training
• Staff consultation regarding assistive technology
• Accessibility troubleshooting
• Technology-related accommodation consultation

VisionLink Solutions has specialized experience with technology used by individuals who are blind or have low vision, including screen readers, screen magnification software, braille technology, accessible productivity tools, and related adaptive technology.

Blind and Low Vision Professional Expertise

Blindness and low vision can create accessibility considerations that require specialized knowledge beyond general disability awareness. VisionLink Solutions can provide organizations with access to professional expertise in blind and low vision rehabilitation, assistive technology, accessibility, independent living, education, employment preparation, and service delivery.

Organizations may contract with VisionLink Solutions for:

• Blind and low vision consultation
• Rehabilitation program consultation
• Assistive technology services
• Independent living program development and services
• Training plan development
• Employment preparation services
• Accessible instructional development
• Professional training
• Program evaluation
• Case consultation
• Technical assistance
• Staff development

These services may support organizations that already serve people with vision loss as well as organizations encountering blindness or low vision accessibility needs for the first time.

Workforce Development and Employment Consulting

Employment programs serving individuals with disabilities often involve several interconnected areas, including job readiness, technology, accommodations, accessibility, employer engagement, training, and long-term employment success. VisionLink Solutions provides contract support for organizations developing or delivering disability-focused workforce and employment initiatives.

Services may include:

• Job readiness program development
• Employment preparation curriculum
• Workplace accessibility consultation
• Job accommodation consultation
• Disability employment program development
• Employer training
• Accessible onboarding consultation
• Workforce training
• Employment-focused assistive technology services
• Career readiness programming
• Training materials and instructional development
• Program documentation
• Employment services technical assistance

Our approach helps organizations create practical systems and training programs they can incorporate into their existing workforce services.

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Training and Professional Development

VisionLink Solutions develops and delivers customized professional development for organizations working with employees, students, customers, or program participants with disabilities. Training can be provided remotely for individual teams, departments, leadership groups, educators, service providers, or entire organizations.

Training topics may include:

• Disability awareness
• Disability inclusion in the workplace
• Blindness and low vision
• Assistive technology
• Working with screen reader users
• Accessible workplace practices
• Accessible documents and digital information
• Workplace accommodations
• Employment preparation for individuals with disabilities
• Accessible customer service
• Rehabilitation practices
• Disability-focused workforce development
• Accessibility considerations for training programs

Programs can range from individual workshops to multi-session professional development programs.

Curriculum and Instructional Development

Organizations often have subject-matter expertise but need help turning it into structured training. VisionLink Solutions can support the development of accessible, organized, and practical instructional programs.

Contract curriculum services may include:

• Course development
• Lesson planning
• Instructor guides
• Participant materials
• Training manuals
• Accessible instructional materials
• Skills assessments
• Training plans
• Competency benchmarks
• Program objectives
• Learning outcomes
• Independent assignments
• Evaluation materials
• Documentation standards

Curriculum can be developed for instructor-led, virtual, hybrid, or individualized training environments.

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Program Development and Evaluation

Launching a new program requires more than identifying the service that will be provided. Successful programs also require defined procedures, documentation, staff responsibilities, training standards, outcomes, evaluation methods, and operational systems. VisionLink Solutions can help organizations develop or review disability, accessibility, rehabilitation, workforce, and training programs.

Services may include:

• Program design
• Service model development
• Workflow development
• Policies and procedures
• Training plans
• Documentation standards
• Forms and templates
• Staff responsibilities
• Program manuals
• Outcome measurement
• Quality assurance processes
• Program evaluation
• Existing program review
• Recommendations for program improvement

Organizations may engage VisionLink Solutions during the initial development of a program or to review and strengthen an existing service.

Temporary Capacity and Specialized Project Support

Organizations sometimes encounter situations where their existing staff cannot reasonably absorb additional work.

This may occur because of:

• Staff vacancies
• Extended employee leave
• Increased caseloads
• Program expansion
• New contracts
• Grant-funded initiatives
• New accessibility requirements
• Temporary projects
• Organizational growth
• Specialized client needs

VisionLink Solutions can provide temporary contract capacity without requiring the organization to immediately recruit and onboard another permanent employee. The scope, responsibilities, duration, and expected deliverables can be established before work begins.

