Check out What's Happening at ORS! Ponaganset High School Students celebrate their successful completion of the Pre-Ets Tri-Employment Program. https://ors.ri.gov/press-releases
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Needed Do you have your master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and enjoy helping others? If yes, have you applied at ORS?If you would like to work here, go to https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/rhodeisland and "Search" for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor positions that are currently available.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Unit The Office of Rehabilitation Services helps individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing obtain services to meet their needs, provides counseling and guidance to help plan vocational goals and services, assists the individuals to obtain employment. They serve as a resource to professionals, state agencies, community organizations, and the public providing information related to employment, training and accommodations for persons who have a hearing loss. Clear communication between the vocational rehabilitation counselors and the individual with the hearing loss is the key to successful vocational rehabilitation services. These counselors use the deaf or hard of hearing person's preferred communication method and have a good understanding of the abilities and problems of deaf or hard of hearing individuals. Services available may include: vocational counseling and guidance; vocational evaluation to determine skills, abilities, and potential to work; vocational training; purchase of hearing aids and appropriate communications devices; interpreter services for the purpose of obtaining and maintaining employment; job placement assistance; and rehabilitation technology services. Resource Links Deaf & Hard of Hearing Brochure (Espanol) The Corliss Community Cooperative Deaf Life Magazine Deaf Linx Deaf Nation Hearing Loss Association of America Helen Keller National Center National Association of the Deaf PepNet Questions and Answers About Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act Relay RI Rhode Island Association of the Deaf RI ATEL Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Rhode Island Registry of Interpreters Rhode Island School for the Deaf Tips for Applicants with Disabilities on Getting Federal Jobs For more information on this program, please contact Teresa O'Brien, Supervisor, at 401.462-7793 or by email at teresa.obrien@ors.ri.gov.