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Key Position Details:

• 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week)
• Day shift
• No weekend, no major holidays!

Job Description:

Assist clients to identify vocational strengths, limitations, work accommodations, and recommendations in preparation for returning to work. This service is part of the vocational rehabilitation process for clients and a part of the whole rehabilitation continuum.

Principle Responsibilities

• Provide vocational evaluation services to clients.
  • Conduct intake interviews and review referral information medical and psychological reports for an understanding of client needs and interests and referral source questions and concerns.
  • Schedule evaluation sessions that best serves the client's needs and meets the annual revenue projections of the program. Service may be provided on or off-site.
  • Develop and implement a vocational evaluation plan to evaluate client's ability and interest for work with length of service running from a few hours to one week.
  • Administer, score, and interpret psychometric tests, inventories and work samples to identify the client's vocational interests, achievement levels, general and specific aptitudes, values, worker traits and/or physical tolerances.
  • Modify evaluation methods as necessary due to disability factors including assistive technology.
  • Provide career exploration activities so that the client becomes more aware of occupations and their related expectations to assist in their career decision making process.
  • Observe, document, and identify vocational strengths, limitations, work behaviors, and work accommodations.
  • Develop recommendations for vocational goals and vocational rehabilitation and other community services based on evaluation information.
  • Complete intake and billing paperwork.
• Maintain relationships with referral sources and established worksites.
  • Communication of evaluation results with client and referral source.
  • Write reports describing the evaluation process, outcomes and recommendations.
  • Schedule and conduct a staffing meetings with the client, referral source and other involved parties.
  • Explain evaluation results all interested parties, answer questions and discuss final recommendations.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Vocational Rehabilitation or similar

Physical Demands
Sedentary:
Lifting weight Up to 10 lbs. occasionally, negligible weight frequently