Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Posterity Group LLC•Rockville, MD
•Onsite
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- 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
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
