Job Description

Requisition No: 876361

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: DOE/DVR - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TECHNICIAN - 48004432 - ST. PETERSBURG

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 48004432

Salary: $3,466.67 monthly

Posting Closing Date: 06/14/2026

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DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

LOCATION: St. Petersburg, Florida

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TECHNICIAN

Position Number: 48004432

Appointment Salary: $3,466.67 monthly

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. VR is a committed to helping people with disabilities find meaningful careers. Our Mission is “to help people with disabilities find and maintain employment and enhance their independence.” Our Vision is “to become the first place people with disabilities turn when seeking employment and a top resource for employers in need of qualified employees.”

• This position works in St. Petersburg Unit 14C as a Vocational Rehabilitation Technician
• Preference may be given to qualified applicants with fluent bilingual skills in English and Spanish.

Application

Complete application/profile on People First. Enter employment history in chronological order beginning with current to past. Include beginning and ending dates of employment with each employer and other requested information for each employer. Explain gap(s) of employment of three (3) months or more within profile. Note: All employment history must be included on application. Resumes are required.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Experience in counseling, job placement, job coaching or public vocational rehabilitation program can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education. Transcripts will be required for recommended candidate.

Duties and Responsibilities:

This position performs intermediate-level work under the limited supervision of the Vocational Rehabilitation Supervisor in Area 4, St. Petersburg Unit 14C, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Position is responsible for assisting Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors with providing services to eligible individuals with disabilities related to the coordination of customer activities or special projects and in compliance with Federal and State requirements. Duties also provide administrative support and/or technical assistance to a Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) unit and its customers.

• Assists counselor with contract checklists.
• Works directly with customers by obtaining and verifying referral information.
• Receives, tracks, and submits monthly reports as assigned.
• Facilitates orientation and assists in processing consumer applications for Vocational Rehabilitation services.
• Schedules appointments and notifies customers of counselor assignment.
• Conducts preliminary interviews as assigned.
• Assists in identifying resources of comparable benefits in the community.
• Coordinates customers’ transportation.
• Assists customers with purchasing of services approved on the IPE.
• Provides comparison costs for purchases.
• Completes the authorization process as required.
• Works with the counselor to ensure that services listed on the IPE are scheduled and completed.
• Maintains ongoing contact with customers to ensure vocational progress.
• Assists Counselor and Supervisor with job placement and follow-up services.
• Assists Counselor and Supervisor in meeting Federal and State mandates for service delivery.
• Assists in locating customers when services have been interrupted.
• Verifies Customers’ employment and training status.
• Develops and recruits new vendors.
• Communicate with community partners to expedite services for new and existing customers.
• Processes files for case closure.
• Documents activities in customers’ case records.
• Answers phones and filing as required.
• Performs other duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES, Including utilization of equipment required for the position:

• Knowledge of employment resources and vocational rehabilitation resources.
• Skilled in the development and use of community resources and comparable benefits.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to be productive under tight timeframes, balance multiple and competing priorities and maintain goal-Ability to work and perform under stressful conditions.
• Ability to demonstrate consideration of the workload concerns of others and must not negatively affect productivity and morale of the unit.
• Ability to work independently and perform tasks and responsibilities with limited guidance and direction.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to use and analyze information from the management information system.
• Ability to interpret state and federal vocational rehabilitation regulations and policies.
• Ability to use automated systems.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office software, such as Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
• Ability to provide counseling and guidance in career planning.
• Ability to devise employment strategies for individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to maintain work area in an organized and clean manner
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to demonstrate good attendance.

State of Florida Career Service Employee Benefits

• State of Florida Retirement - 3% Employee Contribution Required
• 10 Paid Holidays annually
• Employees with up to 5 years of creditable service earn 8.667 hours per month, with 5 to 10 years earn 10.833 hours per month and those with over 10 years of service earn 13 hours per month.
• Career Service employees earn 8.667 hours of sick leave credits per month
• Health Insurance for Individual or Family Coverage – State pays 80% of premium
• Life Insurance – State pays premium for $25,000 basic term life insurance for full time employee
• Additional supplemental insurances available, i.e., dental, vision, cancer, and short-term disability
• Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available
• Tax Deferred Savings Program available through payroll deduction

Background Screening Requirement:

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Education that applicants for employment undergo level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirement of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment of being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

All applicants for employment or to volunteer who are selected for an interview will be provided with the Consent to Background Screening form for level 2 screening, the Affidavit of Good Moral Character, and the Notice of Rights. The leading candidate for employment or to volunteer will be required to execute the Consent form and Affidavit, report to a designated location, and submit fingerprints for level 2 screening.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Department.

Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.