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<div align="center"><b>STATE OF IOWA<br>
Transfer/Promotional Opportunity<br>
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February 9, 2010<br>
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Senior Services Specialist for the Blind 1<br>
Rehabilitation Teacher<br>
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Provide those services necessary to help individuals who are blind or
visually impaired develop the confidence and skills needed to
independently and competently participate in their families, communities,
and occupations of choice. Provide services on an outreach basis,
covering the northwest and north central portion of Iowa. Work primarily
with older individuals and with individuals who have significant
co-disabilities. Assess needs to determine services that will best
serve the individual and work with the individual to develop and
implement a plan to meet identified needs. Provide instruction in the
alternative techniques of blindness (including Braille, travel with the
long white cane, use of assistive technology, home management, and
leisure activities). Provide guidance and counseling about vision
loss to promote a positive adjustment to blindness. Assist
individuals access various community resources by providing information
and referral services, and advocacy. <br>
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Follow prescribed case management practices and provide narrative reports
inclusive of need assessments, plans to meet identified needs, rationale
for service decisions, description of services provided, and results
achieved. Coordinate and facilitate agency services such as library
services and training in the Adult Orientation and Adjustment
Center. Work in tandem with the vocational rehabilitation counselor
to support clients in the pursuit of their vocational goals.<br>
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Provide consultation and in-service training to other agencies so they
can better serve their clients who are blind. Deliver presentations to
civic, social, and professional organizations to increase awareness about
department services and promote a positive philosophy of blindness.
Assist with other department outreach activities. <br>
Must possess highly developed teaching and counseling skills, good public
speaking and writing skills, excellent organizational skills, and
excellent judgment. Must possess the abilities to handle sensitive
situations, solve problems, and work as a member of a team.
Intensive training in appropriate skills and attitudes of blindness will
be provided. Must possess knowledge of or be able to learn effective
alternative techniques of blindness, particularly in the areas of
communications, travel with a long white cane, and home and personal
management. Extensive travel with some evenings, overnights, and
weekends. Domiciled in north west or north central Iowa.<br>
Minimum qualifications are:<br>
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;<br>
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;<br>
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.<br>
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Salary range: $42,369.60$64,521.60 annually, plus comprehensive benefit
package, Pay Grade 28, Pay Plan 000<br>
Hours:
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday<br>
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Domicile:
North west or north central Iowa<br>
Location:
Iowa Department for the Blind, 524 Fourth Street, Des Moines, IA
50309-2364<br>
For further information contact Becky Criswell, Supervisor, (515)
281-1299 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, Director, Iowa Department for the Blind, 524 Fourth Street, Des
Moines, IA 50309 or
<a href="mailto:karen.keninger@blind.state.ia.us">
karen.keninger@blind.state.ia.us</a> no later than Friday, March 5,
2010.<br>
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