ASSOCIATION FOR VISION REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT, INC. - EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER SERVICES | ASSOCIATION FOR VISION REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT, INC

Employment options for individuals with vision disabilitiesPlacement services help individuals prepare and search for employment: resume writing interviewing techniques and strategies computer skills and assessments job search networking employer consultation social and communication skillsEmployment opportunties include: manufacturing positions at AVRE facility at competitive pay and benefits taking calls, monitoring hospital alarm systems and dispatching response teams through contracts AVRE has with businessesHelps young people with vision disabilities obtain summer work or jobs that are part of a school-to-work transition program.

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211 Tompkins Cortland

Physical Address

174 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901

Hours

Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:30pm

Fax

(607) 771-8045

Fax

(607) 771-8045

Eligibility

Severely visually impaired or legally blind

Languages

English

Service area

Schuyler County, New York Cortland County, New York Delaware County, New York Tompkins County, New York Otsego County, New York Tioga County, New York Broome County, New York Bradford County, Pennsylvania Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Chenango County, New York Chemung County, New York

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ASSOCIATION FOR VISION REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT, INC

Private, non-profit, locally governed agency providing services to people of all ages with sustained and severe vision loss to help them attain or maintain personal and economic independence. Rehabilitation and employment services include: on-site low vision clinic low vision center for comprehensive low vision exams and to try out, learn about and receive prescribed vision aids and opportunity to try out adaptive technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices, hand-held magnifiers, refreshable Braille notepads and keyboards and portable Closed Circuit TVs (CCTVs). on-site retail store with accessible aids and devices to help independent living