Rehabilitation Associate

State-of-Missour; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined pension plan

Generous leave and holidays

Health insurance eligibility

Job summary

State of Missouri seeks a Rehabilitation Associate for the Family Support Division, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind, located at 615 Howerton CT, Jefferson City. The role supports professional staff in delivering services to clients, manages invoices, records, and provides backup for administrative tasks.

Requires knowledge of disabilities and rehabilitation needs, plus one year of related office experience.

Qualifications

• One year of office experience in office management practices and procedures including keyboarding, frequent public contacts, processing invoices, or rehabilitation services.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage office processes per agency policies.
• Open and maintain client case records to document expenditures.
• Review client invoices for accuracy to ensure compliance with policies.
• Resolve billing problems to ensure accurate payments to vendors.
• Enter invoice payments in the client database to track expenditures.
• Maintain filing systems and prepare records for archiving.
• Provide backup for phones and client database information.
• Back up for administrative invoices and weekly authorization reviews in the client database.

Skills

Client relationship management

Training and motivating others

Office management practices

Keyboarding

Public contact handling

Education

Credit hours toward degree (psychology, sociology, social work, business)

Tools

Client database

Billing software

Job description

The Family Support Division, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB), is seeking applications for a Rehabilitation Associate. This position will be located at 615 Howerton CT, Jefferson City, MO.

This is paraprofessional work assisting professional staff in the delivery of services to clients of the Family Support Division, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain, with considerable independence, office processes and activities in accordance with agency policies and rules.
• Open and maintain client case records in order to document and verify case expenditures.
• Review all client invoices for accuracy to ensure compliance with Rehabilitation Services for the Blind Policies & Procedures.
• Resolve any billing problems to insure accurate payment to vendors.
• Complete all required processing of client invoices and Business Enterprise Program invoices.
• Enter invoice payments in the client database in order to accurately track expenditures.
• Maintain complex filing system and prepare records for archiving.
• Providing back up support to phones lines and service information in the client database.
• Backup for Administrative Invoices.
• Backup for weekly Authorization reviews in the client database.
• Performs other related work as assigned.

Knowledge of the nature of developmental, emotional, and/or physical disabilities and the rehabilitation needs of those affected. Knowledge of the principles of job analysis and work simplification as applied to those with vocational rehabilitation needs. Knowledge of production work processes and equipment used in the fabrication, assembly, and/or packaging of small articles. Knowledge of standard and adaptive office equipment. Ability to gain the confidence and cooperation of clients. Ability to train and motivate clients, staff, and workers.

• One year of office experience, in office management practices and procedures including keyboarding, frequent public contacts, processing invoices, or rehabilitation services.

(Earned credit hours from an accredited college or university including coursework in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Special Education, Business Administration, or Business

Management may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year.)

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

Recruitment Area: Accepting applications from all qualified applicants.

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage.

• defined pension plan
• generous amounts of leave and holiday time
• eligibility for health insurance coverage

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