Transition Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Adult Correction; North Carolina; Vor Ort; USD 43.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) invites applications for the Rehabilitation Counselor (S) in the Blind Services division. The successful candidate will identify visually impaired individuals, assess eligibility, and design tailored employment plans to advance independence.

Responsibilities include coordinating services, job development and placement, and outreach to eye-care professionals and referral sources to build strong employment pipelines.

Qualifikationen

• Experience conducting eligibility interviews and diagnostic assessments.
• Ability to develop individualized employment plans.
• Proven success coordinating rehab services with employers.
• Experience doing outreach to eye-care providers and referral sources.
• Familiarity with federal eligibility criteria for vocational rehab.
• Strong case management and service planning skills.

Aufgaben

• Identify blind or visually impaired individuals whose disability impedes employment.
• Explain vocational rehabilitation services to consumers and referral sources.
• Complete applications, interviews, and diagnostic studies as part of intake.
• Determine eligibility and develop individualized employment plans.
• Coordinate or authorize services supporting consumer employment goals.
• Provide and coordinate job development and placement activities.
• Conduct outreach to eye-care providers and referral sources to improve referrals.
• Carry out case finding, plan development, and service provision per federal criteria.

Kenntnisse

Eligibility interviews

Diagnostic assessments

Individualized employment plans

Job development and placement

Outreach to eye-care providers

Referral sources coordination

Jobbeschreibung

Agency

Dept of Health and Human Services

Division

Blind Services

Job Classification Title

Rehabilitation Counselor (S)

Position Number

60043020

Grade

NC10

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description of Work

The Transition Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor identifies blind or visually impaired individuals whose disability presents a substantial barrier to employment and provides a structured rehabilitation program to support their path to achieving suitable work. The position conducts applications, interviews, diagnostic assessments, and eligibility determinations to develop individualized employment plans tailored to each consumer's abilities, interests, and capabilities.

Work includes coordinating and authorizing services that promote employment, including job development, job placement, and direct engagement with employers. The role also includes outreach and re‑education efforts with eye‑care providers and community referral sources to strengthen access to vocational rehabilitation services.

Key Duties Include:

• Identify blind or visually impaired individuals whose disability creates a substantial impediment to employment.
• Explain vocational rehabilitation services to potential consumers and referral sources such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, and county DSS offices.
• Complete applications, initial interviews, and diagnostic studies as part of the preliminary assessment process.
• Determine consumer eligibility and assist with developing individualized employment plans aligned with consumer abilities, capabilities, and interests.
• Coordinate or authorize services that support consumer employment goals.
• Provide and coordinate job development and job placement activities based on consumer job goals.
• Conduct outreach to educate and re‑educate eye‑care providers and other referral sources to improve the volume and quality of referrals.
• Carry out case finding, plan development, and service provision in accordance with federal eligibility criteria.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Grade Range: $43,267.00 - $75,718.00

Recruitment Range: $43,267.00 - $50,346.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

The Knowledge,Skills,andAbilities (KSAs)/ Management Preferences are not required. Applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Demonstrated experience conducting eligibility interviews and diagnostic assessments to determine service needs for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
• Strong track record developing individualized employment plans that align consumer abilities, interests, and capabilities with appropriate vocational goals.
• Expert proficiency coordinating rehabilitation services, including job development and placement activities carried out directly with community employers.
• Demonstrated experience performing outreach and re‑education with ophthalmologists, optometrists, county DSS offices, and other referral sources to strengthen referral pipelines.
• Proven success executing case finding, service planning, and program delivery in compliance with federal eligibility criteria for vocational rehabilitation services.

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before The End Date

This Position Is Funded In Part Through Federal Funds

Physical Requirements:

Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

The use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

*Note: This position requires spending time walking through different job sites, high schools, and touring college campuses.

About the Division of Services for the Blind (DSB):

The Division of Services for the Blind provides services to people who are visually impaired, blind and deaf-blind to help them reach their goals of independence and employment.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits.
• Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).
• Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
• In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.

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