Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Description

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are cultivating a WARP Multidisciplinary Clinic and looking to staff Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor to provide their services to veterans in our Rockville, MD headquarters. The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is expected to perform the following:

• Conduct vocational interviews, transferable-skills assessments and employment-readiness evaluations.
• Identify how physical, cognitive, behavioral or developmental conditions affect work.
• Develop individualized vocational rehabilitation plans.
• Provide career counseling, goal setting and job-readiness training.
• Coordinate functional-capacity, ergonomic and workplace-accommodation assessments.
• Assist with résumés, interviewing, job search and employer communication.
• Coordinate with state vocational rehabilitation, VA Veteran Readiness and Employment, workforce agencies and educational institutions.
• Support reasonable-accommodation and return-to-work planning.
• Engage employers regarding job carving, modified duty and retention strategies.
• Coordinate benefits counseling and referral when employment could affect public benefits.
• Track employment placement, retention, hours, wages and satisfaction.
• Participate in care conferences and discharge planning.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling or a closely related counseling discipline.
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor credential or eligibility to obtain it within an established period.
• Knowledge of disability law, accommodations and vocational-assessment practices.
• Valid driver’s license when community or employer visits are required.

CRCs are graduate-level professionals trained to help people with disabilities achieve personal, vocational and independent-living goals. CRCC certification

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Veterans, TBI, autism, serious mental illness or physical disability.
• Knowledge of VA VR&E, Ticket to Work and Maryland vocational-rehabilitation programs.
• Assistive-technology or supported-employment experience.
• Licensed professional counselor credential where clinical counseling will be assigned.

Performance indicators

• Return-to-work or training placement.
• Employment retention at 30, 90 and 180 days.
• Accommodation-plan completion.
• Employer and participant satisfaction.
• Wage and hour outcomes.
• Timeliness of vocational plans and referrals.