Rehabilitation Field Services Supervisor

Job Requisition ID: 43411 

Opening Date:  12/30/2024
Closing Date/Time: 01/13/2025

Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015 
Skill Option: Rehabilitation Counseling 
Bilingual Option: None 

Salary: Anticipated Salary: $9,165 - $11,165 per month ($109,980 - $133,980 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Stephenson
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: None

 

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Posting Identification Number  43411

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Position Overview

The Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is the state’s lead division serving people with disabilities committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and racial justice.  The mission of the Division is to assist individuals with disabilities in achieving their goals of employment, education, and independent living. This supervisor plans, implements, directs, coordinates, and supervises the operations and activities of the Bureau of Customer and Community Field Services overseeing staff for an assigned geographical section of the state, providing direct services to individuals with disabilities to achieve or retain integrated competitive employment and live independently in the community. The Division of Rehabilitation Services is seeking to hire a dynamic and organized supervisor with strong leadership and communication skills.

Essential Functions

• Serves as a Rehabilitation Field Services Supervisor.

• Serves as full-line supervisor.

• Directs the implementation or coordination of program activities assigned to field offices.

• Communicates with customers and immediate family regarding services available and issues and concerns with customers current services and/or customer and family complaints.

• Develops placement plans, non-financial working agreements, employer linkages, etc.

• Directs the preparation and maintenance of customer case-related records.

• Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires possession of a Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in rehabilitation counseling, rehabilitation administration, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, deaf education, special education or closely related field. 

• Requires three (3) years progressively responsible administrative experience in rehabilitation counseling related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of professional experience with administering a rehabilitation service-delivery program for persons with disabilities for a public or private organization.

• Three (3) years of professional experience working with federal statutes related to rehabilitation programs such as the Rehabilitation Act and amendments, the Social Security Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (ID