The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet advances education, workforce development, and economic opportunity
across the Commonwealth. The Cabinet provides education and training programs, employment and reemployment
services, unemployment insurance, and disability determination services to help Kentuckians gain skills, find
work, and maintain economic stability. It partners with education providers, workforce boards, and employers
to align training with labor market needs and oversees labor programs that promote fair and safe workplaces.
The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation empowers individuals with disabilities to maximize employment, achieve
economic self-sufficiency and independence, and to contribute back to society. We also help businesses and
employers recruit, retain and accommodate employees with disabilities.
We are seeking a Voc Rehab Program Specialist II to perform independent professional vocational rehabilitation
functions such as assessing needs for assistive devices and providing instruction in using assistive devices,
aids, and non-visual techniques. Provides independent living skills training to consumers with low-vision and
blindness seeking to improve abilities to perform daily living activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develops individual training plans for consumers to live independently; provides independent living skills
training; teaches skills such as self-advocacy; serves as a resource person and counsels consumers and
families on blindness related issues; makes referrals and coordinates specialized services, technical aids and
devices; travels throughout district to deliver services to consumers.
- Reviews and evaluates vision, medical and other reports to determine a consumer's need for specialized
services; completes daily living skills assessments and develops individualized plan of services jointly with
consumers; coordinates additional services to be provided as outlined by the plan. Prepares activities of daily
living assessment reports.
- Provides caseload management including documentation of services/trainings and consumers' progress towards
goals; enters data in Case Management Systems; completes clerical duties to maintain flow of casework; writes
reports; reviews data and makes corrections; monitors caseload budget; maintains inventory of adaptive
devices; applies governing policies.
- Conducts outreach to develop and maintain referral sources; participates in community awareness programs and
public relations activities with organizations, physicians, peer groups, etc., throughout the district.
- Works with program manager to complete special assignments such as developing program materials.
- Perform other duties as required.
This position will have access to confidential and sensitive information. The successful candidate will be
required to ensure the safeguarding and security of all confidential and sensitive information and will be
required to complete trainings, sign acknowledgements, follow all policies and adhere to all statutes and
requirements pertaining to the safeguarding and security of confidential and sensitive information while
employed and after employment ends.
The Education and Labor Cabinet (ELC) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government
with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.
ELC will only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information
on E-Verify, or if you believe that ELC has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 999-897-7781 or
https://www.e-verify.gov/
