I've had excellent interviews in a similar situation, working with those
with behavioral and developmental concerns.
I now work over a telephone manning a crisis hotline and tend to employ the
safety procedures and protocols all other staff employ who works in
face-to-face situations.
BVR/BSVI therapist are norman humans who also tend to see the visually and
other impaired as obstacles to overcome, as to the value one he or she can
provide in making a wonderful employee.
Most tend to forget, or not realize, of the 30% of blind workers in the US,
they have a tendency to make for loywal employees, ability to read 4-6 times
faster than a sighted worker, multiple methods of accomplishing things and
overcomeing obstacles by employing different strategies, better overall
attendance and most often more valuable than a sighted/non- challenged
worker.
just my thoughts...
Cornell
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorene Cornwell
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 11:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] ot need help and advice on how to aleviate concerns
of liability with a potential job
Hi Jeff
Probably I should temper my temptation to pop off on a Friday night.
Probably I should, but I am not going to.
1. Well, yeah, OF COURSE there are liability concerns. You are working
with vulnerable populations. There SHOULD be screening and protocols
for dealing with different possible situations. And they should apply
to everyone, not just you. If the organization does nothave this sort
of thing thought through and continually evolving, I would not want to
work for them. So to me it's totally fair to ask about this during the
application / interview process.
2. Ask your voc rehab counselor what he means. What is he worried about
differently for you than for other applicants?
3. I do not think it's your voc rehab counselor's job to think of
obstacles. I think it's his job to help you think of ways to get around
obstacles. I have heard of two or three blind bio sciences researchers
who write the grants for different field research only to have their
institution's risk management people have to be corrected about
thinking that the very people who wrote the grant based on previously
doing similar research somehow suddenly cannot possibly do the new work
without liability concerns. The researchers all get around these bad
assumptions, and I think you should too.
There. Enough vehement opinions for one night.
GOOD LUCK if you decide to go for it.
Best
Dorene Cornwell
Seattle WA
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]>
To: VICUG-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Jul 5, 2013 7:09 pm
Subject: [VICUG-L] ot need help and advice on how to aleviate concerns
of liability with a potential job
Hello everyone, I am in the process of applying for a job with a
specialized school which is for children and young adults with
developmental problems. The position that I am interested in is a
classroom aide position. The position talked about young adults, but I
could be placed any place in there. The age ranges of this school are
people from ages 3-21, and with a school and clientele like that you
may be helping with anything.
This also means that there are people with behavioral issues. My
vocational rehab counselor mentioned that there could be problems and
concerns with liability. I was just wondering what is the best way to
address these in an interview if I get one?
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