Vocational Counselor, Vocational Services

NYU Langone Health is a fully integrated health system that consistently achieves the best patient outcomes through a rigorous focus on quality that has resulted in some of the lowest mortality rates in the nation. Vizient Inc. has ranked NYU Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation.

NYU Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services with one high standard of care across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and over 320 outpatient locations in the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two tuition‑free medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise with over $1 billion in active awards from the National Institutes of Health.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Placement + Rehab Counselor - Vocational Services. In this role, the successful candidate provides vocational rehabilitation and related support services including counseling, assessment, training and job placement to individuals with physical, neurological, and psychiatric disabilities, under supervision.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Assesses client status and formulates appropriate vocational goal and plan. Interprets medical, social, psychological information and evaluates the patient’s vocational history, current status, and vocational options. Utilizes effective assessment techniques when indicated. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting, interpreting, and reporting data.
• Provides goal‑directed, focused counseling. Establishes rapport with the patient and explains the role of the rehabilitation counselor and vocational services. Develops a therapeutic and supportive relationship. Demonstrates sensitivity to changes in patient status and modifies the treatment plan accordingly. Takes initiative in identifying problems and developing treatment strategies.
• Implements and coordinates client training programs. Orients work‑site supervisors to the goals of the work‑readiness training program and the responsibilities of hosting a program trainee or intern. Develops and maintains contacts with medical‑center departments and external organizations for placement of program participants at appropriate training sites. Develops new training/internship sites to meet patient needs. Provides onsite consultation, supervision, and job coaching as needed.
  
  Uses professional judgment and creativity in presenting innovative solutions and treatment strategies, initiating appropriate referrals for support services, and maintaining timely contact with other treating clinicians and/or referring counselors regarding patient progress.
• Provides effective job placement and follow‑up services. Presents clients to the Business Advisory Committee. Provides job‑seeking skills training in group and individual sessions. Prepares effective resumes and cover letters, teaches interview strategies. Provides client with appropriate job postings and referrals and supports client job search. Provides post‑placement follow‑up with client and employer.
• Develops and maintains an employer network. Initiates employer contacts and markets the program and candidates. Follows up on job leads. Attends Placement Consortium meetings. Performs job‑market research and surveys new employers in growth industries. Recruits members for the Business Advisory Committee.
• Documents all services and completes all program reports using clear, concise narrative following prescribed protocol and within established time frames. Ensures case notes reflect patient status and progress toward goals. Enters all reports and progress notes in Epic.
• Completes monthly statistics according to departmental time and procedural guidelines; documents external travel notifications on appropriate form in a timely manner; documents safety occurrences on PSN.
• Demonstrate…