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Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II

 

Closing Date: 11:59 p.m. September 30, 2011

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska

 

 

Description:

 

Under general supervision, performs complex, specialized vocational counseling, guidance and placement for individuals with visual impairments and/or other disabilities.

Hours: 8-5, Monday - Friday.

 

Examples of Work:

 

Performs interviews, diagnostic services, testing, job training and job placement of eligible clients; confers with clients to discuss options and goals. Provides follow-up services for clients in all aspects of vocational adjustment; monitors and records clients' progress and ensures goals and objectives are met. Assists in coordinating training, re-socialization, remedial education and overall client programming. Arranges for intelligence, psychological, vocational interest, aptitude testing and other tests and evaluations to obtain information in regards to assessing clients' needs and developing rehabilitation plans. Assists district or unit supervisors with program needs and evaluation and may be involved in corollary administrative functions. Serves as a resource person to the professional staff in vocational rehabilitation related matters. Prepares and maintains required reports, correspondence, case files and records. Develops and maintains relationships with originating agencies, schools, community organizations and public employers. 

 

Qualifications/Requirements:

 

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelors degree in social science, behavioral science, social work, counseling/guidance, vocational rehabilitation, psychology, sociology, human development, education or related and two years experience OR Masters degree in any of the above mentioned fields or related area. Candidates who possess the required degree, but do not meet the experience requirements, may be hired as a Rehabilitation Counselor I ($14.896/hour) until such experience qualifications are met. 

OTHER: Successful candidates for employment must be able to satisfactorily pass an extensive criminal background check. All new hires will complete 600 hours of immersion training in Lincoln, at NCBVI expense, at the Nebraska Center for the Blind to learn the alternative skills of blindness (cane travel, Braille, assistive technology, activities of daily living, etc.); those completing the training will be certified as Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors for the blind. Work is performed under the direct supervision of a district or unit supervisor. Field assignments and travel are involved in varying degrees. State agencies are responsible to evaluate each of their positions to determine their individual overtime eligibility status as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

Knowledge of: vocational rehabilitation counseling methods and techniques; human behavior and performance; medical and mental disabilities and their effects on the rehabilitation process; adaptive equipment available for clients served; principles and procedures for training development and instruction; group behavior and dynamics; basic sign language. Skill in: interviewing others to collect essential information; communicating to convey information; monitoring and assessing performance and implementing actions; reviewing information to develop options and implement solutions. Ability to: learn, interpret and apply provisions of the Rehabilitation Act; collect, analyze and evaluate data to apply to the development and implementation of a rehabilitation plan; maintain accurate records; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships. 



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