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The Merit System
State jobs in the classified service are under the merit system. The merit system is based on competition. Positions are filled on an equal opportunity basis.
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JOB INFORMATION
The Rehabilitation Specialist II is a permanent, full-time position with the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services. Positions are located throughout the state. This is advanced professional work primarily concerned with planning and conducting training programs in a specialty area. Names of eligible persons on the employment register will be selectively certified to the employing agency by the specialty areas listed above Overnight travel, extensive local travel in a personal automobile, and out of state travel are required for this position. Complete an Application for Examination Form available at www.personnel.alabama.gov, the above address, or any Alabama Career Center Office. Apply on-line, by mail, or by fax. Applications will be accepted until further notice. The State Personnel Department is not responsible for late receipt of applications due to mail service or faxing malfunctions.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT(S)
Master's degree from an accredited* college or university with a major in rehabilitation, psychology, counseling, human development, social work, nursing, or allied health occupations. Four years of professional level experience providing independent living skills, special education, vocational rehabilitation, or medical rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities. One year of this experience must have included responsibility for either planning and conducting organizational training programs, planning and conducting research, or assisting in the development of organizational programs in the specialty area. (Four years of experience in one of the following specialty areas may substitute for the required rehabilitation experience; Vocational rehabilitation, independent living, early intervention, nursing, social work with individuals with disabilities, occupational therapy, audiology, nutrition, physical therapy, speech pathology, blindness/visual impairment, deafness/hard of hearing, traumatic brain injury, and learning disabilities.)
EXAMINATION
Open-Competitive to all applicants A Supplemental Questionnaire will comprise 100% of the final score for the open-competitive register.
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Equal Opportunities Statement
THE STATE OF ALABAMA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
