Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) has an ongoing need for the short term services of qualified consumers from various fields of public vocational rehabilitation, and related areas including Independent Living Program and Services, Disability Determination Services and Statewide Programs such as Disabled Persons Protection Services, Statewide Employment Services, Home Care Assistance Program and services for Brain Injury and Statewide Specialized Community Services Program (BISSCS). The services provided by an Individual Consumer Consultant (ICC) will assist MRC in systems advocacy, marketing the mandates of the Rehabilitation Act Titles 1, 6c, 7 and state funded programs, program research, program development and recommendations. The services may include the ICC participating in on-site reviews of program access, orientation and mentorship. Consumer involvement and partnership is one of the most important elements of the service delivery system of MRC and it is hereby enhanced to ensure that there are numerous pathways that assures MRC staff and consumers can work together to meet established policy, procedures, designated priorities of the State Rehabilitation Council and other statutory and regulatory requirements.
