Rehabilitation Counselor

4 weeks ago

Iowa City, Iowa, United States VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Full time
Job Summary

This position is located within the VHA Vocational Rehabilitation Service (VHA Voc Rehab). The VHA Voc Rehab Service programs offer recovery-oriented clinical vocational rehabilitation services that provide an array of vocational, educational, training, employment, and therapeutic work services. These services include skill development, fostering of natural supports, and assistance with obtaining and maintaining employment for Veterans who are the primary objective of competitive employment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide a variety of professional rehabilitation counseling services, including personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services, utilizing evidence-informed and evidence-based modalities and professional counseling practices to aid Veterans with severe disabilities in achieving competitive employment and educational and independent living goals.
  • Use effective counseling skills to promote self-awareness, adjustment to disability, enhanced job retention, and successful integration into the community.
  • Conduct biopsychosocial assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation, and interviews with Veterans and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories.
  • Select, administer, and interpret vocational and other psychometric instruments to evaluate abilities, transferrable skills, functional capacity, labor market analyses, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, and overall work resilience and synthesize into an interpretive data report.
  • Customize vocational exploration activities to identify self-determined rehabilitation needs and goals.
  • Administer Measurement-Based Care instruments to track progress throughout treatment and adjust goals and services as needed.
  • Consult with interdisciplinary teams to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions.
  • Synthesize assessment information to identify barriers to employment and their vocational implications.
  • Determine clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation services, including work restoration/resilience treatment, transitional work placement, and/or competitive employment, assistive technology, financial benefits counseling, and potential benefits protections.
Work Schedule and Benefits

This position is a full-time position with a Monday-Friday schedule. The pay is a competitive salary with regular salary increases. The position also offers parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, and insurance benefits.

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.
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period.
  • Subject to background/security investigation.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualifications

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2024. Eligible applications will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

  • United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
  • Education: A master's degree in rehabilitation counseling or clinical rehabilitation counseling from a rehabilitation counseling program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
  • Certification: Current, full, and unrestricted certification as a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC).
  • English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
  • Drivers License: A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
Grade Determinations

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates.

Rehabilitation Counselor, GS-9:

  • Experience: None beyond the basic requirements.
  • Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
    • Knowledge of human development and behavior, medical, psychosocial, and vocational aspects of disability and differential influences of environmental and cultural factors to assist persons with disabilities in determining suitable vocational goals.
    • Knowledge of history, philosophy, and disability rights legislation in the field of rehabilitation to apply in the practice of rehabilitation counseling.
    • Ability to synthesize assessment and diagnosis information in conjunction with labor market trends and community/educational resources to develop and effective individual service delivery plan.
    • Knowledge of caseload management strategies to maximize an individual's independent functioning from assessment through provision of post-employment services.
    • Ability to employ person-centered job development strategies to facilitate successful job placement.
    • Knowledge of assessment tools and methods, functional capacity evaluations, and specific vocational preparation to evaluate transferrable skills, residual capacities, and needs for accommodations and assistive technology.

Rehabilitation Counselor, GS-11:

  • Experience: Completion of one year of professional experience equivalent to the next lower grade level directly related to the position being filled.
  • Education: A doctoral degree in rehabilitation counselor education or related field (e.g., rehabilitation psychology) from a CACREP-accredited institution or from an institution accredited by a national or regional accrediting body accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
  • Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
    • Knowledge of physical and psychological disabilities, appropriate accommodations, and assistive technology principles to mitigate and reduce or eliminate barriers to integrate into the community.
    • Knowledge of counseling theory, medical, and psychiatric terminology and signs and symptomology of suicidal and homicidal ideations, to communicate appropriately with community health care professionals to provide useful input to other team members and employers in relation to the Veteran and/or his/her family's psychosocial needs and to recommend and help implement suitable treatment plans.
    • Ability to use evidence-based and evidence-informed vocational and professional counseling practices, including individual placement and support (IPS), customized employment, and supported employment models, and motivational interviewing skills to promote self-awareness, adjustment to disability, enhanced job retention, and successful integration into the community.
    • Knowledge of career development processes and job analysis methodology to determine essential functions of jobs, worksite modifications, and/or alternative vocational goals given the work history and residual functional capacities of individuals with disabilities.
    • Ability to administer and interpret a wide variety of assessment methods, including transferrable skills and labor market analyses, to evaluate for individual interests, aptitudes, and abilities and to identify suitable vocational goals for the development of an effective individual service delivery plan.
    • Knowledge of marketing strategies to develop collaborative partnerships/Memorandums of Agreement within VA and local business community to enhance employment and/or work opportunities.
    • Knowledge of military culture and specific factors and dynamics associated with Veterans, particularly combat Veterans, to assist those who are returning to community and community-based work.

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