DSHS DVR Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
About the role
The job of Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is suited for the person that has a commitment to the economic prosperity of students, youth and adults with disabilities who are seeking good-paying jobs and advancement in their careers. You provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and case management services to assist people with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining employment. Join the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and our hard-working team of professionals as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 1-3 in Training. In cooperation with other agencies and service providers, you will work with customers to complete comprehensive assessments and develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) to achieve their employment goals. In this role, you will independently provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and case management to a caseload of students, youth, and adults with disabilities to assist them in achieving a competitive employment outcome.
Responsibilities
- Learn to serve a caseload of 50-110 DVR customers.
- Determine each customer’s eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services necessary to achieve their employment goal.
- Provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and support.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of customer needs identifying the disability-related barriers to employment that require VR services.
- Arrange and interpret results of diagnostic testing and other vocational rehabilitation assessment tools; obtain benefit reports and interpret results to assist and counsel customers.
- Assist customers in developing and implementing an Individual Plan for Employment and monitor