Transition Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Dept of Health and Human Services

Blind Services

Rehabilitation Counselor (S)

60043020

NC10

The Transition Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor identifies blind or visually impaired individuals whose disability presents a substantial barrier to employment and provides a structured rehabilitation program to support their path to achieving suitable work. The position conducts applications, interviews, diagnostic assessments, and eligibility determinations to develop individualized employment plans tailored to each consumer’s abilities, interests, and capabilities.

Work includes coordinating and authorizing services that promote employment, including job development, job placement, and direct engagement with employers. The role also includes outreach and re‑education efforts with eye‑care providers and community referral sources to strengthen access to vocational rehabilitation services.


Key Duties Include:
– Identify blind or visually impaired individuals whose disability creates a substantial impediment to employment.

– Explain vocational rehabilitation services to potential consumers and referral sources such as ophthalmologists, optometrists, and county DSS offices.

– Complete applications, initial interviews, and diagnostic studies as part of the preliminary assessment process.

– Determine consumer eligibility and assist with developing individualized employment plans aligned with consumer abilities, capabilities, and interests.

– Coordinate or authorize services that support consumer employment goals.

– Provide and coordinate job development and job placement activities based on consumer job goals.

– Conduct outreach to educate and re‑educate eye‑care providers and other referral sources to improve the volume and quality of referrals.

– Carry out case finding, plan development, and service provision in accordance with federal eligibility criteria.

Tresha Walker