Adult Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

This location also serves individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) collaborate to provide a variety of services to assist eligible people with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining, retaining, or advancing in employment.

Services include (as needed):

• Vocational counseling and guidance.
• Referrals for hearing, visual, and other examinations.
• Assistance with medical appointments and treatments.
• Rehabilitation devices, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
• Therapies to address disabilities, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
• Physical restoration services.
• Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
• Assistance with college education or trade certification.
• On-the-job training.
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Vocational adjustment training.
• Rehabilitation teacher services to help learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills for those who are blind or visually impaired.

Job Matching & Placement Services

• Transportation assistance to and from jobs, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
• Follow-up and supported employment services to help maintain employment.
• Referrals to the Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain, or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of these services.