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Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 3 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
- →As a Supervisory Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (SVRC) for the Honolulu VBA Regional Office, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Division, located in the Honolulu Regional Benefit Office, the Supervisory VRC (SVRC) is responsible for providing supervisory oversight VR&E bargaining unit staff under the direct supervision of the AVREO.
- →These duties include, but are not limited to the following: Serves as a first-line supervisor for professional counseling staff and other VR&E staff as assigned.
- →Serves as a subject matter expert in the area of Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling case processing for the staff.
- →Provides general guidance to employees on both work and administrative matters, in accordance with established regulations, policies, procedures, and practices.
- →Assists with the staffing of difficult cases with the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors and Employment Coordinator(s).
- →Identifies problems with the work, adjusting as needed, to keep the cases moving and ensure accurate, successful rehabilitation scenarios.-Ensures that caseload is appropriately balanced among the professional staff.
- →Responsible for carrying out case reviews for and training for assigned professional staff on a regular and recurring basis and for conducting these reviews on Portland and other out-based locations as needed.
- →In addition, he or she will help to support the quality assurance integrity of the division.
- →Provides extensive training to incoming Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors within the office.
- →Evaluates that training needs of all existing professional staff, and conducts refresher training, training on new technology/processes, and makes decisions on mission related training scenarios for individual staff.-Is responsible to the VR&E division for Systematic Analyses of Operations in area of program review.
- →Is responsible for identifying and correcting deficiencies recognized through systematic analysis, and for using the information to make improvements and streamline processes.
- →Manages and assesses employee performance.
- →Makes decisions on inquiries or issues presented by subordinate professional employees, advises the division level management, and assesses the impact on the VR&E program.
- →Takes measures, within VBA guidelines, to mitigate negative impact on the mission, with concurrence of division level management.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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 probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓A 1-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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