Senior Rehabilitation Specialist

State-of-Missour; Maryland Heights (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Family Support Division, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB) seeks a Senior Rehabilitation Specialist for the Blind based at the St. Louis area office.

The role involves delivering comprehensive rehabilitation services to adults with vision impairments within an assigned district. Under district supervision, you will conduct in-depth interviews, coordinate assessments, develop Individualized Plans for Employment (IPE), and collaborate with employers to place clients in suitable jobs.

Responsibilities

• Provides rehabilitation counseling services for consumers within an assigned district of the state.
• Conducts in-depth interviews to obtain medical, family history, social functioning, education, work experience, attitudes, resources, and vocational interests.
• Arranges for and/or administers psychological tests to ascertain cognitive level, aptitudes, interests, and abilities.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data to determine eligibility and develops an IPE emphasizing vocational goals with consumer participation.
• Manages case service needs to ensure quality and cost‑effective rehabilitation outcomes.
• Utilizes community resources and financial resources to reduce rehabilitation costs.
• Coordinates services such as restoration, training, equipment, and job placement based on capacities.
• Contacts employers to educate and assess needs; develops jobs and coordinates placement.
• Represents the consumer's interests and serves as a liaison to families, communities, employers, agencies, and healthcare providers.
• Maintains relationships with state and community support agencies to ensure wraparound employment services.
• Travels frequently to conduct home visits, attend meetings, and follow up with employers.

Job description

The Family Support Division, Rehabilitation Services for the Blind (RSB), is seeking applications for a Senior Rehabilitation Specialist for the Blind. The base location will be in St Louis County RSB Office located at 9900 Page Ave, St Louis, MO.

The Senior Rehabilitation Specialist works under the general supervision of the District Supervisor, but exercises increasing independence and initiative within established agency guidelines.

• Providesrehabilitationcounselingservicesforconsumers within anassigneddistrictofthestate.
• Conducts in-depth interviews of persons with disabilities toobtain information regardingmedical and family history, social functioning, education, work experience, self- perception, attitudes, financial resources, and vocational interests.
• Arrangesforand/oradministerspsychologicalteststoascertainconsumer'scognitivelevel,aptitudes,interests,andabilities.
• Collects, analyzes, andinterprets medical, psychological,social, educational, andvocational data todetermine theconsumer's eligibility for services; negotiates, develops, and initiates a rehabilitationprogram and Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE), emphasizing the determinationand achievementof an appropriate vocational goal through consumerparticipation.
• Manages,asdirected,caseserviceneedstoensurequalityandcost-effectiverehabilitationoutcomes.
• Utilizesknowledge ofcommunity resources, andaccesses other financial resources (comparable benefitanalysis required byfederalregulations) to reduce rehabilitation
• Achieves employmentoutcomes by implementing the consumer's IPE through authorizing, purchasing, arranging, referring for,and coordinating services, such as physical and mental restoration; educationaland vocational training; computer and adaptive equipment; andjobplacement based on capacities and informed consumer
• Contactsemployerstoprovideeducationandassesstheirneeds;developsjobsandcoordinatesplacementofconsumerswith employers.
• Represents theinterest of theconsumer regarding disability, independence, and employment; serves as a liaison to their family and support systems,communityresources,businesses,governmentagencies,schools,healthcarefacilities,physicians,serviceproviders,employers,and others.
• Maintainsrelationships with other State andcommunity support agencies to ensure wraparound employment services inaccordance with federal guidelines.
• Travelsfrequentlytoconducthomevisits,attendmeetingsandplacementfollow-upswithemployers,andparticipateintrainingopportunities.
• Exercisesincreasingindependenceandinitiativewithinestablishedguidelines;receivesgeneralsupervisionfromadistrict