SC Voc Rehab helping People find and keep Jobs

The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department serving Oconee and Pickens counties is preparing and assisting eligible South Carolinians with disabilities to achieve and maintain competitive employment, tells Business Development Counselor Dan Alexander. “We serve eligible South Carolinians with disabilities and what we try to do is prepare them for competitive employment. They would come to our office and make an appointment with one of our counselors. We sit down and talk about their needs, their weaknesses, their strengthens and then we start our work from that point on. There is an eligibility process that they go through but we do lead them through that step by step. The end result is to make them more marketable for companies in the area, to educate them on their specific limitations, their strengthens and things like that, and we also look at barriers to employment, what are they going through at that point, how can we help, how can we advocate for them and how can they advocate for themselves.” To learn more about the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department serving Oconee and Pickens counties, call 864-882-6669 or visit www.scvrd.net.