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Position Announcement - Mobility Specialist - St. Louis, MO
by Michael.A.StJulien＠dss.mo.gov 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

Good Morning Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind is currently recruiting for a Mobility Specialist in our St. Louis-South District Office. Please see the attachment for further details regarding the position. If you have any questions please contact the District Supervisor, Katherine Cronin, at 314-933-7330. Michael St.Julien Assistant Deputy Director Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind 573-751-4989 (Office) 573-680-4074 (Cell) 573-751-4984 (Fax) michael.a.stjulien at dss.mo.gov<mailto:michael.a.stjulien at dss.mo.gov> "This communication is being transmitted by the Department of Social Services (DSS), and is confidential, privileged, and intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you are not the intended recipient, unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender and destroy the material received."

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Position Announcement - Rehabilitation Teacher - Jefferson City, MO
by Michael.A.StJulien＠dss.mo.gov 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

Good Morning, Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind is currently recruiting for a Rehabilitation Teacher position for our Mid-Missouri District Office located in Jefferson City, MO. Please see the attachment for further details. If you have any questions regarding the position please contact the District Supervisor, Katy Cawdron, at 573-751-3434. Michael St.Julien Assistant Deputy Director Missouri Rehabilitation Services for the Blind 573-751-4989 (Office) 573-680-4074 (Cell) 573-751-4984 (Fax) michael.a.stjulien at dss.mo.gov<mailto:michael.a.stjulien at dss.mo.gov> "This communication is being transmitted by the Department of Social Services (DSS), and is confidential, privileged, and intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you are not the intended recipient, unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender and destroy the material received."

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Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher Job Posting
by ebell＠pdrib.com 13 Sep '18

13 Sep '18

_____ Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser <https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/IACIO/bulletins/20ccc82> here DATE/VOL/# <https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iowa/jobs/2207268/vocational-rehabil…> Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher Location: Des Moines, Iowa Salary Minimum: $48,672.00 Salary Maximum: $74,131.20 Post Close Date: October 1, 2018 Job Description: This is a courtesy posting for a non-merit position. Please follow instructions in the ?To Apply? section for directions on how to apply for this position. The Iowa Department for the Blind (IDB) is seeking applicants for a position that will promote IDB?s mission, vision and values through providing blindness-skills training to vocational rehabilitation clients throughout the state. A significant portion of this position will include teaching young adults. Duties and responsibilities to include the following: * Teach blindness skills, including but not limited to braille, cane travel, home and personal management, and basic technology usage, to vocational rehabilitation clients, individually and in groups, including pre-employment transition services for clients and potentially eligible students. Provide regular written reports documenting training, and communicate regularly with vocational rehabilitation counselors regarding client progress and concerns. * Evaluate the skill level and training needs of vocational rehabilitation clients and potentially eligible students. Provide reports documenting strengths, weaknesses and training recommendations to clients, counselors and IEP teams as appropriate. * Assist in developing and implementing group trainings for vocational rehabilitation clients and potentially eligible students such as transition weekend retreats. * Assist in developing assessments and training curricula for use with clients. * Assist in developing and provide training to service providers including paraprofessionals, in working with blind persons in a manner that supports skill development and fosters independence. Essential functions of this position: * Communicate effectively in person, on the phone, and in writing with clients, counselors, and the public using proper English grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. * Read, write, and teach contracted braille. * Independently travel using the long white cane under sleep shades and teach skills to clients. * Promote a positive philosophy of blindness including that blind persons can be as proficient as their sighted counterparts * Experience teaching blindness skills preferred. It is the policy of the Department for the Blind to conduct background checks on all finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment. For further information, contact Helen Stevens, 515-829-7411 or helen.stevens at blind.state.ia.us <mailto:helen.stevens at blind.state.ia.us> To Apply: Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services ? Human Resources Enterprise. Persons who wish to be considered for this position must submit a resume and letter of application to: Helen Stevens Education and Training Director Iowa Department for the Blind 524 4th Street Des Moines, IA 50309-2364 helen.stevens at blind.state.ia.us <mailto:helen.stevens at blind.state.ia.us> <http://www.google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> CHANGE TEXT BY LINKING H3 Phone: 515-281-1333 E-mail: <mailto:information at blind.state.ia.us> information at blind.state.ia.us Iowa Department for the Blind 524 Fourth Street Des Moines, IA 50309-2364 _____ <https://irgc.iowa.gov/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> Questions? Contact us <https://irgc.iowa.gov/contact-us?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery> STAY CONNECTED: <https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/IACIO/subscriber/topics?qsp=IACIO_27> SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage <https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/IACIO/subscriber/edit?preferences=t…> Subscriptions | Subscriber Help <https://subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com/> | <https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/IACIO/bulletins/20ccc82?reqfrom=sh…>

