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Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing complex professional work in program consultation and monitoring; in guidance and counseling; client training; and specialized job placement for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with physical or mental disabilities blindness or visual impairments. Assigned responsibilities also include evaluating client work capacities providing assistive technology services and administering tests to determine vocational aptitudes interests abilities and potential of clients.

Typical Functions

• Provides services to clients in meeting problems of personal social and vocational adjustment.
• Interprets and analyzes applicants physical or mental condition social and economic situation attitudes and aptitudes work experiences functional limitations educational background and personality traits to determine kind and extent of disability and rehabilitation possibilities.
• Consults with physicians psychologists and other appropriate disability professionals regarding findings of examinations; administers and interprets psychological tests when indicated; determines eligibility for rehabilitation services on the basis of law and policy; and assists individuals in formulating a suitable rehabilitation plan.
• Plans and arranges for rehabilitation services; approves expenditures within specified limits for planned rehabilitation services.
• Confers with public and private employers to establish job opportunities for rehabilitation clients; aids clients in securing employment consistent with their capabilities; monitors client progress.
• Provides program monitoring and consultation; keeps appropriate case records and controls case service expenditures.
• Assists employers and businesses with guidelines for accommodating people with disabilities according to the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws regulations policies and procedures pertaining to persons with disabilities.
• Administers and/or develops work samples and situational assessments.
• Reviews and assesses medical psychological neuropsychological legal educational and social information concerning clients who have been referred for vocational evaluation; determines need for additional diagnostic information.
• Prepares individual written vocational evaluation plans; acts as consultant to Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors in making vocational decisions.
• Orients clients to the evaluation process; administers and interprets test results to determine learning capacity workrelated aptitudes abilities and limitations behavioral factors affecting vocational performance and rehabilitation potential of clients; makes objective observations of all behaviors essential to the world of work; and recommends specific goals and services to clients.
• Teaches basic vocational skills and leads groups that are composed of individuals with vastly diverse cultural educational emotional physical and mental abilities and backgrounds; develops and administers appropriate job samples to determine learning ability reaction to supervision work with peers work tolerances physical tolerances and endurance.
• Assists individuals with a disability in the selection acquisition or use of assistive technology devices(s).
• Prepares vocational evaluation reports detailing test results and their implications job sample evaluation summary of observations work ethics and attitudes physical capabilities clients expressed and displayed vocational interest.

Level Descriptor

Level I This is the basic level where employees are assigned responsibilities for performing entrylevel work under direct supervision. Direct supervision includes but is not limited to supervisors signature authority on approval on eligibility decisions Individual Plans for Employment (IPE) and amendments authorizations for services evaluations and case closure. Under direct supervision and mentoring the entrylevel employee supports the maintenance of a caseload; assists with providing vocational counseling and vocational evaluations; provides information about DVR/DVS process services and consumer rights and responsibilities; provides community referrals; assists with initial interviews; request and collects consumer records and data; determines eligibility; analyzes and assesses consumers strengths and barriers to employment; completes comprehensive assessments of consumer functional limitations and abilities; analyzes and interprets medical psychological and financial records/data; assists in the development of IPE; assists and provides job referrals and placement activities; assists with coordinating services as identified in plan; monitors and evaluates consumer progress toward employment goal/outcome; completes annual reviews and other case documentations/narratives; and performs jobrelated travel and other duties deemed and approved by supervisor for consumers with physical and/ or mental disabilities.

Level II This is the career level where employees are assigned professional responsibilities for the maintenance of a caseload/workload with a moderate level of supervision that includes but is not limited to oversight guidance mentoring and signature authority for case closure. Specialists at this level may have signature authority for eligibility decisions development and amendment of individualized plans for employment and/or independent living written evaluation reports written assistive technology assessments and authorization for services.

Education and Experience

Level I Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelors degree in vocational rehabilitation vocational evaluation or counseling; OR a bachelors degree and one year of experience in a disability related field.

