Rehabilitation Counselor

💼 Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, Georgia

📅 2 days ago

Under supervision, provides rehabilitation counseling services, referral services, and resident evaluation to assigned clients. Conducts interviews of assigned clients to identify problems, assess mental and educational status, and select applicable programs. Collects and assesses information about a client's situation and functioning in order to assess his/her abilities, needs, and eligibility for services. Coordinates discharge plan in cooperation with team, clients, and their families.

Counsels clients with disabilities, including vocational and psychosocial adjustment counseling, throughout the rehabilitation process. Identifies and develops prospective employment opportunities through assistive technology and job modification methods. Interprets educational, vocational and/or psychological tests in accordance with guidelines. Observes rules of confidentiality as stated by departmental guidelines in the dissemination and interpretation of test results. Provides information to educate the public, other agencies, vendors and potential customers about rehabilitation services.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develops and maintains referral sources.
• Conducts interviews with VR participants (potentially eligible students, applicants, and clients).
• Under direct supervision, reviews and interprets education, vocation, psychological and medical information.
• Travel within caseload assignment area to meet with individuals, providers, partners and other outreach.
• Under direct supervision, assist in determining eligibility, identifying order of selection, conducting a comprehensive needs assessment, and developing an individualized plan for employment, authorizing services.
• Under direct supervision, counsels and guides participants throughout the rehabilitation process, including establishing employment goal, facilitating job search efforts, maintaining contact with clients, and moving the case to closure.
• Monitors client movement and ensures timely provision of services.
• Documents accurately and timely in AWARE (client information system).
• Observes rules of confidentiality as stated by departmental guidelines in the dissemination and interpretation of test results and other case file information.
• Provides information to educate the public, other agencies, vendors, and potential customers about rehabilitation services.
• Enters accurate participant data in the client information system at the direction of the counselor, as well as captures reporting data.
• Processes and monitors authorizations and invoices for rehabilitation services in accordance with policies and procedures.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Technical Capacity
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
• Organizational Skills
• Thoroughness

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Incumbents working in this job perform duties in an office setting. This is a 40-hour workweek requirement. The position may involve managing a…