Vocational Rehabilitation Spec
Core
Vocational rehabilitation specialist providing complex professional work in program consultation, guidance, counseling, client training, and specialized job placement for individuals with physical or mental disabilities, blindness, or visual impairments.
Role type
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist (IC)
Builds
Individualized Plans for Employment (IPE), vocational evaluation reports, and rehabilitation service plans
Domain
Human Services / Vocational Rehabilitation
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Vocational counseling, psychological testing administration and interpretation, assistive technology assessment, job placement and development, program monitoring, case management, disability law compliance, work sample administration
Preferred skills
Subject matter expertise in specific disabilities, multi-cultural competence, independent living services, entrepreneurship support, project management
Technologies
Assistive technology devices, psychological testing tools, work sample assessment tools
Responsibilities
Evaluate client work capacities and rehabilitation possibilities; consult with medical and psychological professionals; plan and arrange rehabilitation services; confer with employers to establish job opportunities; administer and interpret vocational aptitude tests; teach basic vocational skills; prepare vocational evaluation reports; orient clients to the evaluation process; assist with assistive technology selection and use.
Seniority
Entry to Leadership (Level I-IV), ranging from supervised entry-level to team leader