Voc Rehab Counselor

Kentucky Personnel Cabinet•Bowling Green, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet advances education, workforce development, and economic opportunity across the Commonwealth through education and training programs, employment and reemployment services, unemployment insurance, and disability determination services. The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation empowers individuals with disabilities to pursue employment, economic self-sufficiency, and independence, and helps employers recruit, retain, and accommodate employees with disabilities. The Voc Rehab Counselor provides professional vocational rehabilitation services to people with disabilities seeking gainful employment. The work includes determining eligibility, providing guidance and counseling, and overseeing caseload management. The role has access to confidential and sensitive information; the employee must safeguard it, complete required trainings, acknowledge and follow applicable policies, and comply with relevant statutes and requirements during and after employment.

Requirements

Master’s degree from a college or university 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 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 may substitute for the master’s degree.
No experience, training, or skills are specified as minimum requirements.
No special age, licensure, or regulatory requirements are specified.

Responsibilities

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