Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counsel
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Tampa • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $3,987 per month
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Providing independent professional vocational rehabilitation counseling to individuals with disabilities to attain employment.
- Providing technical assistance on vocational rehabilitation issues to internal and external customers.
- Assessing medical, psychological, and vocational information to determine eligibility for services.
- Developing and implementing Individual Plan for Employment to determine employment outcomes.
- Negotiating with individuals with disabilities regarding plan development.
- Conducting in-depth interviews of individuals requiring complex rehabilitation strategies to determine eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree: Attainment of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study reasonably related to vocational rehabilitation
- 2 years of paid or unpaid experience consisting of:
- direct work with individuals with disabilities in a setting such as an independent living center
- direct service for advocacy activities for individuals with disabilities
- Advanced Degree: Attainment of a Master’s or Doctoral degree in a relevant field of study.
- Knowledge of the theories and practices in vocational rehabilitation guidance and counseling
- Knowledge of interviewing techniques
- Knowledge of medical and psychological aspects of disability groups
- Knowledge of effective communication principles and techniques.
- Ability to compile, organize and analyze medical, vocational and psychological data.
- Ability to administer tests and analyze results.
- Ability to provide counseling and guidance in career planning.
Benefits
- State of Florida Retirement Plan – 3% Employee Contribution Required
- Employees with up to 5 years of creditable service earn Annual Leave 8.667 hours per month, with 5 to 10 years earn 10.833 hours per month and those with over 10 years of service earn 13 hours per month.
- Career Service employees earn 8.667 hours of Sick Leave credits per month
- 10 Paid Holidays annually
- Health Insurance for Individual of Family Coverage – State pays 80% of premium
- Life Insurance – State pays premium for $25,000 basic term life insurance for full time employee
- Additional supplemental insurances are available such as dental, vision, etc.
- Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available.
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Hard skills
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Soft skills
communicationnegotiationadvocacyorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeDoctoral Degree