[Job-Listings] FW: Job Posting - Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1/Employment Supports Specialist Iowa

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Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1/Employment Supports Specialist

Salary: $51,292.80 - $78,124.80 Annually
Location: Des Moines
Job Type:  Full-time
Agency:  131 Iowa Department for the Blind
Job Number: 22-03677
Closing:  May 26 2022 at 11:59 PM Central
LinkedIn Tag: #LI-DNP  
Point of Contact:   <mailto:Keri.osterhaus at blind.state.ia.us> Keri Osterhaus
To Apply:  All candidates are strongly encouraged to submit a cover letter
and resume. For more information, contact VR Program Administrator, Keri
Osterhaus at  <mailto:Keri.osterhaus at blind.state.ia.us>
Keri.osterhaus at blind.state.ia.us

Job Description:

This is a non-merit position with the Iowa Department for the Blind.  Only
applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and Selective
Requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list.  

The Department for the Blind (IDB) is seeking applicants for the position of
Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1/ Employment Supports Specialist.
As a member of the Vocational Rehabilitation team, this position will be
based in Des Moines, Iowa and may travel multiple days per week to serve
clients statewide. This position will provide services to clients with the
most significant disabilities, in addition to providing training and
outreach to community partners to ensure quality services are provided to
IDB clients. Ideal candidates will possess strong relationship,
communication, organization and time management skills in addition to having
solid documentation skills.

Duties and responsibilities to include the following areas:

*	Client Services 

*	Engage clients and establishes trusting, collaborative relationships
directed toward the goal of competitive and integrated employment in
community job settings.
*	Collaborate with vocational rehabilitation counselors to identify
the supports individual clients need to engage in successful and meaningful
employment.
*	Use a Customized Employment process (Discovery, Job Search Planning,
Job Development and Negotiation, and Post-Employment Support) to direct,
assist and support a client in obtaining and maintaining successful
employment.
*	Conduct Customized Employment plan development meetings with clients
and their support teams to map out a plan for seeking and negotiating a
customized employment position for the client.
*	Assist client to effectively identify and explain their
qualifications, interests, strengths, and accommodation needs to their
employer, co-workers, and services providers to facilitate job success.
*	Identify and discuss employment barriers with applicants and counsel
clients about possible solutions to employment barriers and available
supportive services.
*	Identify needed training in non-visual techniques and rehabilitation
technology that will allow client to be more independent and successful in
employment settings.

*	Capacity Building 

*	Conduct employer contacts weekly to learn about the needs of
businesses, describe supports offered by the program and describe client
strengths that are relevant to the position.
*	Provide education and support to employers as agreed upon by
clients, which may include negotiating job accommodations and follow-along
contact with the employer.
*	Work closely with employers to coach clients and provide appropriate
interventions. Negotiate with employers to develop training positions
including salary and training elements. Prepare and monitor on the job
activities.
*	Provide training related to customized employment strategies,
supported employment services, rehabilitation technology services, and
short-term services to IDB staff and community partners and providers.
*	Provide ongoing support and technical assistance to community
rehabilitation providers to ensure quality services are being provided to
IDB clients.
*	Monitor customized employment services, supported employment
services and short-term services being provided to IDB clients, including
reviewing and analyzing reports.

*	Caseload Management and Coordination: 

*	Participate in face-to-face meetings with vocational rehabilitation
counselors at least once a month to coordinate services for clients who are
blind.
*	Schedule time to spend 55% or more of scheduled work hours in the
community. For example, meets clients at community locations such as home,
workplace, coffee shop, meeting with potential employers, library, One-Stop,
VR office, family home, etc. or takes clients to apply for jobs, investigate
local GED or colleges, etc.
*	Document placement activities (e.g., develop and maintain case notes
regarding job placement activities and services, citing employer contacts,
job leads provided, and job development activities) and provide written
reports of job placement results activities for the client VR case record.
*	Provide consistent vocational assessments to assist clients to be
successful in a job/jobs.
*	Research and develop community contacts that help with appropriate
job placements.
*	Complete data/reporting pertaining to program measurements and
submit reports to the VR program administrator.

 Essential Functions:

*	Coordinate services for VR clients with VR counselors, clients,
community rehabilitation providers, employers, and other team members
regarding vocational objectives and support needs.
*	Communicate in written, oral, and presentation formats with
educators, community rehabilitation providers, internal partners and
employers about equipment modifications, accommodations, and alternative
techniques that help persons who are blind succeed.
*	Interpret and analyze assessment data (inventories, client skills
and interests, barriers to employment, accommodation and training needs and
supports) to develop goals and activities to assist clients to obtain
gainful employment.
*	Develop and implement approaches to help individuals who are blind
explore career alternatives, find and interview for available jobs, and keep
and/or advance in current jobs.
*	Conduct work-site assessments and job analysis at clients'
workplaces or potential workplaces across the state of Iowa in order to
identify potential barriers and resources.
*	Travel up to 5 days a week within the state in order to meet with
clients, educators and other professionals and stakeholders to perform the
work of the position.
*	Complete data/reporting pertaining to program measurements.

It is the policy of the Department for the Blind to conduct background
checks on all finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment.

Selectives:

752 Vocational Rehabilitation 
6 months' experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both that
specifically relates to employment and training services for individuals
with disabilities. That knowledge base will include an awareness of the
unique needs of this population, laws relating to discrimination or
reasonable accommodations, assistive technology, and an understanding of
employment and training systems and services, especially as provided in
Iowa.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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.  

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