Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Human Services
occupation category
Rehabilitation Counselors
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Conducts data analyses to select possible technology solutions
- Participates in training to enhance professional competency in vocational rehabilitation
- Procures and manages work agreements from community, state and federal agencies
- Encourages client participation and accountability for goal development, progress, and achievement
- Provides professional vocational counseling within a continuum of services to help clients achieve success
- Reviews, recommends and modifies established rehabilitation plans to adapt as needed for clients
- Records through case notes, timely, accurate, and appropriate information
- Demonstrates boundaries in counseling relationship
- Upholds professional ethical standards for rehabilitation counselors and manages risk
- Works to remove barriers for clients by identifying unique strengths, resources, and abilities related to planning and achieving employment outcomes
- Acts as a liaison with the local community and area service providers or agencies to facilitate program cooperation and provide necessary resources
- Provides and facilitates skills development and support groups
- Uses available policy, regulations, and procedures, to guide decision-making
- Informs clients of the models and mechanisms available for employment plan development
- Informs employers of the needs and abilities of people with disabilities, as well as laws and resources that affect people with disabilities
- Demonstrates respect for clients from various cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Educates and informs clients on how to complete job applications, prepare for employment interviews and retain employment
- Consults and trains employers / businesses concerning disability concepts, best practices, and applicable laws (e.g., hiring, return to work, reasonable accommodations, and retention)
- Advises on job modification and restructuring techniques
- Develops patient-centered treatment plans
- Interprets assessment results for rehabilitation planning purposes
- Uses listening skills to develop counseling relationships
- Conducts individual and group counseling sessions
- Assess ergonomic, job accommodation, and assistive technology needs for clients
- Facilitates referrals and meets with individuals to determine eligibility for services
- Sources needed information to make eligibility decisions
- Participates in opportunities to advance the field of assistive technology (e.g., mentoring/supervision, education, research, industry affairs, advocacy, policy, and legislation, etc)
- Prepares and maintains treatment records and reports
- Provides linkages to services that teach job search skills, employer-desired soft skills and life skills that foster independence
- Monitors on-site job coaching and recommends assistive devices for program and/or service use
- Documents client's employment goals
- Identifies issues of integration across environments in which clients interact e.g. community, home, school, social, workplace, vocational
- Uses vocational instruments to evaluate clients' abilities, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, transferrable skills and overall work resilience
- Carries out interviews and determines whether client applications should be completed or deferred
- Documents client's expectations of the counselor
- Trains clients and team members in device operation, adjustment, care, maintenance, and troubleshooting processes
- Provides rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services using evidence-based information to support clients in achieving their goals
- Presents findings and assessment outcomes, and explains recommendations to clients and other team members in accessible formats
- Conducts client assessments using necessary documentation observations, interviews and other techniques
- Screens, analyzes, and evaluates medical, psychological, vocational, educational, employment, assessments, and other related information to ascertain client aptitude, interest, and abilities
- Partners with community agencies to organize and provide rehabilitative services
- Assess environmental factors e.g., behavioral, educational, personal assistance, physical, social, and supports in the environment pertaining to the use of the assistive technology
- Analyses client assessment information to identify barriers to employment and vocational implications
- Monitors client's rehabilitation and vocational progress
- Explains clients' rights and responsibilities using language and style suitable for the client
- Locates resources that help clients live and work more independently
- Facilitates job placement for clients
- Addresses issues such as rehabilitation crisis, relapse, and other challenges encountered by clients
- Applies a continuous improvement approach to transitional work programs
- Reviews referrals and consults with clients and other team members as needed to determine client needs and expectations
- Provides disability education and training to staff and stakeholders
- Explains application processes and eligibility to clients
- Offers testimonies at hearings (SSA and Compensations venues), and state and federal courts, applying federal and other required rules for vocational professionals
- Seeks assistance, as needed, to work with difficult and complex client cases
- Explains the rehabilitation process to clients
- Applies business-focused strategies and techniques to improve employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities
- Guides clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their challenges
- Assesses client's physical or mental condition based on reviews of client's information
- Works with other members of the rehabilitation or treatment team, as needed, to provide continuous support
- Determines clients' clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation services
- Carries out Transferable skills analysis (TSAs) for determining residual functioning, identifying related jobs
- Encourages clients to express and communicate their feelings to help them develop insight into themselves and their relationships
- Monitors work compliance with industry standards
- Conducts Intake interviews with applicants to determine appropriate services and provides recommendations
