VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES:
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) provides services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, start, and maintain competitive employment, thus becoming productive and independent citizens in their communities. These services provide the opportunity to learn skills that will help a person secure and maintain employment.
When a person enters a VR program, his/her needs, interests and abilities are assessed. Following this, a suitable plan of action (named an Individualized Plan for Employment) is mutually developed and agreed upon, based on the client’s needs. That client may receive an evaluation, counseling, guidance and training necessary to gain the skills needed to begin employment. Depending on the employment outcome chosen by the client, services may include training in job seeking skills, college, university, vocational and technical instruction, work adjustment and on the job training, assistive work technology, orientation and mobility and adjustment to blindness skills, including vision rehabilitation, communication skills (Braille), job placement or post-employment services. Job coaching and consultation is made available to employers for client’s whose job maybe in jeopardy through the exploration of employment alternatives and sensitizing employers to client needs.
Please refer to the NCSAB Directory for assistance in locating the VR office closest to where the client lives. Qualified Vocational Rehabilitation staff will assist the client in the VR process.