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Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor position is located at St. Cloud VA, in the Mental Health Service Line, within Vocational Rehabilitation Services program. The incumbent is assigned vocational rehabilitation duties throughout the hospital, its clinics, and within the community. The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the programs.
What You'll Do
- →Program Management and Supervisory Responsibilities The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor develops and monitors short and long range program goals, ensures program compliance with local and national mandates, and is responsible for allocation of resources.
- →The incumbent exercises supervisory authorities and responsibilities involving work assignment and review, performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised, establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, and clearly communicates through the formal employee performance management system.
- →As a supervisor of staff, the Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor provides input into hiring decisions, monitors and evaluates performance, approves leave, engages in coaching and discipline actions and recommends termination, when warranted.
- →The incumbent serves as Manager for Vocational Rehabilitation Services , as well as Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling to Veterans engaged in Compensated Work Therapy programs.
- →The incumbent is responsible and accountable for all aspects (planning, developing, organizing, and operating) of a comprehensive clinical Vocational Rehabilitation Program.
- →The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor is responsible for developing policies and procedures and establishing appropriate methods for review and control of all activities of Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
- →The individual is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the teams to assure that all professionals carry out their responsibilities The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor plans and schedules ongoing production-oriented work on quarterly and annual basis, or directs assignments of similar duration.
- →The Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor adjusts staffing levels or work procedures within the organizational unit(s) to accommodate resource allocation decisions made at higher echelons and justifies the purchase of new equipment.
- →Improves work methods and procedures used to produce work products.
- →Clinical Responsibilities In the clinical role, the Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor functions as a professionally trained rehabilitation counselor, and determines the vocational goals and objectives of the Veteran based on referral from a professional staff member and by interviewing the Veteran.
- →The rehabilitation counselor also determines the areas of vocational interests, and decides what services, such as job seeking skills training, resume development, or interview skills training, the Veteran may require in order to successfully obtain suitable employment.
- →The rehabilitation counselor analyzes mental and physical disabilities or other handicaps, in terms of the practical effects of such handicaps on motivations, adjustment to training, and difficulty in employment placement.
- →A rehabilitation counselor supports through transition in the adjustment to employment, aids the employer or site supervisor in understanding the Veteran's limitations while maintaining a positive impression of the Veteran's capability of success.
- →As a rehabilitation counselor, the Supervisory Rehabilitation Counselor may coordinate with various resources to develop job opportunities for Veterans, and engage with Veterans with complex mental health, psychosocial and/or physical health issues that require considerable accommodation in the development of employment skills and subsequent employment settings.
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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 16a2f8f0-aba8-46a1-bdfd-bae216e703cb
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