[Job-Listings] Fwd: Iowa Department for the Blind Job Posting December 16, 2025

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>Iowa Department for the Blind - 100 years of empowerment
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>December 16, 2025
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>Job Posting at IDB
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>Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
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>Salary: $56,118.40 - $85,467.20 Annually
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>Location: Des Moines - 50309 - Polk County, IA
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>Job Type: Full-time
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>Job Number: 26-01569
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>Agency: 131 Iowa Department for the Blind
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>Opening Date: 12/16/2025
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>Closing Date: 12/30/2025 11:59 PM Central
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>LinkedIn Tag: #LI-DNP
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>Point of Contact: Keri Osterhaus 
>(<mailto:Keri.Osterhaus at blind.state.ia.us>Keri.Osterhaus at blind.state.ia.us)
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>Job Description
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>This is  a non-merit position. Candidates must 
>follow the instructions in the "To Apply" 
>section.  Positions in this class are exempt 
>from the screening and referral requirements of 
>the Iowa Department of Administrative Services - Human Resources Enterprise.
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>Only applicants who meet the Minimum 
>Qualification Requirements and meet all 
>selective requirements (listed below) will be eligible.
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>The Department for the Blind (IDB) is searching 
>for experienced candidates for the position of 
>Young Adult Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. 
>As a member of a team of 3 young adult 
>vocational rehabilitation counselors, this 
>position can be based in the state of Iowa and 
>travel to serve and manage a caseload of Pre 
>Employment Transition Age Students (Pre-ETS) 
>aged 14-21 who are blind or have low vision in a regional third of the state.
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>Following successful completion of the 
>orientation and training activities, the 
>position will be housed in the state of Iowa. 
>The training for this position is a minimum of 
>14 weeks and is completed in Des Moines, 
>Iowa.  If individual can demonstrate existing 
>skills and supervisor and training instructor 
>agree, the individual may be able to test out of certain aspects of training.
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>This position is responsible for assisting 
>students of the Iowa Department for the Blinds 
>Pre-ETS programs to identify employment goals. 
>The position provides counseling and guidance 
>and ensures that clients receive training in the 
>alternative techniques of blindness in order for 
>the individual to successfully pursue their 
>vocational goals. This position will also be 
>responsible for educating and offering students 
>information regarding Pre-ETS programs that are 
>applicable to them. Ideal candidates will have a 
>solid understanding of career development, 
>employer engagement and instruction strategies. 
>The successful candidate will also have 
>experience developing plans, partnering with 
>service providers and education professionals, 
>and providing access to work-based learning 
>experiences including job shadows, informational 
>interviews, and volunteer, paid, and unpaid work 
>opportunities. In addition, strong 
>documentation, collaboration, organization and 
>time management skills are essential to the position.
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>Duties and responsibilities include the following areas:
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>Case Management
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>·        Independently prioritize workload to 
>maximize effective utilization of time, 
>resources, and agency assets. This position 
>covers a territory of several counties in a 
>third of Iowa and requires frequent travel.
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>·        Submit necessary reports, case 
>recordings, authorizations, and correspondence 
>in a timely and accurate manner.
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>·        Maintain client files and other 
>records in an organized and specified format.
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>Application and Eligibility Determination
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>·        Interview applicant, consult with 
>family, and contact other sources such as 
>ophthalmologists, community partners, and 
>employers to procure visual, medical, 
>psychological, social and educational information.
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>·        Determines eligibility for services, 
>assesses vocational, social and medical needs 
>through appropriate testing and medical reports.
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>Plan Development/Counseling and Guidance/Plan Implementation
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>·        Provide guidance and counseling 
>regarding client’s personal and vocational 
>adjustment throughout the rehabilitation process.
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>·        Assist clients through informed choice 
>in determining appropriate vocational goals and 
>serves as a resource for clients seeking 
>information regarding employment and employment goals.
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>·        Maintains a working knowledge of 
>assistive technology and reasonable accommodations.
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>·        Assist clients to obtain an employment 
>outcome using a variety of job development and 
>job placement strategies including contacting 
>employers, assessing employers’ needs, and 
>providing resources and education to employers and clients.
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>·        Counsel and guide clients in the 
>establishment of self-employment goals.
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>·        Involve at the minimum 1 new and 1 
>returning Pre-ETS student in Pre-ETS programming once per quarter
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>Public Awareness and Education
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>·        Advocate, consult, advise, educate, 
>mediate, and intercede with service providers, 
>employers, and the general public.
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>·        Develop and maintain referral sources 
>by providing information and resources through 
>personal contacts, written communication and presentations.
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>Essential Functions
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>·        Interpret and analyze assessment data 
>to develop goals and activities for individual plans of employment.
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>·        It is the policy of the Department for 
>the Blind to conduct background checks on all 
>finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment.
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>·        Provide pre-employment transition 
>services including job exploration counseling, 
>work-based learning opportunities, workplace 
>readiness training, counseling opportunities for 
>post-secondary educational programs, and 
>instruction in self-advocacy/peer mentoring to students with disabilities.
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>·        Communicate with educators, community 
>rehabilitation providers, and employers 
>statewide about equipment modifications, 
>accommodations, and alternative techniques that help blind people succeed.
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>·        Develop and implement approaches to 
>help eligible individuals explore career 
>alternatives, find and interview for available 
>jobs, and keep and/or advance in current jobs.
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>·        Develop relationships with employers 
>statewide to assist blind students, youth, and 
>adults (with and without additional 
>disabilities) to obtain, maintain, and retain employment and explore careers.
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>·        Ability and means to travel within the 
>local area in order to meet with clients, 
>educators, employers and other professionals and 
>stakeholders to perform the work of the position.
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>It is the policy of the Department for the Blind 
>to conduct background checks on all finalist 
>candidates prior to any offer of employment.
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>Selectives
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>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.
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>257 Career Development Counseling:
>6 months experience at the high school or 
>college level or in the public or private sector 
>such as Iowa Workforce Development or an 
>employment agency. In the case of the latter, 
>must have experience analyzing and assessing 
>applicants’ work and education history and applying it to career goals.
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>·         Must possess broad knowledge of 
>postsecondary education and/or job training infrastructure.
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>·         Must be able to communicate with 
>program participants of varying academic and vocational abilities
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>Minimum Qualification Requirements
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>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;
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>OR
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>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;
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>OR
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>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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