[il-talk] FW: [Nfb-announce] Iowa Department for the Blind Counselor Jobs
Syed Yousufuddin
syedy2003 at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 23 14:38:28 UTC 2009
> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:16:36 -0500
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> From: dandrews at visi.com
> Subject: [Nfb-announce] Iowa Department for the Blind Counselor Jobs
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> State of Iowa
> Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1
> (Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor)
> two full time, merit exempt, at-will positions
> candidates must be willing to live and work outside
> central Iowa / extensive travel
>
> Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1, field
> operations division. Make initial contacts using
> a variety of referral sources which may require
> obtaining data from remote sources; describe
> agency and non-agency programs which may be
> available to a prospective client. Provide
> comprehensive, intensive counseling services to
> new referrals to encourage and motivate these
> individuals to avail themselves of agency
> services. Stress the agency’s positive
> philosophy and attitude toward blindness,
> encouraging individuals to do self assessments
> based on abilities rather than
> disabilities. Assist the client with an
> application for services. Gather relevant
> medical, vocational, psychological, educational,
> and family information. Maintain knowledge of
> medical terminology and medical treatments
> especially related to the eye and visual
> functioning so that a determination as to the
> severity of the impairment can be
> made. Determine eligibility for agency programs,
> given a thorough knowledge of agency programs,
> making referrals to other programs as
> necessary. Counsel extensively regarding
> provision of SSDI benefits and Supplemental
> Security Income, with special emphasis on
> specific work incentives built into each of these programs.
> Assist clients in determining strengths
> and weaknesses regarding a variety of career and
> social goals. Use counseling and persuasion
> techniques to provide advice and guidance in
> highly emotionally charged and near crisis
> situations. Counsel clients in order to obtain
> and maintain positive attitudes toward their
> blindness and secondary disabilities as they
> relate to all aspects of social and career
> environments. Make delicate judgments regarding
> a client’s self-esteem and abilities over the
> course of an extended period of time; producing
> clear documentation which outlines the intended
> nature of planning and the desired outcome in all
> areas of counseling situations.
> Collaborate with client in determining
> and realizing career goals. Evaluate and assess
> capabilities, attitudes, skills, and work
> potential of blind persons and make
> recommendations which will remediate
> accordingly. Develop IPEs, in cooperation with
> the client, outlining specific means of achieving
> a vocational objective in a specified
> time. Coordinate and direct services which might
> include guidance and counseling, college or
> vocational training, orientation center training,
> learning alternative techniques of blindness,
> adaptive occupational or training tools,
> assistive technology devices, adaptive skills
> training, job training, placement services, job
> retention, and follow-up services. Assume
> responsibility for fiscally prudent, sound
> judgment in completing authorizations for
> expenditure of agency funds according to state
> and federal guidelines. Maintain contact with
> clients in training and employment to monitor
> progress, solve current problems or potential
> problems. Provide transition services to
> students, working cooperatively with local area
> education agencies and school systems. Teach
> clients necessary attitude and skills including
> job seeking/job keeping attitudes and skills,
> Braille, orientation and mobility with use of
> long white cane, typing, public transportation
> schedules and accessibility, and job specific
> alternative techniques of blindness. Work
> alongside with client in new job to teach
> specific techniques and skills. Review training
> progress on a regular basis and consult with
> client and service providers to facilitate the
> process. Coordinate intra-agency services
> including: rehabilitation teaching, job
> development, assistive technology services,
> business enterprises program, library services,
> orientation center training, deaf-blind
> specialist services, and volunteer services.
> Independently prioritize workload to
> maximize effective use of time, resources, and
> agency assets. Submit necessary reports, case
> recordings, authorizations, and correspondence in
> a timely, accurate manner. Maintain client case
> files and other records in an organized, timely,
> specified format. Make full use of similar
> benefits where appropriate, including:
> scholarships or grants, private or public
> disability insurance benefits, workers
> compensation benefits, welfare entitlement
> programs, job training programs, client or family
> resources or earnings or other sources.
> Develop and maintain cooperative
> relationships with employers and organized labor
> in a variety of industries to enable successful
> employment for clients. Develop employer
> mentoring and partnerships. Maintain working
> knowledge of small business development. Use job
> coaches for supported employment services where
> appropriate. Consult with employers and blind
> employees in an effort to assist in the area of
> job retention or job modification. This function
> requires a working knowledge of current
> technologies and techniques being used to assist
> persons in successfully retaining or advancing
> employment. Provide comprehensive job
> development, job placement and follow-up services
> to employers and blind persons, matching
> job-ready clients to specific, appropriate jobs
> and employers. Analyze specific jobs and seek
> remediation through job remodification,
> restructuring, development of new technologies,
> techniques or adaptive devices. Anticipate any
> potential problems, attitudinal or technical,
> with specific jobs, employers or clients and
> investigate means of correcting these problems
> through education, counseling, job modification,
> adaptive techniques or devices or other
> means. Assist employers in making necessary
> changes to enable them to retain, in employment,
> those employees who might develop significant
> vision problems. Encourage employer to make
> early referral of such cases for vocational
> rehabilitation services from our agency. Also
> encourage referrals from labor unions. Draft job
> development/job placement materials and
> disseminate to employers, organized labor, and professional organizations.
> Advocate, consult, advise, educate, mediate, and
> intercede with service providers, employers,
> and the general public. Design and complete
> presentations for educational, professional,
> social organizations, and consumer groups
> regarding the function and purpose of the
> agency. Maintain a working knowledge of all
> aspects of the agency and services
> provided. Encourage and promote support groups of the blind.
>
> Minimum qualifications are:
> Graduation from an accredited college or
> university with a degree in human
> service-oriented sciences, education, marketing,
> or business and experience equal to three years
> of full time professional work, or;
> the equivalent of three years of full-time
> experience as a rehabilitation counselor or
> teacher shall be considered as qualifying
> provided the employee has successfully completed
> training to meet the certification criteria established by the agency, or;
> an equivalent combination of education and
> experience, substituting the equivalent of one
> year of full-time professional work experience
> for each year of the required education to a
> maximum substitution of four years.
>
> Salary range: $ 42,369.60 - $ 64,521.60 annually,
> plus comprehensive benefit package, pay grade 28, pay plan 000
>
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
> For further information contact Karen A.
> Keninger, Director, at 515-281-1334 or
> 800-362-2587. Persons who wish to be considered
> for this position must submit a resume and letter
> of application to Karen A. Keninger, Iowa
> Department for the Blind, 524 Fourth Street, Des
> Moines, IA 50309 no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
> EEO/AA
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> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
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