[Rehab] Job Announcements: Mississippi Emerge Center

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Mississippi Emerge Center for the Blind

OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION FOR THE BLIND

310 North Cleveland Avenue

Long Beach, MS 39560

(228) 241-2240

EMPOWERMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BLIND 

 

The Mississippi Emerge Center for the Blind is seeking highly motivated
individuals to join the staff as we build a world-class residential
blindness training program.

Established in 2024, The Emerge Center is a residential adult training
program operating on the Structured Discovery model of blindness
rehabilitation. The Center prepares blind and low vision individuals for
high quality employment by giving them the skills and confidence they need
to function independently in their homes, communities, and workplaces. 

The Emerge Center is seeking a director, an orientation and mobility
instructor, and an apartment manager. 

Emerge Center Director: The Director is a manager and a philosophical
leader. The director believes in the potential of blind people to live fully
integrated lives and ensures that all aspects of the program reflect and
reinforce this belief. 

Emerge Center Director Education and Experience Requirements: A bachelor's
degree in rehabilitation teaching, rehabilitation counseling, education,
special education, a behavioral science, social science, counseling, or
related field and four (4) years' experience (at least one (1) year of which
must have been in a supervisory role); or a master's degree in
rehabilitation teaching, rehabilitation counseling, special education,
education, a behavioral science, social science, counseling, or related
field and two (2) years' experience (at least one (1) year of which must
have been in a supervisory role). 

Orientation and Mobility Instructor: The Orientation and Mobility Instructor
engages blind students as active learners. The students are encouraged to
explore, problem solve and challenge themselves every day. 

Orientation and Mobility Instructor Education and Experience Requirements: A
Bachelor's degree in education, special education, rehabilitation, a
behavioral science, social science, counseling, or related field and three
(3) years' experience; or a Master's degree in orientation and mobility,
education, special education, a behavioral science, social science,
counseling, or related field and one (1) years' experience.

Orientation and Mobility Instructor Certification Requirements: National
Orientation and Mobility Certification (NOMC), or Certified Orientation and
Mobility Specialist (COMS) certification. [Note: If the successful applicant
is not NOMC or COMS certified, the individual must obtain certification
within one (1) year after beginning employment.] 

Apartment Manager: The Apartment Manager supports and encourages the
students to apply their non-visual skills to apartment life. The students
cook, clean, shop for groceries, and in all ways live independently. 

Apartment Manager Education and Experience Requirements: A bachelor's degree
in rehabilitation teaching, rehabilitation counseling, education, special
education, a behavioral science, social science, counseling, or related
field and three (3) years' experience; a master's degree in rehabilitation
teaching, rehabilitation counseling, special education, education, a
behavioral science, social science, counseling, or related field and one (1)
years' experience. 

Apartment Manager Desirable Certification/s: Any of the following
certifications will help support the individual's application but are not
required: National Orientation and Mobility Certification (NOMC), National
Certification in Unified English Braille (NCUEB), National Certification in
Rehabilitation Teaching for the Blind (NCRTB), Certified Vocational
Rehabilitation Counselor for the Blind (CVRCB).

Within the first six (6) months of employment, new employees will complete
eight weeks of full-time immersion training wearing learning shades
(blindfolds) throughout the instructional day and during confidence-building
activities. Prior Structured Discovery immersion training may substitute for
some or all of the immersion training requirement on a case-by-case basis. 

Mississippi state government employees are classified under a system that
includes pay grades and pay plans. Each position is assigned to a specific
pay grade within a pay plan, and these grades determine the salary range for
the position. The system aims to provide fair and equitable compensation
based on job duties, responsibilities, and required experience. 

 

Interested individuals should send a resume and cover letter to: 

 

Ms. Dorothy Young, Director

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind

dyoung at mdrs.ms.gov <mailto:dyoung at mdrs.ms.gov> 

(601) 853-5210

 

 

 

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