Rehabilitation Students Association

Hello All Rehabilitation Counseling Students! (and those interested or considering the area)

The California Department of Rehabilitation is recruiting 60 PAID Internship opportunities (Graduate Student Assistants). See information below and contact me if you are interested. Most of you have your placements, but consider for next year. Julie

Employment Opportunites

“Student Intern”

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,

• Click here to download a Microsoft Word document with further information.
• Click here to download a PDF document regarding contract/salary inforamation.

Update regarding Paid Internships at Department of Rehabilitation:

At this point, to apply for paid internships at DOR Follow the directions below:

Student Information:

Students access the University Enterprise Inc. (UEI) at Sacramento State University Website: The U.E.I. website at: http://www.enterprises.csus.edu/.  On the right side bar select “Student Employment Services”.  Students need to create a password and login to complete an application.  Job postings can be viewed without creating an account.

If you are having problems, please contact:

Students can contact U.E.I. Human Resources Department at: (916) 278-5444 or patriciaj@csus.edu for any assistance or questions they may have.

The information should also be up on the DOR website soon. I encourage students to get an application in, then you give yourself the choice down the road.

ATTENTION ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS!

The Sixth ACA Student Ethics Case Study Competition is accepting registrations through November 29, 2009. This popular student activity has both a Masters Degree level and a Doctoral Degree level competition and is open to teams of students in counselor education nationwide.

This is a case study competition in which university counselor education teams analyze a hypothetical ethics case in order to create an appropriate ethical decision and a plan to respond to that decision. Teams of three or four students participate in either a Masters level or Doctoral level competition. There will be four winning teams at each level. First place winners will win a $75 gift certificate for the ACA Bookstore to each team member and a certificate along with a letter of recognition. Second place, each team member will receive a $25 gift certificate at the ACA Bookstore, a certificate and letter of recognition. Third place will receive a letter of recognition and certificate and all participating programs will receive a letter of recognition. There will also be an “Honorable Mention” given to the fourth place winner. The competition is limited to one team per institution.

Winning entries – along with the winning team members and institutions – will be highlighted in Counseling Today and at the ACA annual conference.

Visit http://www.counseling.org/competition to learn more about the competition and for instructions on registration. Registration must be completed by November 29 and submissions will be accepted until December 13, 2009.

Steve Shanahan, who works at DOR and is current chair of our rehab occupational committee for the whole state, just WON the Presidency for the entire bargaining unit! Nancy Swindell will no longer be president and we will now have someone who will bring our profession in California forward (instead of the opposite, which was happening). His entire slate won. Still awaiting the very final ratification, but the polls have closed! This is just wonderful news and he asked me to share with all who may be interested.