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Rehabilitation Counselor-Vocational
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) position located at St. Cloud VA, in the Mental Health Service Line, within Vocational Rehabilitation Services and Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP). Provides and coordinates a wide range of rehabilitation counseling and case management services for Veterans of all ages with disabilities and complex vocational barriers such as physical, mental or emotional impairment, or lack of basic education and job skills.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as a developmental Rehabilitation Counselor providing vocational and personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services.
- →They assist, receive guidance and advice from supervisor and senior staff as needed.
- →They provide developmental vocational rehabilitation services to Veterans with a wide array of psychiatric and physical disabilities and psychosocial conditions that present a myriad of barriers, to achieve competitive employment and education and independent living goals.
- →This includes personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services, utilizing evidence-based and evidence-informed modalities, to aid Veterans with severe mental and/or physical health disabilities in achieving competitive employment and educational and independent living.
- →Establishes good rapport and counseling relationships in order to work together to identify the Veteran's significant interests, aptitudes, abilities, and characteristics.
- →The goal is to provide the individual with the data needed to make a realistic life decision.
- →They conduct comprehensive initial evaluations, adhering to all policies/procedures/standards pertaining to consult management.
- →They also conduct assessments (e.g., Vocational Assessment Profile [VAP]) using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation, and interviews with Veterans and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories.
- →This includes selecting, administering, and interpreting an appropriate range of vocational and educational assessment procedures, to evaluate abilities, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, transferrable skills, and overall work resilience.
- →Vocational assessment procedures include but are not limited to interviews, tests of specific job-related skills and abilities, aptitude testing, and vocational interest testing.
- →They provide high quality assessment and consultation reports, as indicated, in a timely manner that adhere to Joint Commission standards and VACO/ STCVAHCS/ STCVAHCS MH ICC/ directives/policies/procedures.
- →Based off these comprehensive assessments, the VRC determines clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation services, to include work restoration/resilience treatment, transitional work placement and compensation, supported employment, assistive technology, reasonable accommodations, benefits counseling, and potential benefits.
- →The VRC develops patient-centered vocational rehabilitation treatment plans utilizing SMART goals and provide ongoing assessment of Veteran's progress, using measurement based care instruments as indicated.
- →Completes job analyses to facilitate job coaching and retention services to aid Veterans in learning and maintaining proficiency in performance of essential job skills.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 16ab0704-bde6-4bd4-bf25-31e6ebb3e84a
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