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Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 48 days ago
About the Role
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors (VRCs) provide and coordinate a wide range of rehabilitation, counseling, and case management services to disabled veterans and other eligible individuals. The purpose, objectives, services, and outcomes are developed by the VRC during the evaluation. The program's primary focus will be on helping the Veteran find work and set goals and objectives to help them become more independent in their daily lives.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties Duties are divided between counseling duties and case management which include the following, but are not limited to: Manages broad-based and multi-faceted programs through a team of supervisors and team leaders.
- →Directs and supervises the administration of work involving eligibility criteria, vocational exploration, conducting assessments of both the local labor market, plan development based on appropriate vocational goals, examination of medical information, making legally binding entitlement decisions, award adjustments, award authorization, and case management services.
- →Maintains essential resources for referral for special rehabilitation procedures.
- →Frequent collaboration and referrals are maintained with employers, school officials, medical and rehabilitation officials, contractors, state employment service personnel, and other community resources.
- →Provides internal policy direction and supervision of the RO VR&E staff through on-site visits and inspections, review and analysis of standard or specifically requested data and individualized or telephonic and written communication.
- →Provides oversight of Privacy Act/FOIA requests.
- →Promotion Potential: This position is at it's full performance level.
- →Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only.
- →The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday.
- →Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval.
- →Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description Title/PD#: Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor; 38428A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Is Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required Bargaining Unit: No
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year supervisory probationary period during which we will evaluate your performance in your new role.
- ✓Additional Conditions of Employment are as follows: You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary or trial period 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 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.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application.
- ✓It must include your coursework and date of conferral of a Masters degree in vocational rehabilitation (or related) field.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
- ✓Note: You may submit unofficial transcripts when applying.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 939ebb87-ed25-400b-91cb-89e5f881125c
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