Level II Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a masters degree in rehabilitation counseling or human resources with a rehabilitation counselor major psychology Behavioral Science Marital and Family Therapy School Counseling Special Education a Master in Education in School Counseling or Special Education or a counseling related field OR any masters degree and is eligible to sit for the certification/licensure exam specific to the professional job duties such as the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE) or the Professional Vocational Evaluator (PVE) certification the Licensed Behavioral Practitioner (LBP) the Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LFMT) School Counselor Certification (Traditional) or Certification in Special Education.

Knowledge Skills Abilities and Competencies

Level I Knowledge Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of disabilities; of human relations and conditions; of community services resources and interventions; of case management principles and practices; of job information and placement practices; and of basic computer and software operations.Ability is required to interact with persons having significant disabilities to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to establish and maintain effective working relationships to interpret and apply administrative policies program guidelines and rules to maintain confidentiality; and to operate and maintain office equipment.

Level II Knowledge Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the principles and practices of vocational counseling and vocational evaluation techniques; of emotional and psychological problems of persons with physical or mental disabilities; of assistive technology needs; of occupational testing and placement; of available community resources; of laws and regulations pertinent to the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities including the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act as amended; and of agency policies and procedures.Ability is required to understand the impact of diagnosis and interpret diagnostic results; to administer vocational testing; to analyze data and situations accurately; to develop and implement effective plans for vocational placements; and to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the organization and the community.

Special Requirements

Some positions in the Department of Rehabilitation Services will require proficiency in the American Sign Language as demonstrated by the successful completion of a competency test administered by the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Unit of the Department of Rehabilitation Services. ## Applicants must be willing and able to perform all jobrelated travel normally associated with this position.

Additional Job Description

Position may be filled at Level I or II.

Position is located within the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR47 OKC).

Essential Functions: Caseload is made up of transition aged youth. The covered areas for youth are Edmond North Deer Creek Crescent and Bishop McGuinness schools. Position consults with physicians psychologists and other disability professionals regarding the functional limitations treatment and prognosis of eligible applicants; utilizes knowledge of principles and practices of vocational rehabilitation counseling to determine eligibility completes comprehensive assessments; helps clients develop their Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE); provides vocational counseling and guidance in the effective delivery of case services; participates in job readiness job search and job placement activities to ensure a successful case outcome for the client and follows agency record documentation guidelines throughout the vocational rehabilitation process.

Applicant must be willing to perform all jobrelated travel.

Trial period (if applicable) is required.

Preference may be given to applicants with current LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) or CRC (Certified Rehabilitation Counselor) LBP (Licensed Behavioral Practitioner LFMT (Licensed Marital and Family Therapist) School Counselor Certification (traditional) or certification in Special Education credentials and with experience in counseling.

Application must include transcript which shows masters degree has been awarded and any current Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) or Professional Vocational Evaluator (PVE) certification Licensed Behavioral Practitioner (LBP) the Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LFMT) School Counselor Certification (Traditional) or Certification in Special Education or documentation of eligibility to sit for above certifications.

Background Check: The Department of Rehabilitation Services will conduct a criminal background check on new hires as part of an offer of employment that is made contingent upon a successful criminal background check.

Benefit Highlights: The Department of Rehabilitation Services provides a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees and their dependents.

Benefits Include:

• Generous state paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums

• A wide choice of health insurance plans with no preexisting condition exclusions or limitations

• Flexible spending accounts for health care expenses or dependent care

• Employee assistance programs and health and fitness programs

• 11 paid holidays

• 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave for the first year

• Retirement Savings Plan with a generous match

• Longevity Bonus for years of service

• 5 additional pay for the possession of an appropriate professional certification or licensure

• Training opportunities to help meet CEU requirements

Method of Application: Applicants without previous state service with previous state service but not currently employed by a state agency must apply though the Workday online External Listings applicant system State of Oklahoma Careers (myworkdayjobs).

Current State of Oklahoma employees must apply through the Workday online Internal Listings applicant system Find Jobs Internal State of Oklahoma Workday (myworkday)

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Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information race religion color sex age national origin or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.