Rehabilitation Counselor

This position is located within Salisbury VA Vocational Rehabilitation Service. Vocational Rehabilitation Service programs are recovery-oriented clinical vocational rehabilitation services that offer an array of vocational, educational, training, employment, and therapeutic work services. Duties include but are not limited to: Provides a variety of professional rehabilitation counseling services such as 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 Conducts biopsychosocial assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation and interviews with Veterans and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories Consults with interdisciplinary teams to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions Determines clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation services to include work restoration/resilience treatment, transitional work placement and/or competitive employment, assistive technology, financial benefits counseling and potential benefits protections Develops patient-centered treatment plans utilizing Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, and Time-based (SMART) goals and provides ongoing assessment of Veteran's progress Assists with transitional work agreements from community, state, and federal agencies Devises solutions to reduce and/or eliminate barriers and meet Veterans' placement needs which may require substantial modification to environmental or functional demands within a work setting Provides psychoeducational and/or psychotherapeutic groups to facilitate effective job search skills, employer-desired soft skills, work and life skills fostering independence and recovery Provides job development, customized employment, job carving, job coaching, job accommodation, advocacy, and adaptation services to both Veterans with severe disabilities and to educate and support employers Provides disability education and program-specific training to staff and stakeholders Uses rehabilitation counseling theory, medical and psychiatric terminology, and symptomology and signs of suicidal and homicidal ideations to provide effective services Provides personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic rehabilitation interventions and case coordination services, utilizing evidence-informed and evidence-based modalities to aid Veterans with severe disabilities in achieving competitive employment and educational and independent living goals Conducts biopsychosocial assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation and interviews with Veterans and their support system to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories Selects, administers and interprets vocational instruments to evaluate abilities, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, transferrable skills and overall work resilience Customizes vocational exploration activities for identification of self-determined rehabilitation needs and goals Consults with interdisciplinary teams (IDT) to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions Synthesizes assessment information to identify barriers to employment and their vocational implications\ Determines clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation series to include: work restoration/ resilience treatment, transitional work placement and compensation, supported employment, assistive technology, financial benefits counseling and potential benefits protection Procures and manage transitional work agreements from community, state and federal agencies Provides psychoeducational groups to teach effective job search skills, employer desired soft skills and life skills fostering independence Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc, based on the needs of the service Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized