• You will learn to serve a caseload of 90-110 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 vocational rehabilitation 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 progress toward completion of employment goals
• Maintain close working relationships with those who jointly serve DVR customers; promote DVR programs to the public and employers, and conduct outreach in the community to share information about DVR services
• Lead group orientations, workshops, and related activities to facilitate informed choices and prepare customers for employment

Who should apply

• Current Certification as a Rehabilitation Counselor by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
  

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• A master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, psychology, counseling, or a field related to vocational rehabilitation (such as one that promotes the physical, psychosocial, or vocational well-being of people with disabilities)
  

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  Or, a master's degree with at least 18 quarter or 12 semester credit hours of rehabilitation counseling courses, plus 6 months of paid/unpaid vocational counseling, job placement, vocational assessment, or other areas of rehabilitation counseling experience

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• A professional who is accepted/enrolled in a rehabilitation counselling or related master’s degree program that will be completed within two years and has achieved a bachelor’s degree along with Three years of paid experience as a vocational rehabilitation counselor or similar paid experience in vocational counseling, job placement, vocational assessment, or other areas of rehabilitation counseling. This experience may be gained either before or after obtaining the qualifying education or CRCC certification. One year of paid experience may be substituted with unpaid experience consisting of:
  • Direct work with individuals with disabilities in a setting such as an independent living center.
  • Direct service or advocacy activities that provide such individuals with experience and skills in working with individuals with disabilities; or
  • Direct experience as an employer, as a small business owner or operator, or in self-employment, or other experience in human resources, recruitment, or experience in supervising employees training.
  
  

Click here fora complete list of desired qualifications.If you are currently enrolled (or accepted to an accredited vocational rehab master’s program), you may qualify for tuition reimbursement. Please discuss this at the time of interview.

• Demonstrate professional skills in applying technical knowledge of medical and psychological aspects of disabling conditions, labor market information, transferable skills evaluations, assistive technology, and job modifications
• Demonstate the ability to assist customers in exercising informed choices to make collaborative decisions that are consistent with appropriate vocational rehabilitation practice
• Support customers in developing a wide variety of social, educational, and financial resources to reach their employment goals by applying multiple counseling techniques to meet the varied needs of customers
• Manage multiple and competing priorities within prescribed time limits
• Negotiate with vendors, and collaborate with other rehabilitation professionals