[acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab

[Rhonda Partain]

Hello Merisa, I do hope you find something soon. I check the DIOL site which 
is the department rehab is housed in for Georgia. Their site has a listing 
for rehab counselor jobs, usually about 2 or 3 listed per week, in all areas 
of Georgia. I'd really like to stay in the west Georgia area where my girls 
and grandchildren are, it's a five county area. So, we'll see what happens. 
Thanks for sharing your perspective.

Rhonda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merisa Musemic" <merisa.musemic at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion list for ACB human service professionals" <acb-hsp at acb.org>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab


> Good morning Ronda,
> I graduated last August and I am job searching now. There is a
> possibility that pending my reference check and criminal background
> check I will be offered a position at Massachusetts Rehabilitation
> Commission in the Boston area. I would be working with youth in
> transition which is what I love.  Unfortunately there are not many job
> postings with th agency I interned with. I had two interviews at two
> different agency locationss, but none of them offered me a job. I'm
> finding that most of the time a lot of general VR agencies do not want
> to hire blind people.  Not sure what the reasoning is.
> Merisa
> On 2/23/12, Rhonda Partain <201park2011 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> BlankI live in a small town but there is a rrehab office not too far from
>> me. My counselor doesn't work out of that office. I do appreciate all of 
>> you
>> who have answered my questions.
>> Rhonda
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Baracco, Andrew W
>>   To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
>>   Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:48 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab
>>
>>
>>
>>   Hello Rhonda,
>>
>>
>>
>>   I did do an internship with Cal. DOR.  By design, I did not work in the
>> office near where I lived, because there was concern about my familiarity
>> with the staff, and proximity to my own client records.
>>
>>   in general, things went well.  In the beginning, the office was a small
>> branch office with about 5 staff members, and it was like a family, and I
>> was treated as a member of the family, both at work, and some after work
>> socializing.  But about half way through my year there, there was some
>> reorganization, and the office became a district office.  The number of
>> staff tripled in a short time, and the family aspect disappeared, and I 
>> was
>> kind of lost in the shuffle, and sometimes felt like I was in the way. 
>> But,
>> in general, it was a good learning experience.  And, as I recall, because 
>> I
>> was a client, transportation was covered.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Andy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   From: acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-hsp-bounces at acb.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Rhonda Partain
>>   Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:07 PM
>>   To: Discussion list for ACB human service professionals
>>   Subject: [acb-hsp] anyone done an internship with voc rehab
>>
>>
>>
>>   Hello, I am in Georgia and will do an internship in the fall. Has 
>> anyone
>> done an internship with their state voc rehab office? If so, was your
>> placement at an office near where you lived? Did your rehab counselor 
>> cover
>> transportation costs for you?
>>
>>   How was your experience as an internship?
>>
>>   Thanks for your information.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Rhonda Partain
>>
>>
>>
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