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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 Jackson County/Kansas City RSB Office located at 615E. 13th Street, Kansas City, MO.

Job Details - More reasons to love this position 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. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here.

Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact: FSD.Personnel@dss.mo.gov

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.

Responsibilities

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

• Provides rehabilitation counseling services for consumers within an assigned district of the state.

• Conducts in-depth interviews of persons with disabilities to obtain information regarding medical and family history, social functioning, education, work experience, self- perception, attitudes, financial resources, and vocational interests.• Arranges for and/or administers psychological tests to ascertain consumer's cognitive level, aptitudes, interests, and abilities.

• Collects, analyzes, and interprets medical, psychological, social, educational, and vocational data to determine the consumer's eligibility for services; negotiates, develops, and initiates a rehabilitation program and Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE), emphasizing the determination and achievement of an appropriate vocational goal through consumer participation.

• Manages, as directed, case service needs to ensure quality and cost-effective rehabilitation outcomes.

• Utilizes knowledge of community resources, and accesses other financial resources (comparable benefit analysis required by federal regulations) to reduce rehabilitation

• Achieves employment outcomes by implementing the consumer's IPE through authorizing, purchasing, arranging, referring for, and coordinating services, such as physical and mental restoration; educational and vocational training; computer and adaptive equipment; and job placement based on capacities and informed consumer

• Contacts employers to provide education and assess their needs; develops jobs and coordinates placement of consumers with employers.

• Represents the interest of the consumer regarding disability, independence, and employment; serves as a liaison to their family and support systems, community resources, businesses, government agencies, schools, health care facilities, physicians, service providers, employers, and others.

• Maintains relationships with other State and community support agencies to ensure wraparound employment services in accordance with federal guidelines.

• Travels frequently to conduct home visits, attend meetings and placement follow-ups with employers, and participate in training opportunities.

• Exercises increasing independence and initiative within established guidelines; receives general supervision from a district supervisor.

• Performs other related work as assigned.

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