Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor I, II, III

About the role

The Georgetown Plaza Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor position offers specialized vocational rehabilitation services, counseling, and support to clients and family members to promote successful employment and greater independence.

Responsibilities

• Provides specialized vocational rehabilitation services, counseling, and support to clients and family members.
• Conducts interviews and completes comprehensive assessments to identify a client’s aptitudes, abilities, education level, interests, and gathers or verifies other relevant data.
• Obtains and evaluates employment, medical, psychological, psychiatric, social, educational, and vocational information to determine eligibility for and provision of vocational rehabilitation services and identify client needs and appropriate resources.
• Develops employment rehabilitation plans that identify services, establish performance measures, and outline goals that align with each client’s abilities and priorities.
• Identifies barriers to client employment, such as inaccessible work sites, inflexible schedules, or transportation problems, and works with clients to develop strategies for overcoming these barriers.
• Provides individualized services such as career counseling, guidance, and job training, and participates in job development and placement programs including contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating placement outcomes.
• Ensures compliance with agency, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, professional mandates, and best practices.
• Collaborates with other agencies, medical facilities, educational institutions, and community resources to meet client employment goals and needs.
• Tracks and monitors progress in achieving identified goals and performance measures through regular contact with clients and makes necessary adjustments.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of records and reports that clearly and accurately document details and outcomes of each case.
• Uses automated case management systems and computer software to research, review, analyze, document, and report on client information.
• Meets with clients and family members through telephone, email, and in-person interactions.
• Communicates and interacts effectively with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, ages, and races.

Qualifications

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor I: Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Rehabilitation Counseling, Social, Health or Behavioral Science, Education, or related field. Coursework, training, and/or work experience in case management, health or human services work, and narrative report writing.
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II: Possession of a Bachelors degree or higher in Rehabilitation Counseling, Social, Health or Behavioral Science, Education, or related field. One year of experience in performing vocational rehabilitation work, case management, preparing case summaries and reports, and ensuring compliance with vocational rehabilitation laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor III: Possession of a Masters degree or higher in Rehabilitation Counseling, Social, Health or Behavioral Science, Education, or related field. Two years of experience in performing vocational rehabilitation work, case management, preparing case summaries and reports, and ensuring compliance with vocational rehabilitation laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.

Benefits

The State of Delaware offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

• Telework eligibility according to the State of Delaware’s Alternative Work Arrangement Policy.
• Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO).
• Criminal background check requirement.
• Equal opportunity and diversity.

Pay

Compensation and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible and accommodates the needs of the employee and the department.