Company Information
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Company Name: Department of Education
Website: https://jobsp.nhfirst.nh.gov/lawtaprd/CandidateSelfService/lm?dataarea=lawtaprd&_frommenu=true&context.dataarea=lawtaprd&context.session.key.JobBoard=EXTERNAL&context.session.key.HROrganization=10

Job Information
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Job Title: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 
Job Type: Permanent
Address:
Manchester , New Hampshire. 03104
United States

Job Description:
SCOPE OF WORK: To assist persons with disabilities to increase employment
potential and optimize personal independence by recommending and providing
comprehensive services, with a focus on deaf and hard of hearing
participants.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Provides counseling and guidance to persons with disabilities and significant
others in order to maximize employment potential and personal independence.
(Deaf and Hard of Hearing caseload).

Analyzes and interprets individual functional profiles of persons with
disabilities by collecting and/or recommending medical, psychological, and
vocational evaluations and analyzing, interpreting and synthesizing the
diverse information obtained to recommend eligibility decisions and determine
rehabilitation needs.

Implements mutually developed Individualized Plans for Employment, after they
are approved by the VR Supervisor, and follows state and federal regulations
and policies, which establish long-term vocational goals, intermediate
strategies and objectives, specific services, timelines, costs, providers of
service, and program accountabilities.

Recommends, drafts, and monitors the expenditure of state and federal funds
to secure prescribed essential services and commodities to accomplish the
Individualized Written Rehabilitation Program.

Manages a sizable and diverse caseload to ensure timely services and to meet
a numerical goal of successful rehabilitations. Documents individual case
records to comply with state and federal regulations and policies.



Requirements:
Must be ASL fluent. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or
university with at least twelve (12) courses or thirty-six (36) credits in
social work, psychology, sociology, education, rehabilitation counseling,
vocational guidance, human resources, human services, or a related field.
Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one
year of required work experience.
Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Rehabilitation
Counseling (or further information in the pdf attachment.




Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Cover Letter, Transcript, Application Form
Majors Desired:: Education, Liberal Arts
Degree levels accepted:: Bachelor, Graduate

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://jobsp.nhfirst.nh.gov/lawtaprd/CandidateSelfService/lm?dataarea=lawtaprd&_frommenu=true&context.dataarea=lawtaprd&context.session.key.JobBoard=EXTERNAL&context.session.key.HROrganization=10#
Additional Instructions:
This position will cover Manchester and Nashua areas. In the State Job listing, search Position #13254, or in Category- click on "Professional and Managerial", and in Subcategory, click on Vocational. You will see a Rehab Counselor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Contact the Human Resources directly if you need further information or assistance.