Employment at TMCC

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Position Description: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Department: Vocational Rehabilitation
Opening date: September 26, 2011
Closing date: Until filled
Salary: According to Vocational Rehabilitation salary scale

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR IS THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROJECT DIRECTOR.

Qualifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas: Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation, Addiction Counseling or Social Science.

Desirable Skills:

1. Working knowledge of: industrial, commercial, and professional occupations; common physical, mental and learning disabilities and their social implications.
2. Ability to evaluate aptitudes, skills, interests and educational backgrounds of clients to determine rehabilitative and employment possibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for arranging and interpreting assessments of function and diagnostics, provides professional vocational rehabilitation counseling, and placement services to vocational rehabilitation clients.
2. Assists physically nd mentally handicapped persons to become vocationally competent.
3. Participates in the total rehabilitation of individuals either in a specific caseload including all disabilities of persons who are eligible under State and Federal laws and regulations.
4. Develops and maintains an active case-finding program through contacts with agencies, hospitals, physicians, rehabilitation centers, schools, and other agencies.
5. Interviews applicants for determination of eligibility for service, the extent and nature of the handicap, and their need for and the feasibility of their under-taking rehabilitation services; may participate as a member of a treatment team.
6. Assists clients in securing employment commensurate with their interests and abilities; follow-ups to ascertain the permanency of employment.
7. Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
8. THIS IS A NON – SMOKING POSITION DUE TO OUR CLIENTS WITH SEVERE PULMONARY ISSUES.

How to apply:
Submit a letter of application, curriculum vita/resume or web application (available below), college transcripts, and three (3) current letters of recommendation. Work experience must be reasonably documented. Applicants claiming Indian Preference/Veterans Preference must provide documentation.

Employment Application (276 KB PDF)

PLEASE NOTE: INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Tracy Azure, Acting Comptroller
Telephone: (701)477.7809
Email: tazure@tm.edu

*Turtle Mountain Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. It is the general policy of the college to give preference to qualified American Indian applicants as allowed by the Indian preference provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Persons who are at least ¼ degree and wish to claim Indian preference must submit a copy of their tribal Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) and Agency enrolled.