DSHS DVR Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Overview

DVR Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 1-3 In Training. The job of a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor is suited for a person who is committed to the economic prosperity of students, youth, and adults with disabilities who are seeking good-paying jobs and advancement in their careers. You provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and case management services to assist people with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining employment.

Join the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) and our team of professionals as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 1-3 in Training. This position is located at the North Seattle Community Services Office. For those assigned to King County, employees receive 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary.

In cooperation with other agencies and service providers, you will work with customers to complete comprehensive assessments and develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) to achieve their employment goals. You will independently provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and case management to a caseload of students, youth, and adults with disabilities to assist them in achieving a competitive employment outcome.

• You will learn to serve a caseload of 50-110 DVR customers.
• Determine each customer’s eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services necessary to achieve their employment goal.
• Provide vocational rehabilitation counseling and support.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of customer needs identifying disability-related barriers to employment that require VR services.
• Arrange and interpret results of diagnostic testing and other vocational rehabilitation assessment tools; obtain benefit reports and interpret results to assist and counsel customers.
• Assist customers in developing and implementing an Individual Plan for Employment and monitor progress toward completion of employment goals.
• Maintain close working relationships with others who jointly serve DVR customers; promote DVR programs to the public and employers; conduct outreach in the community to share information about DVR services.
• Lead group orientations, workshops, and related activities to facilitate informed choices and prepare customers for employment.

• Current Certification as a Rehabilitation Counselor by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC).
• Or a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling, psychology, counseling, or a field related to vocational rehabilitation (such as one that promotes the physical, psychosocial, or vocational well-being of people with disabilities).
• Or a master’s degree with at least 18 quarter or 12 semester credit hours of rehabilitation counseling courses, plus 6 months of paid/unpaid vocational counseling, job placement, vocational assessment, or other areas of rehabilitation counseling experience.
• Or a Bachelor’s degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling or related field, and enrollment in a rehabilitation counseling or related master’s program that will be completed within two years, plus one year paid/unpaid experience including direct work with people with disabilities or related activities that provide experience in employment contexts.

• Apply technical knowledge of medical and psychological aspects of disabling conditions, labor market information, transferable skills evaluations, assistive technology, and job modifications.
• Assist customers in exercising informed choices to make collaborative decisions consistent with appropriate vocational rehabilitation practice.
• Support customers in developing a wide variety of social, educational, and financial resources to reach their employment goals by applying multiple counseling techniques.
• Manage multiple and competing priorities within prescribed time limits.
• Negotiate with vendors and collaborate with other rehabilitation professionals.

The goal class for this role is Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 3. We may consider applicants at the VRC1 or VRC2 level, with a training plan to advance to a VRC
3. Starting salary depends on qualifications. Thoroughly submitted…