Voc Rehab Counselor

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Elizabethtown, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Voc Rehab Counselor provides professional vocational rehabilitation services to people with disabilities who are seeking gainful employment. Services include determining eligibility, providing guidance and counseling, and overseeing caseload management. The role supports consumers in preparing for, entering, or retaining employment and helps businesses and employers recruit, retain, and accommodate employees with disabilities. The position is with the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet’s Department of Workforce Development, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Work is performed primarily in an office setting, with occasional travel throughout the district to coordinate consumer services. The counselor handles confidential and sensitive information and must safeguard it, complete required training, acknowledge and follow applicable policies, and comply with relevant statutes and requirements during and after employment. The minimum education requirement is a master’s degree in a listed rehabilitation, counseling, behavioral science, education, human services, or related field. A bachelor’s degree plus two additional years of qualifying professional experience may substitute for the master’s degree. No experience, training, or skills are otherwise required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in rehabilitation, rehabilitation teaching or therapy, guidance and/or counseling, psychology, sociology, orientation and mobility, social work, special education, education with emphasis in vocational counseling, disability studies, behavioral science, human services, vocational assessment, addiction counseling, addiction studies, or a related field.
Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree plus two additional years of professional experience in a qualifying field may substitute for the required master’s degree. Qualifying fields include rehabilitation, rehabilitation teaching or therapy, vocational assessment, employer relations, rehabilitation technology, rehabilitation counseling, vocational evaluation, supported employment, job placement, guidance and/or counseling, psychology, sociology, orientation and mobility, social work, special education, education with emphasis in vocational counseling, customized employment, health studies, human relations, human resources, occupational therapy, physical therapy, school counseling, addiction studies, addiction counseling, or a related field.
No experience, training, or skills are required apart from the education substitution provision.
Must safeguard confidential and sensitive information and comply with applicable trainings, policies, statutes, and requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide vocational counseling and assess consumers; collect, evaluate, and interpret medical, psychological, vocational, and other reports to determine eligibility and service needs.
Coordinate consumer appointments.
Ensure job placement aligns with consumers’ strengths, abilities, and interests, and coordinate job coaching and other professional services.
Plan and coordinate vocational rehabilitation services based on assessments and Individual Plans for Employment (IPE).
Inform consumers about services, service providers, responsibilities, and terms.
Monitor caseload budgets and assess the need for rehabilitation technology.
Develop and maintain case documentation; interpret and apply agency policies and procedures and state and federal laws; enter data in the Case Management System.
Travel throughout the district to provide services to consumers.
Develop referrals, perform basic public relations functions, and partner with organizations, schools, physicians, and others to arrange consumer services.
Safeguard confidential and sensitive information and complete required training and acknowledgements while following applicable policies, statutes, and requirements.
Perform other duties as required.