Employment Opportunities: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (student intern)
Written by Ralph Black   
Tuesday, 03 November 2009

Program Managers:


The Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) is excited to announce that we are recruiting 60 Graduate Student Assistants (GSA) as Interns!  This opportunity is a result of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), available only through September 30, 2011.  Please act quickly and alert eligible students to take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn about DOR’s vocational rehabilitation counseling.

 

The GSAs will participate in the delivery of a wide range of vocational rehabilitation services and gain practical experience from observing and assisting the DOR counseling staff.  GSAs will work in a DOR district or branch office throughout the State; students at the following CORE Universities will have first priority for the internships:


·      California State University at Sacramento,

·      San Francisco State University,

·      California State University at Fresno,

·      California State University at Los Angeles,

·      California State University at San Bernardino, and

·      San Diego State University.


Internship opportunities exist in the following areas:

·      Sacramento,

·      San Francisco Bay Area,

·      San Jose/Silicon Valley,

·      Fresno,

·      Van Nuys,

·      Los Angeles,

·      Long Beach,

·      Anaheim,

·      Riverside/San Bernardino, and

·      San Diego

 

Students can access the job information and complete an online application through Sacramento State University’s (Sac State) University Enterprises Inc. website: http://www.enterprises.csus.edu/.  For questions or reasonable accommodation, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call Nancy Blanton, Sac State University Enterprises Inc. Human Resources office at (916) 278-7006.

 

The time limit for ARRA funding makes it essential that students apply as soon as possible.  If you have additional questions, please contact the DOR’s Staff Development Section Manager, Guy Burghgraef at (916) 558-5654 or Lauri Dickinson, Staff Development Section Training Officer at (916) 558-5656.

 

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 November 2009 )