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Question about Attending State Conventions as Employees
by PRESIDENT＠alumni.ecu.edu 08 Sep '18

08 Sep '18

Colleagues, I recently heard about a state VR agency and its plans for how to save money on a state convention. They are basically sending the sighted employees to the convention as a work activity but expecting the blind employees to pay their own way because that's something they can reasonably be expected to be attending even if they were not employees. The agency is divided into a handful of sections, and the section where all of the blind employees work is the one not getting compensated. Has anyone experienced this kind of thing before? What arguments worked or did not work to resolve the issue, hopefully in a peaceful and face-saving way? Asking for a friend, Justin

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NOMC Digest, Vol 151, Issue 1
by jrcantan＠yahoo.com 08 Sep '18

08 Sep '18

Aloha Justin. I think we need to hear more facts before we can give you an answer that you would be satisfied with. Example, is this an agency decision? Is this coming out of the agencies Admin budget? Or is this a section decision? And does this come out of each sections budget? And the most important question is, why are only the sighted staff being allowed to have their registrations paid for? And is it all of the site at staff in the building? Honestly, the way your questions and concerns have been raised, it sounds like obvious discrimination. I hope we can get more answers before we draw any conclusions. As you may know, our agency along with the rest of vocational rehabilitation here in Hawaii is going through an order of selection. We are dealing with some major budget issues. Because of these budget issues, our section has had to make some really tough decisions over the last few months. One of those tough decisions was that the staff members of our section would not be attending this year?s NFV state convention on the sections very limited budget. To make clear, this is not an agency decision, but rather a section decision made by the section supervisor who happens to be blind. And as you know, there are other really tough decisions that have been made that I won?t talk about here. There are employees in other sections who will be attending this year?s convention through work, and they happen to be cited, 4 of them to be exact. I can promise you that them being cited and us being blind has nothing to do with why they?re going to convention as part of work and we are not. To be honest, I was disappointed when I found out I had to pay for my own registration. But then I thought about it, and I realized whether Work was going to pay for me or not, I would find a way to attend our state convention! Even if that meant I had to come up with the 50 dollars on my own! I think it would be well worth it! So yeah, I think we definitely need more facts before we come to any conclusions. I definitely don?t want people to be misled and I?m sure you feel the same way.Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2018, at 11:02 AM, nomc-request at lists.nbpcb.org wrote: > > Send NOMC mailing list submissions to > nomc at lists.nbpcb.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.nbpcb.org/listinfo.cgi/nomc-nbpcb.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nomc-request at lists.nbpcb.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nomc-owner at lists.nbpcb.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of NOMC digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Question about Attending State Conventions as Employees > (Justin Salisbury) > 2. Re: Question about Attending State Conventions as Employees > (Lerone Walker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:45:15 +0000 > From: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu> > To: "NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org" <NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org> > Subject: [Nomc] Question about Attending State Conventions as > Employees > Message-ID: > <BY2PR13MB031068845D0CCE6B76D5D88689000 at BY2PR13MB0310.namprd13.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Colleagues, > > I recently heard about a state VR agency and its plans for how to save money on a state convention. They are basically sending the sighted employees to the convention as a work activity but expecting the blind employees to pay their own way because that's something they can reasonably be expected to be attending even if they were not employees. The agency is divided into a handful of sections, and the section where all of the blind employees work is the one not getting compensated. > > Has anyone experienced this kind of thing before? What arguments worked or did not work to resolve the issue, hopefully in a peaceful and face-saving way? > > Asking for a friend, > > Justin > > >

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