Specifications include, but are not limited to: Funded applicants will provide Job Placement Services and/or Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Services to New Yorkers who are legally blind. Job Placement Services - Job Placement Services (JPS) are the services directly related to assisting a participant to prepare for and achieve or maintain non-subsidized, integrated employment. JPS are defined within the Placement Services Guidelines . JPS Staff Qualifications - JPS must be provided to NYSCB referred participants only by NYSCB approved, funded organization staff members who possess the qualifications as defined within the Placement Services Guidelines. Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Services - Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation (DVE) services enable the NYSCB counselor and participant to obtain information, through comprehensive testing and/or community-based situational assessment, to assist in the determination of eligibility or development of a vocational goal. This will enable the participant to make informed choices in selecting a vocational goal and in identifying the means to achieve that goal. DVE services also clarify issues which may be impeding vocational rehabilitation services. DVEs are defined within the Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Guidelines . DVE Staff Qualifications - DVE services must be provided to referred NYSCB participants only by funded organization staff members who possess the qualifications as defined within the Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Guidelines. Situational Assessments may be conducted by anyone qualified to provide diagnostic vocational evaluations, or by a job coach, under the supervision of an evaluator or placement specialist, who possess the qualifications as defined within the Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Guidelines...
