Job Seekers

• Our support doesn’t end with a plan. We work with you, businesses and educational organizations to ensure you have the skills, training, knowledge and assistive equipment you need to succeed.
• VR Nevada will help you understand if work will impact your benefits.

If you have questions about how employment will affect your benefits, contact Ability Connection Colorado opens a new window at its TTW Help Line: 866-968-7842. This organization provides free work incentive planning assistance services to Nevada residents, including young people who are transitioning from school to employment.

The help line staff will gather information to help expedite services to you and determine how much support you will need. Within 48 hours, you’ll receive a call from a Certified Work Incentive Counselor, who will provide detailed disability benefits information, tailored to your situation, to support you on your journey back to or toward work.

For more information about Social Security work incentives, read Working While Disabled: How We Can Help opens a new window

• You may be eligible if you have any type of disability or impairment that makes it difficult or prevents you from getting or keeping a job. Different kinds of disability types that our clients have include physical disabilities, intellectual or developmental disabilities, and mental health disabilities.
• Additionally, if you believe you might have a disability that is creating challenges obtaining or maintaining employment but have never been given a diagnosis, VR can assist in getting you an assessment by a medical professional.

VR provides a wide range of services, tailored to each individual’s needs and goals. Examples of services we offer include but are not limited to:

• Assessments that help evaluate your strengths, capabilities, skills and interests.
• A counselor who will guide you through your journey to employment and be a support as well as be able to answer any questions you might have about VR, the process, or the opportunities available to you.
• Independent living services to help you learn new skills and address any challenges or barriers you might have in areas such as money management, using public transportation, self-advocacy and self-care.
• Assistive technology, including mobility, hearing and visual aids as well as specialized computer software. Your counselor will help you explore how technology can help you succeed at a job.
• Job training to help you gain the work skills you need to get your first job, move on to a better job, or retain a job you have already obtained. Job training services are designed for each individual to help you achieve your unique goals.
• Assistance with completing job application forms, resume-writing, practicing interview skills, identifying job leads, keeping your new job, and getting the disability accommodations you need.

• Complete this online form or call us at 775-823-8100 (Northern Nevada office) or 702-486-5230 (Southern Nevada office) to get the process started. We will set up an orientation meeting with our staff so that you may learn about how the program works, ask questions, and decide if you want to apply for services.

• We will assign a counselor to meet with you and learn about you, your disability, your goals, what challenges you are experiencing or have experienced in the past with employment, and how we can work together to design a plan that helps you find and maintain employment. We will work with you to obtain any medical records or evaluations needed to ensure you qualify for services.

• Once you qualify for VR services, you and your counselor will decide on a job goal that matches your talents, abilities and interests. Together, you and your counselor will decide what services you need to get a job.

• From there, you will work with your counselor to design an Individualized Plan for Employment, or IPE. The IPE describes the steps you will take and the services you will receive to meet your employment goals. After your counselor signs to the plan, VR Nevada will provide you the services and supports you will need to complete all of the steps in your IPE. As the client, you will be asked to return any paperwork needed during the process, attend meetings with your counselor and/or service provider, and stay in touch with your counselor as you move through the process.

• The next step is searching and applying for jobs, which your counselor will also help you with. Once you get a job, VR Nevada will provide any additional training and assistive equipment you may need. Your counselor will continue to work with you and your employer, providing support and resources, for at least three months to ensure things are working out for both you and your employer.  

• If you encounter any problems or issues along the way, including not understanding what comes next in the process, or feeling like you and your counselor or your service provider are a good fit, let us know! We will take the steps needed to make sure you are satisfied with our services and your progress.

   

• VR Nevada is here as a partner on your path to employment, and it is our goal to see every person with a disability living a meaningful, full life, working as much or as little as they want, at a job they enjoy. Whether you need just a little support, or a lot of support, or you are not sure where to begin but you think VR might be able to help, call us or email us today to get started!