Vocational Rehabilitation Spec

About the role

Vocational Rehabilitation Spec Agency positions provide services to clients in meeting problems of personal, social, and vocational adjustment. Responsibilities include interpreting and analyzing client conditions, planning and arranging rehabilitation services, and assisting clients in securing employment.

Responsibilities

• Interprets and analyzes applicant’s physical or mental condition, social and economic situation, attitudes and aptitudes, work experiences, functional limitations, educational background and personality traits to determine kind and extent of disability and rehabilitation possibilities.
• Consults with physicians, psychologists and other appropriate disability professionals regarding findings of examinations; administers and interprets psychological tests when indicated; determines eligibility for rehabilitation services on the basis of law and policy; and assists individuals in formulating a suitable rehabilitation plan.
• Plans and arranges for rehabilitation services; approves expenditures within specified limits for planned rehabilitation services.
• Conducts vocational evaluations; prepares individual written vocational evaluation plans; acts as consultant to Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors in making vocational decisions.
• Teaches basic vocational skills and leads groups of diverse clients; develops and administers appropriate job samples to determine learning ability, work with peers, work tolerances, physical tolerances and endurance.
• Aids individuals with disabilities in selecting, acquiring, or using assistive technology devices.
• Provides program monitoring and consultation; keeps appropriate case records and controls case service expenditures.
• Affords guidance to employers on accommodating people with disabilities according to the Americans with Disabilities Act and other relevant laws.
• Administers and/or develops work samples and situational assessments.
• Reviews and assesses medical, psychological, neuropsychological, legal, educational and social information concerning clients who have been referred for vocational evaluation; determines need for additional diagnostic information.
• Prepares vocational evaluation reports detailing test results and their implications, job sample evaluation, summary of observations, work ethics and attitudes, physical capabilities, clients expressed and displayed vocational interest.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in vocational rehabilitation, vocational evaluation, or counseling; OR a bachelor’s degree and one year of experience in a disability related field.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of disabilities; of human relations and conditions; of community services, resources and interventions; of case management principles and practices; of job information and placement practices; and of basic computer and software operations.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling or human resources with a rehabilitation counselor major, psychology, Behavioral Science, Marital and Family Therapy, School Counseling, Special Education, a Master in Education in School Counseling or Special Education or a counseling related field, OR any master’s degree and is eligible to sit for the certification/licensure exam specific to the professional job duties such as the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE), or the Professional Vocational Evaluator (PVE) certification the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner (LBP), the Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LFMT), School Counselor Certification (Traditional) or Certification in Special Education.
• Professional experience: Two years of professional experience in counseling, job placement, vocational evaluation or rehabilitation for Level II; Four years of professional experience in counseling, job placement, vocational evaluation or rehabilitation for Level IV.

Skills

• Ability to interact with persons having significant disabilities, to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to interpret and apply administrative policies, program guidelines and rules, to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to operate and maintain office equipment.

Benefits

Benefits are commensurate with experience and may include health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Monthly salary ranges from $4,108.10 to $5,725.15 based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The schedule is typically full-time, with hours to be determined based on departmental needs.