Voc Rehab Counselor

About the role

The Education and Labor Cabinet’s mission is to educate, prepare and train Kentucky's current and future workforces. Our goal is to create and make continuous improvements to an education and workforce system that prepares Kentuckians for the 21st century workforce, while helping businesses find the skilled workers they need to compete and create jobs in the Commonwealth.

Responsibilities

• Provides vocational counseling; assesses consumers, collects, evaluates and interprets medical, psychological, vocational and other reports to determine eligibility for services and in determining needs for vocational rehabilitation services for consumers to prepare for, enter into, or retain employment;
• Counsels and guides consumers in achieving their employment goals;
• Coordinates appointments for consumers;
• Assures job placement in consistent with consumers’ unique strengths, abilities and interests and coordinates job coaching and other services needed from professionals;
• Plans and coordinates the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services based on assessments and Individual Plans for Employment (IPE); provides consumers with information concerning services, service providers, responsibilities and terms;
• Maintains caseload budgets; assesses the need for rehabilitation technology;
• Develops and maintains case documentation; interprets and applies agency policies and procedures and state and federal laws;
• Enters data in the Case Management System;
• Travels throughout the district to provide services to consumers;
• Develops referrals and performs basic public relation functions and partners with organizations, schools, physicians, etc. throughout the district to arrange services for consumers;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduate of a college or university with a master's degree in rehabilitation, rehabilitation teaching or therapy, guidance and/or counseling, psychology, sociology, orientation and mobility, social work, special education, education with emphasis in vocational counseling, disability studies, behavioral science, human services, vocational assessment, addiction counseling, addiction studies, or a related field.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree plus an additional two years of professional experience in rehabilitation, rehabilitation teaching or therapy, vocational assessment, employer relations, rehabilitation technology, rehabilitation counseling, vocational evaluation, supported employment, job placement, guidance and/or counseling, psychology, sociology, orientation and mobility, social work, special education, education with emphasis in vocational counseling, customized employment, health studies, human relations, human resources, occupational therapy, physical therapy, school counseling, addiction studies, addiction counseling or a related field will substitute for the required master's degree.

Skills

• Knowledge of vocational rehabilitation services;
• Ability to assess consumer needs and develop appropriate rehabilitation plans;
• Proficiency in using computer software and systems;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$4,229.56 Monthly

Schedule

18A | 37.5 HR/WK