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Subcontracting Opportunities

VisionLink Solutions is also open to subcontracting relationships with organizations that hold larger contracts, grants, or service agreements requiring specialized disability, accessibility, rehabilitation, workforce, or assistive technology expertise. Subcontracting may allow organizations to expand the services available through an existing project without developing every specialized function internally.

Potential subcontracting areas include:

• Assistive technology
• Blind and low vision services
• Accessibility consultation
• Professional training
• Workforce development
• Curriculum development
• Program development
• Rehabilitation services
• Employment preparation
• Technical assistance

Ways to Work With VisionLink Solutions

Contract arrangements may be structured in several ways depending on the needs of the organization.

Project-Based Contracts

Best suited for clearly defined projects with established objectives, timelines, and deliverables. Examples may include developing a training program, reviewing an existing service, creating a curriculum, or completing an accessibility-related project.

Hourly Professional Services

Appropriate when organizations need consultation, training, technical assistance, or professional services on an as-needed basis.

Monthly Retainer Services

Organizations with recurring needs may establish an ongoing agreement for a predetermined amount of professional support each month.

Fractional Professional Services

VisionLink Solutions can function as an external specialist who becomes an ongoing resource for the organization without becoming a full-time employee.

Training Contracts

Organizations may contract for an individual workshop, training series, customized course, or ongoing professional development program.

Subcontracted Services

VisionLink Solutions can provide specialized components of services being delivered under another organization’s contract, program, or initiative.

Why Organizations Use Contract Professionals

Contracting gives organizations flexibility when they need specialized expertise but hiring an additional employee isn’t practical.

Depending on the organization’s circumstances, contracting may provide:

• Access to specialized knowledge
• Additional professional capacity
• Support for short-term projects
• Flexible service levels
• Access to expertise that may not exist internally
• Temporary support during staffing transitions
• Assistance launching new programs
• Specialized training for existing employees

Contracting is not appropriate for every organizational need. Some functions are better supported by permanent internal staff. Our goal is to identify situations where an external professional resource can reasonably supplement—not unnecessarily replace—an organization’s existing workforce.

Professional Expertise

VisionLink Solutions’ contract services are led by Meredith R. Bailey, M.A., CVRT, CATIS.

Professional credentials include:

• Master of Arts in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy
• Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist through ACVREP
• Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist through ACVREP
• JAWS and ZoomText Certified through Freedom Scientific
• SuperNova Certified Assessor and Trainer
• Professional experience in assistive technology, rehabilitation, accessibility, employment preparation, curriculum development, organizational leadership, and disability services

This combination of rehabilitation, technology, accessibility, workforce, and program-development experience allows VisionLink Solutions to approach organizational challenges from multiple perspectives.

Remote Contract Services

Many VisionLink Solutions professional and consulting services can be provided remotely.

Remote services may allow VisionLink Solutions to work with organizations throughout Tennessee and across the United States without geographic limitations associated with traditional on-site service models.

The suitability of remote service delivery depends on the nature of the project. On-site services may also be discussed when a project requires direct observation, hands-on assessment, or in-person training.

Who We Work With

VisionLink Solutions welcomes conversations with:

• Businesses and employers
• Colleges and universities
• Schools and educational organizations
• Nonprofit organizations
• Disability service providers
• Rehabilitation organizations
• Workforce development organizations
• Accessibility companies
• Human resources departments
• Training organizations
• Government contractors
• Community organizations
• Technology companies
• Organizations developing disability-related programs

We are also open to partnerships with organizations that need specialized expertise outside their existing internal capabilities.

Need Specialized Expertise Without Adding a Full-Time Position?

Your organization may not need another permanent position. You may simply need the right expertise at the right time.

VisionLink Solutions can provide project-based, fractional, training, consulting, and subcontracted professional services based on your organization’s needs.

If your organization currently outsources—or is considering outsourcing—accessibility, disability inclusion, assistive technology, workforce development, rehabilitation, training, curriculum development, or program development functions, we would welcome a conversation.

Let’s Discuss Your Contract Needs

Contact VisionLink Solutions to discuss your project, current service gap, professional training need, or ongoing consulting requirements.

We can help you determine whether contract or fractional professional services are appropriate for your organization and develop a scope of work based on the services you need.

Request a Contract Services Consultation

Tell us what your organization is working on, where you need additional expertise, and the type of support you are considering. We can discuss potential services, delivery options, timelines, and next steps.